The Wild Tale of Wild Boys

This is an episode of Inside the Tent, a podcast going behind the scenes of Campside’s award winning shows.Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts.It starts here: host Sam Mullins is from the Canadian town where two brothers, the Wild Boys, unexpectedly showed up in 2003 with their miraculous story.They’d been raised in the British Columbia wilderness, and this was their first-ever contact with society - they’d never seen a TV, gone to school, or registered for IDs. So the town took them in and set about introducing them to the modern world.Sam recalls growing up just a few hundred yards from where the boys were cared for by the openhearted community. But were the Wild Boys just looking for attention? Were they actually… suburban kids from California.Making the show was a huge learning experience for both Abukar and Sam, who had to team up make a complicated show, with reluctant participants.Sam makes the argument that with the passage of time, a story can properly be processed and revisited. But why wouldn’t people from his hometown want to talk?Finally, how did Sam track down the brothers, now grown up, in Carson City, Nevada? And were they finally willing to talk?Wild Boys is a Sony Music Podcast produced by Campside Media.Listen to Inside the Tent on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. And let us know what you think: [email protected] hope to see you inside the tent again soon. Subscribe now for updates on all of Campside’s hit shows. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit join.campsidemedia.com