Episodes

  • The Luckiest Unluckiest Man
    May 20 2020

    A Croatian man named Frane Selak has got to be either the luckiest man alive or the unluckiest. Whether you’re someone who sees the glass as being half full or half empty, Frane’s glass has definitely been filled with deadly misadventures.


    Writing and Research:

    Stephanie Moore


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    23 mins
  • Little Boy Wonder
    May 13 2020

    As 11-year-old Norm Ollestad was dangling upside down in his plane seat, he couldn't help but wonder how his Father would manage to get them out of this one. Although they'd never experienced crashing into the side of a mountain in the middle of a blizzard, no less, Norm had experienced more in his 11 short years of life on earth, than most people have in a lifetime.


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    Stephanie Moore


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    35 mins
  • A Watery Grave
    May 6 2020

    Stranded at the bottom of the ocean, Harrison Okene had nothing but a mattress a bottle of coke

    and a flashlight to keep him alive. Trapped in a tiny pocket of air in an upturned ship, Harrison was at

    the mercy of the Atlantic’s waters.


    Writing and Research:

    Joe Turner


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    30 mins
  • Sole Survivor
    Apr 29 2020

    As Juliane Koepcke collapsed against a tree somewhere in the middle of the rainforest she began to pray she’d live to see her mother again. Up until now, she hadn’t found any other survivors, or any wreckage of the plane crash that had brought her to the jungle.  


    Writing and Research:

    Joe Turner


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    43 mins
  • Stranded In The Sea Of Cortez
    Apr 22 2020

    Joseph Rangel found himself stranded on a deserted island with his lifelong childhood friend Lorenzo Madrid and a young untrained fishing guide half their age. Rangel and his best friend were on their last day of a 5 day sports fishing trip in the Sea of Cortez.

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    Stephanie Moore


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    29 mins
  • Alone In The Amazon
    Apr 22 2020

    Lying on the forest floor on his hands and knees, Yossi Ghinsberg heard the sounds of an airplane passing overhead. Lost in the Amazon depths for three weeks, Yossi no longer had the strength to lift himself to his feet.  

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    Joe Turner


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    38 mins
  • A Chilling Expedition
    Jan 14 2020

    For many explorers, it was a race to see which expedition would be the first to chart and reach the Earth’s Magnetic South Pole. A conquest finally accomplished by the Nimrod Expedition in 1909. A member of that team, 26-year-old Sir Douglas Mawson also held that honor and place in history. A few short years later Mawson would lead his own expedition team back to that icy coastline, hoping to conduct scientific research and chart new areas.

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    Stephanie Moore


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    SOURCES:

    Alone on the Ice

    https://www.amazon.com/Alone-Ice-Greatest-Survival-Exploration/dp/0393347788/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=douglas+mawson&qid=1575514242&sr=8-2

    Flaws in the Ice

    https://www.amazon.com/Flaws-Ice-Search-Douglas-Mawson-ebook/dp/B00PV650D0/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=douglas+mawson&qid=1575514288&sr=8-3

    In Search of the South Pole - Huw Lewis-Jones 

    https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/25/business/leadership-lessons-from-the-shackleton-expedition.html

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crevasse

    http://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/history/people/douglas-mawson

    http://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/history/people/douglas-mawson

    https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-25682462

    https://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/Douglas-Mawson.php

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-most-terrible-polar-exploration-ever-douglas-mawsons-antarctic-journey-82192685/

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    34 mins
  • The Trashman
    Jan 14 2020

    Deborah Scaling Kiley sat in a rubber dingy in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, reciting the Lord’s

    Prayer in a desperate attempt to convince herself she hadn’t gone mad. The water surrounding

    the boat had turned a sickly shade of red, as the blood of her devoured crew mate rose to the

    surface.

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    Writing and Research:

    Joe Turner


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    SOURCES:

    Albatross by Deborah Scaling Kiley & Meg Noonan (Book)

    Shipwreck by Tim O’ Shei (Book)

    https://player.themoth.org/#/?actionType=ADD_AND_PLAY&storyId=1777 (Podcast)

    http://www.dockwalk.com/Essentials/Docktalk.aspx?g=posts&t=25288

    https://news.wttw.com/2012/09/26/author-laurence-gonzales-surviving-survival

    https://keepinitrealevanston.wordpress.com/category/surviving-survival/

    https://www.mamamia.com.au/shark-attack-stories/

    http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/09/08/survive/index.html

    https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/the-sharks-got-him-then-killed-the-others-shipwreck-survivor-recounts-five-days-stranded-at-sea/news-story/c60f679af78d537be9e1e09114c26a92

    https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x50mzg2

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    36 mins