From Wundery, I'm Cassie de Pekle, and this is against the odds. Over the last three episodes we've told the story of how Yossi Ginsburg survived three weeks alone in the Bolivian Amazon.

He had no shelter, no weapons, and barely enough to eat.

And now we get to hear what it was like firsthand, because Yossi Ginsburg is our guest today.

Inspired by his near-death experience, Yossi now gives talks about

resilience to people all over the world. He is also the author of Jungle, a harrowing true

story of survival in the Amazon.

The book was the basis for the film Jungle,

starring Daniel Radcliffe.

Yossi was a consultant for the movie

and for this series.

Yossi Ginsburg, welcome to against the odds.

Thank you so much, Cassie.

You loved adventure stories when you were a little boy.

Was there an adventurer you really looked up to as a kid or who inspired you?

If I have to name one book, it was Papillon by Enri Shire.

He was accused of robbery, went wrong, and he was exiled to the Devil's Island, the most notorious prison on earth.

He tried to escape and he failed again and he sat in isolation for years but he never gave up and his spirit never broke.

Finally, by learning the tide and making a small raft made of coconnati threw himself off the cliffs to the

tide and was taken by the ocean to the shores of Venezuela.

There he escaped deep into the jungle,

found a tribe, became part of the tribe,

married the two daughters of the chief

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