Dan Erickson's was a guest twice on my show, you should check out both, but if you missed the first one, you are in for a treat!  This is one of my favorites and clearly a best of show.

Dan Erickson is  a minimalist. He spent most of his life trying to simplify. He rejects the ways of consumption and waste and prefer to produce and renew.  He is an author of several books and a single Dad.

Dan Erickson Vroom Veer Stories

Living in a cult as a slave boy.  How did that happen?
Transitioning from cult back to freedom in foster care.
How did Dan learn to forgive people after being in a cult?
How Dan used writing and blogging as his own therapy for PTSD, which he didn't know he had.
Finishing up a triology of novels based on his experiences living in a cult & his recovery.
Turned off internet for the summer to unplug.  How did that work out?
How did you get interested in a more simple life?

Dan Erickson Links

Hip Diggs Dan's Main Site
A Train Called Forgiveness
At the Crossing of Justice and Mercy
Always On:  Language in an Online and Mobile World, by Naomi Baron
Essentialism:  The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, by Greg Mckeown