1 - A Suitcase to the Head (w/ Connor Ratliff)

The week of his 40th birthday, writer Nate Dern had a suitcase dropped on his head on a Southwest Airlines flight from Denver to Minneapolis (12/8/2024), causing a compressed spinal injury and revealing a lifetime of bad posture. In this podcast, Nate explores what it means to stand up straight again – both literally and figuratively — after life knocks you down. In this first episode, Nate interviews Connor Ratliff, the creator of the best podcast of all time, Dead Eyes, to get his advice on how best to take this journey of self-discovery and improvement.