An Agonizingly Thirsty Crawl Through the Desert
Just how long can someone last in the desert without a drink of water? That’s something listeners asked us after last week’s episode about Claire Nelson (“Alone and Injured in the Wild”), a solo hiker...
2 Jun 202131min
Casting out of Darkness
After years of family trauma, Kayla Lockhart was desperate for relief from the panic that plagued her. At her lowest moment, she picked up a fly-fishing rod and headed out to a stream—and for the firs...
28 Mai 202127min
Alone and Injured in the Wild
There’s a special kind of appeal to a solo adventure—being out on your own, away from everything and everyone. Unless, of course, something goes wrong and you find yourself in serious trouble. For the...
25 Mai 202145min
Running from the Truth
Most tales of adventure follow a predictable arc: someone sets off on an epic trip, they encounter moments of great peril, and they come out the other side stronger. But every so often you hear about ...
21 Mai 202135min
The Wild Trips That Transformed a Scientist
Biologist M. Sanjayan has traveled to remarkable places around the world, crossing a vast desert in Namibia, tracking man-eating tigers in Bangladesh, and studying a despised rodent in California. Alo...
18 Mai 202131min
The Story Behind the Forrest Fenn Treasure Hunt
A decade ago, Santa Fe art dealer Forrest Fenn filled a box with a box with treasure, placed it somewhere in the Rocky Mountains, then published a poem containing clues to its location. Thousands of s...
14 Mai 202143min
A Quest to Expose the World’s Most Dangerous Frontier
Investigative journalist Ian Urbina had a bold plan: he would journey to the unpatrolled waters of the open ocean and bring back stories about the last regions on the planet where laws have almost no ...
11 Mai 202134min
When the Tornado Chased the Storm Chaser
Jennifer Brindley Ubl had become obsessed with tracking down something that most of us hope never to see: tornados. Every spring, she would close up her portrait photography business in Milwaukee and ...
4 Mai 202133min
