Encore: Donner Party | The Shortcut | 1
In the 1840s, thousands of Americans journeyed west to California to pursue better lives. One group of settlers became infamous: the Donner Party. After taking an unproven shortcut, their wagon train ...
19 Dec 202348min
Alone in the Alaska Wilderness | Lone Survivor | 4
Journalist Brian Murphy first discovered Leon Crane’s story buried in a press release about a fellow airman, who had died when their B-24 bomber crashed in Alaska in 1943. At the end of the release, h...
12 Dec 202334min
Alone in the Alaska Wilderness | The Long Walk | 3
Leon Crane abandons the safety of an old hunter’s cabin to make a final push towards what he hopes is a small village. But the ice in the river he’s following has begun to crack, making for a perilous...
5 Dec 202342min
Alone in the Alaska Wilderness | Cabin Fever | 2
Pilot Leon Crane has spent a week stranded in the Alaska backcountry after his plane crashed, and is in desperate need of food. He’s now considered “missing in action” by the army, with no rescue comi...
28 Nov 202342min
Alone in the Alaska Wilderness | Survival Mode | 1
It’s December 1943 and First Lieutenant Leon Crane and his crewmates board the Iceberg Inez, a B-24 bomber, for a test run. But when the plane runs into trouble and crashes, Crane finds himself alone ...
21 Nov 202341min
Lost in the Rainforest | A Conversation with Yossi Ghinsberg | 4
Today, Yossi Ghinsberg joins host Cassie De Pecol to discuss how he survived for three weeks alone in the Bolivian Amazon. Yossi reflects on the lessons he learned from the experience, and shares the ...
14 Nov 202337min
Lost in the Rainforest | Man of Action | 3
Kevin Gale desperately tries to organize a search party for Yossi Ghinsberg, who is still lost in the Bolivian rainforest. As days turn to weeks, Kevin worries he'll never see his friend alive again. ...
7 Nov 202343min
Lost in the Rainforest | Swept Away | 2
After splitting off from their group, Yossi Ghinsberg and Kevin Gale hope to complete their journey through the Bolivian rainforest by rafting down the Tuichi River. But they quickly discover they're ...
31 Okt 202344min
