The Chilean Miner Rescue
A mine collapse left 33 miners trapped a half-mile below the surface in an underground shelter. It would take an international team of rescuers 69 days to save them. Learn more about your ad choices. ...
3 Sep 20217min
Centenarian Runs Marathon
Doctors said Fauja Singh may never walk. So they’d be pretty surprised to learn that he became the first 100-year-old to run a marathon, and the oldest known person to run a marathon. Learn more about...
2 Sep 20216min
Tarrare, The Man Who Could Eat Anything
Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day. Give Tarrare lizards, snakes, and a squirming eel, he’ll eat those too… along with rocks, bandages, and trash. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcas...
1 Sep 20217min
Cyborg Musician Beats Drumming Record
Maybe robots will take over the world. Maybe they’ll just help us drum really, really well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
31 Aug 20216min
Surviving Mt. Everest’s Deadliest Blizzard
Separated from his climbing group in a whiteout, no one thought Dr. Beck Weathers would make it back to camp. But he lived to tell his tale, and see it on the big screen with the 2015 film ‘Everest.’ ...
30 Aug 20216min
Spinning The World’s Biggest Hula-Hoop
Getti Kehayova decided that the best way to honor her late sister, a world record-breaking hula-hooper, was to set a record for spinning the World’s Biggest Hula-Hoop. Learn more about your ad choices...
27 Aug 20216min
Winning Olympic Gold To Get The Girl
Considered one of the most versatile athletes of all time, Jim Thorpe went to the 1912 Olympics and dominated. Not only did he win gold medals, he won the approval of his girlfriend’s parents. Learn m...
26 Aug 20217min
