Mother Nature is full throttle this season as 20 new survivalists attempt the 21-day challenge. Hurricanes, broken bones, unrelenting insects, bear encounters, deadly snakes and wasp stings on the worst of places. Just a usual day for Naked and Afraid.

The film, based on the 19th century novel by Multatui (a pseudonym for Eduard Douwes Dekker, original an offical in Java during the time of the Dutch East Indies) continues to be a source of controversy in the Netherlands today as its attack on Dutch colonialist attitudes and practices reveals the general indifference …