This episode is a two-for-one, and that’s because the podcast recently hit its 10-year anniversary and passed one billion downloads. To celebrate, I’ve curated some of the best of the best—some of my favorites—from more than 700 episodes over the last decade. I could not be more excited.The episode features segments from episode #573 "Margaret Atwood — A Living Legend on Creative Process, The Handmaid’s Tale, Being a Mercenary Child, Resisting Labels, the Poet Rug Exchange, Liminal Beings, Burning Questions, Practical Utopias, and More" and #571 "Boyd Varty — The Lion Tracker’s Guide to Life."Please enjoy!Sponsors:Wealthfront high-yield cash account: https://Wealthfront.com/Tim (Start earning 5.00% APY on your short-term cash until you’re ready to invest. And when you open an account today, you can get an extra fifty-dollar bonus with a deposit of five hundred dollars or more.) Terms apply.AG1 all-in-one nutritional supplement: https://drinkag1.com/tim (1-year supply of Vitamin D (and 5 free AG1 travel packs) with your first subscription purchase.)Eight Sleep’s Pod 4 Ultra sleeping solution for dynamic cooling and heating: https://eightsleep.com/tim (save $350 on the Pod 4 Ultra)Timestamps:[00:00] Start [05:11] Notes about this supercombo format.[06:14] Enter Margaret Atwood.[06:48] What drives Margaret's ability to craft engaging speculative fiction?[10:52] The downsides of raising a family isolated in the woods.[15:44] Factors that nudged young Margaret toward poetry.[21:54] How limited options led Margaret to her current vocation.[24:07] How long it took for writing to pay off, and its benefits in the meantime.[30:34] Life lessons learned by teaching.[34:18] Enter Boyd Varty.[34:42] Setting the scene.[37:00] Origins of Londolozi Game Reserve and Boyd's childhood influences.[39:17] Why Boyd's family kept the seemingly useless property.[41:23] Boyd's experiences with The White Knuckle Charter Company.[50:00] Transforming scrubland into a safari business with help from Ken Tinley and Shangaan trackers.[56:04] Shangaan trackers' lineage and wildlife trust in Londolozi's caretakers.[59:46] Renias Mhlongo's supreme tracking skills and work ethic.[1:05:18] Hardest animals to track at Londolozi.[1:08:30] Safety measures in Londolozi's unpredictable environment.[1:10:21] "I don't know where we're going, but I know exactly how to get there." —Renias Mhlongo[1:12:26] Boyd's tracking evolution: from childhood to trauma recovery.[1:30:30] Definition of Ubuntu.[1:32:40] Boyd's 40-day tree-dwelling experience.[1:45:47] Bees, birds, and hive algorithms.[1:57:07] Interacting with lions in the wild.[2:01:41] Death conversations, ancient myths, and inexplicabl