The Prince of Tides
Novel by Pat ConroyWikipedia
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Search complete. 4 mentions across 3 episodes found for "The Prince of Tides".
Sep 16, 2026
Sarah DickinsonHOST
My final one is going to really shock everybody.
Sarah DickinsonHOST
The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy.
Chrissie WhitleyGUEST
Oh.
Chrissie WhitleyGUEST
You know, I can't remember reliably if I think that was too long.
Jim FusilliHOST
No, that's a, that, that's a, that's a, um, um, a great model.
Jim FusilliHOST
I remember reading The Prince of Tides and thinking to myself, "I have to make a choice between reading the beautiful writing or advancing with the story," because both were so compelling.
Blake CrouchGUEST
Yeah.
Blake CrouchGUEST
Well, it's interesting.
Blake CrouchGUEST
I grew up in North Carolina.
Blake CrouchGUEST
Um, and we were visiting some, uh, relatives down in South Carolina, and we were driving up the coast and we...
Blake CrouchGUEST
I, I put The Prince of Tides on to listen to it, and i- it's, it's...
Blake CrouchGUEST
I don't know.
Wallace DietzGUEST
The Silent Boys song, Ghost of a Steam Train Heart, if you could have read the first draft I wrote of the lyrics, oh, it's just, it's so cliche, driving down the tracks and you blow your whistle.
Wallace DietzGUEST
And I ended up reading something by Pat Conroy, who wrote, I love My Losing Season's a great book, but Prince of Tides and Great Santini.
Wallace DietzGUEST
He said something about, hey, if a snake goes to sleep, what does a snake dream about? And I go, oh.
Wallace DietzGUEST
And so the first line I wrote for that song, Ghost of a Steam Train Heart, is, when trains go to sleep, they dream of chasing yellow moons, devouring the glistening steel rails.