1318: Guillaume Dulude | Tribal Truths for Modern Minds

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Wandering into the African wilderness with a bow, a chicken, and zero ability to communicate, hoping a tribe doesn't kill me on sight. Yeah, me neither. But today's guest, that's a Tuesday. This guy is trekking into the middle of nowhere, no GPS, no language, no backup plan, just vibes, a cameraman, and the faint hope that the local tribe interprets guy with weapons and gifts as friendly visitor and not early dinner. Alright, today we're talking how you can actually approach a tribe without getting skewered, why giving gifts can backfire and turn you into a walking Amazon Prime subscription, hunting baboons with a bow like it's casual, and then eating one of the hands like a snack, getting stung, poisoned, dehydrated, possibly infected, and calling it healing after a breakup.

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