The Ultimate Trust Fall
In a breath-taking stunt, daredevil Travis Pastrana put his life in the hands of three near-strangers when he went skydiving without a parachute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoi...
12 Jan 20217min
Mother Of Modern Physics
Marie Curie’s discoveries saved millions of lives — at the expense of her own. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
11 Jan 20217min
Tightroping Between The Twin Towers
Years of studying, months of planning, and a nighttime break-in were all precursors to a 1974 stunt in New York City — but this was no heist. It was a high-wire act by Philippe Petit. Learn more about...
8 Jan 20217min
Thwarting Hitler’s Olympic Agenda
Jesse Owens became the most decorated Olympian at the 1936 Berlin Games, despite Hitler’s best efforts to see Aryan athletes triumph. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adch...
7 Jan 20217min
Stalling The #Strawpocalypse
Benjamin Von Wong used 168,000 recycled drinking straws to create a towering art installation. The record-breaking structure was dubbed “The Parting of the Plastic Sea.” Learn more about your ad choi...
6 Jan 20217min
The Queen Of Chess
A childhood experiment helped turn Judit Polgár into a chess prodigy, but not everyone was willing to recognize her chops — until she bested her idol in a 2002 tournament. Learn more about your ad c...
5 Jan 20217min
Ending Apartheid
A political prisoner in South Africa for 27 years, Nelson Mandela was unjustly regarded as an enemy of his country before he helped radically transform it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit po...
4 Jan 20217min
A Gust Of Innovation
At first, all 14-year-old William Kamkwamba wanted to do was power a lamp so he could read at night. But the young Malawian inventor’s ambitions soon grew far bigger… Learn more about your ad choice...
1 Jan 20216min
