Miracle On Ice
The 1980 Winter Olympics match-up between the U.S. and Soviet Union hockey teams pit young amateurs against reigning champions. But U.S. coach Herb Brooks had a few tricks up his sleeve… Learn more ...
31 Dec 20207min
First African Woman To Win A Nobel Prize
Kenya’s first female professor, Wangari Maathai, went up against a dictator to protect green space in Nairobi. The movement she started has gone on to plant over 51 million trees. Learn more about y...
30 Dec 20207min
Propelling Into Peril
When three hikers found themselves stranded on the tenth highest mountain in the world, Daniel Aufdenblatten and Richard Lehner risked their own lives to pull off a daring rescue. Learn more about yo...
29 Dec 20207min
Doubles Or Nothing: 100+ Mile Running
Breast cancer survivor Nicky Spinks has run hundreds of miles through the wilderness, breaking records as she conquered steep, muddy, mountainous routes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podc...
28 Dec 20207min
Single-Handedly Reforesting India
To save his island home from flood-driven erosion, Jadav Payeng began planting trees. Decades later, there’s over a thousand acres of forest. And he’s still planting. Learn more about your ad choices...
18 Dec 20206min
“The Greatest” Earns His Nickname
In a much-anticipated 1964 match, he floated like a butterfly… stung like a bee… and defeated the champion boxer that everyone had favored to win. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoic...
17 Dec 20207min
A Solo Row Across The Atlantic
Kiko Matthews spent nearly two months rowing over 3,000 miles in the Atlantic Ocean to raise money for the hospital that twice saved her life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices....
16 Dec 20207min
A Hero And A Heart In Need
After a bar fight in 1893, James Cornish was rushed to Chicago’s first interracial hospital, helmed by Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, for a pioneering open-heart surgery. Learn more about your ad choices...
15 Dec 20207min
