Voyage to the North Pole | Crushed | 3
Trapped in polar pack ice, the crew of USS Jeannette settle in for a long, dark winter. As the temperature drops and the ice floes press against her sides, the ship risks suffering grave damage. Moral...
4 Juni 202444min
Voyage to the North Pole | Icebound | 2
It’s September 1879 and the crew of USS Jeannette encounters pack ice that’s thicker than they expected, due to unseasonably cold weather. Captain George De Long is at a loss for how to push through i...
28 Maj 202444min
Voyage to the North Pole | Arctic Dreams | 1
In July 1879, 33 men set sail aboard USS Jeannette on a two-year mission to become the first humans to reach the North Pole. Though many other expeditions have failed, Captain George De Long is confid...
21 Maj 202445min
Encore: Meltdown at Fukushima | The Devil's Chain Reaction | 4
After a week of unrelenting disasters—and with Tokyo itself now under threat—the managers of the Fukushima nuclear power plant are forced to evacuate all but the most essential staff. But with the hel...
14 Maj 202444min
Encore: Meltdown at Fukushima | Collapse | 3
Now contending with multiple damaged reactors, engineers at the Fukushima nuclear power plant hatch a series of increasingly desperate plans to prevent a total meltdown. But several explosions and the...
7 Maj 202445min
Encore: Meltdown at Fukushima | Pressure | 2
Crippled by a tsunami of unprecedented scale, one of the reactors at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is in danger of melting down. To save it, workers must do the unthinkable: Vent radio...
30 Apr 202442min
Encore: Meltdown at Fukushima | Triple Disaster | 1
In March 2011, one of the largest earthquakes in history struck eastern Japan, followed by a massive tsunami. This one-two punch then caused a third disaster—a total loss of power at the Fukushima Dai...
23 Apr 202447min
BONUS: When Animals Attack with Tooth & Claw | 6
On this special episode of Against the Odds, wildlife biologist and host of the podcast Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks, Wes Larson, joins Mike Corey to share some of the wildest animal e...
16 Apr 202445min
