Sam Sheridan

Author of The Fighter's Heart, The Fighter's Mind, The Disaster Diaries

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The Primary Component

I worked as a wildland firefighter for a couple of seasons, and it’s an interesting job—sometimes.

Sam Sheridan13 min read

The Pursuit of Protein

Excerpted from “The Disaster Diaries”

Sam Sheridan15 min read

Pack Your Lunch

an excerpt from “The Disaster Diaries”

Sam Sheridan9 min read

The Primary Component

I worked as a wildland firefighter for a couple of seasons, and it’s an interesting job—sometimes.

Sam Sheridan13 min read

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On Survival

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Crying. Wolf.

Saipan, 2001: I'm on the bed in the bedroom of the ground floor apartment that I no longer share with my first husband.

Alex McGlinn4 min read

Survival: When startups do what they gotta do

A triumph of perserverence and implimentation over brilliant ideas

Odanga Madung3 min read

Imagining the Post-Antibiotics Future

After 85 years, antibiotics are growing impotent. So what will medicine, agriculture and everyday life look like if we lose these drugs entirely?

Maryn McKenna17 min read