Ghosts On July 28, 1972, a Japanese tuna ship called the Tokomaru altered course toward a tiny dinghy in the Pacific Ocean. On board the dinghy were six emaciated survivors: Dougal and Lynn…
Douglas Robertson — Podcast Appearances & AI Summaries
Douglas Robertson has appeared on 3 podcast episodes in our AI-summarized catalog, including Adrift. Every appearance below has a free 5-minute AI summary.
What Douglas said
“I'd fall out with him about leaving my mother, you know, good with my dad about that. And you couldn't understand why.”
— Douglas Robertson, on the pain of his parents' divorce.
“He never got out of the dinghy.”
— Douglas Robertson, reflecting on how the trauma haunted his father until death.
“Water, water everywhere, and all the boards did drink. Water, water everywhere, not any drop to drink.”
— Douglas Robertson, quoting Coleridge's *The Rime of the Ancient Mariner*
“There's only one person who's not a member of the family. Well, we all knew that. But it was never said.”
— Douglas Robertson, on the unspoken decision about who would be abandoned
Episode appearances
3Savages The shark's head was severed from its body, held triumphantly aloft by Douglas Robertson like a trophy. Then its jaws snapped shut on his hand. "I just can't believe that the head's…
The crew of the Lucette had pinned everything on being rescued. When a ship appeared on the horizon, it felt like divine intervention. “Dad was right. We're gonna be rescued. We're not gonna die,”…
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