World’s Highest Jump
Known as one of the best athletes in Cuba’s history, Javier Sotomayor overcame a terrifying fear to set the world record in the high jump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/a...
4 Touko 20217min
Creating The Polio Vaccine
Jonas Salk was tasked with making a vaccine for polio, but it wouldn’t be easy. A normal vaccine could risk paralyzing the very kids he was trying to protect — he would have to pioneer something entir...
3 Touko 20216min
Shaun White’s Secret Snowboard Mission
Devising a secret weapon for competition, snowboarder Shaun White perfects a new trick and uses it to win gold in the X-games and then the Winter Olympics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podc...
30 Huhti 20218min
20th Time’s The Charm: Dale Earnhardt Wins Daytona 500
After various misfortunes prevented him from winning, the late, great NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt finally won his first Daytona 500 on his 20th attempt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcas...
29 Huhti 20218min
Longest Tennis Match In History
It took place over three long days. It was over eleven hours of tennis. Twelve records were broken. It’s the story of the 2010 Wimbledon match between Nicholas Mahut and John Isner that became the lon...
28 Huhti 20218min
A C-Section And A Secret
For years, Caesarean Sections were mostly performed in hopes of saving either the mother or the baby. But in 1826, Dr. James Barry became the first British doctor to perform the procedure where both t...
27 Huhti 20218min
First Woman To Circle The Globe By Car
In 1922, 16-year-old Aloha Wanderwell participated in the “Million Dollar Wager” — a race around the world in a Ford Model T. It ended in 1927 with her holding the Guinness World Record as the first w...
26 Huhti 20218min
A Teen Pilot’s Daring Flight
In 1928, no one had ever successfully flown under New York’s East River bridges — though many had tried and failed. 17-year-old Elinor Smith became the first. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit p...
23 Huhti 20217min
