Incredible Feats

Incredible Feats

Spotify Studios

They’ve broken records, made history, and turned the impossible into the incredible. Every weekday, join comedian Dan Cummins as he profiles amazing achievements made by people from all over the world. Incredible Feats is a Spotify Original from Parcast.

The Chilean Miner Rescue

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. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 3, 2021 • 7:30

Centenarian Runs Marathon

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 your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 2, 2021 • 6:43

Tarrare, The Man Who Could Eat Anything

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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 1, 2021 • 7:33

Cyborg Musician Beats Drumming Record

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

Aug 31, 2021 • 6:37

Surviving Mt. Everest’s Deadliest Blizzard

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.’  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 30, 2021 • 6:56

Spinning The World’s Biggest Hula-Hoop

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. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 27, 2021 • 6:39

Winning Olympic Gold To Get The Girl

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 more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 26, 2021 • 7:17

Setting Archery Records… With Her Feet

Setting Archery Records… With Her Feet

Gymnast Brittany Walsh wanted to do something different, so she trained herself to shoot arrows with her feet — and she didn’t stop there.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 25, 2021 • 7:07

Castaway On A Liferaft For 76 Days

Castaway On A Liferaft For 76 Days

On a solo journey across the Atlantic, Steve Callahan was forced into his inflatable liferaft. He spent the next two and half months adrift at sea, waiting to be rescued. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 24, 2021 • 7:07

Amputee Team Bikes Baja 1000

Amputee Team Bikes Baja 1000

After years of chronic pain, pro motocross racer Chris Ridgway requested to have his left leg amputated. But that didn’t stop him from racing.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 23, 2021 • 6:59

Record Number Of Stunt People Set On Fire

Record Number Of Stunt People Set On Fire

Setting 20 stunt people on fire was all in a day's work for Emmy-winning stunt coordinator Rowley Irlam.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 20, 2021 • 6:45

A Fiery Rivalry

A Fiery Rivalry

While a school building burned just yards behind them, rival football teams from Deerfield Academy and the Mt. Hermon School for Boys played on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 19, 2021 • 6:59

A Front Row Ticket To The Apocalypse

A Front Row Ticket To The Apocalypse

A blocked road. Then a flat tire. Trapped at the bottom of a canyon with a wildfire burning all around him, Don Myron was going to find a way out or die trying. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 18, 2021 • 6:59

Motorcycling Through Flames

Motorcycling Through Flames

Most people don’t have a burning desire to motorcycle through a 395-foot tunnel of flames. But for daredevils Enrico Schoeman and André de Kock, it was a surefire way to set a new world record.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 17, 2021 • 6:56

Driving Into A Wildfire

Driving Into A Wildfire

As the Woolsey Fire burned, volcanologist Jess Phoenix drove into danger, determined to save terrified horses that couldn’t be evacuated.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 16, 2021 • 6:42

Solving Rubik’s Cubes Underwater

Solving Rubik’s Cubes Underwater

In Chennai, India, Illayaram Sekar solved a record-breaking number of Rubik’s Cubes while completely submerged.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 13, 2021 • 7:06

The Winningest Woman On The Slopes

The Winningest Woman On The Slopes

Lindsey Vonn’s ski racing resume is spectacularly impressive — even more so when you consider how many supposedly career-ending injuries she’s sustained. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 12, 2021 • 7:06

Left For Dead In The Andes

Left For Dead In The Andes

Nearly doomed to an icy grave, Joe Simpson crawled back to basecamp with a shattered leg after summiting Siula Grande in Peru. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 11, 2021 • 7:07

Paralyzed Athlete Breaks Records With His Mouth

Paralyzed Athlete Breaks Records With His Mouth

Rocky Stoutenburgh was just 19 years old when an accident left him permanently paralyzed from the shoulders down. Twelve years later, he started breaking world records. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 10, 2021 • 6:41

Supersonic Man Drives World’s Fastest Car

Supersonic Man Drives World’s Fastest Car

Pop quiz: how fast would you have to drive in order to break the speed of sound? Andy Green went supersonic in 1997 — twice — setting the world record for land speed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 9, 2021 • 7:18

Drowned Alive

Drowned Alive

It can be tricky to master even a sleight of hand, but illusionist David Blaine took his magic to the next level when he changed his body inside and out… all so he could hold his breath the longest.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 6, 2021 • 6:52

Highest Score In College Basketball

Highest Score In College Basketball

In 2012, breaking the collegiate basketball scoring record seemed impossible. But Jack Taylor had a few things going for him… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 5, 2021 • 7:00

Determination And Loads Of Hot Air

Determination And Loads Of Hot Air

After a lifetime of adventure, Fedor Konyukhov remembered an idea he had in 1992 — one that would take his ambitions sky-high, and break multiple circumnavigation records. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 4, 2021 • 6:48

Losing A Leg, Starting A Movement

Losing A Leg, Starting A Movement

A battle with cancer cost him a limb, but Terry Fox felt lucky just to be alive — so he poured his gratitude into an impossible-sounding mission that would let him give back.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 3, 2021 • 7:10

Daredevil Skier Summits Everest At 80

Daredevil Skier Summits Everest At 80

By the time Yuichiro Miura was 80 years old, he’d already set a skiing record, survived a near-death experience, and glided down the highest mountain in Japan. But he wasn’t done pushing his limits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 2, 2021 • 6:41

2 Sports, 2 Medals, 2 Borrowed Skis

2 Sports, 2 Medals, 2 Borrowed Skis

Ester Ladecka from the Czech Republic became the first woman to win a gold medal in two different sports in the span of one Winter Olympics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 30, 2021 • 7:09

From Flying Squirrel To Double Gold Medal Winner

From Flying Squirrel To Double Gold Medal Winner

Not even expected to medal in the 2012 London Olympics, gymnast Gabby Douglas became the first American to win gold medals in both the Individual and Team All-Around. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 29, 2021 • 7:00

Shooting Blind To Set The Olympic Archery Record

Shooting Blind To Set The Olympic Archery Record

He might be legally blind, but South Korea’s Im Dong-Hyun can always find the bullseye. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 28, 2021 • 6:54

The “Miracle On The Mat”

The “Miracle On The Mat”

Facing 9-time world champ and 3-time Olympic gold medalist Aleksandr Karelin from Russia, Rulon Gardner of the U.S. came up with the biggest upset in Olympic wrestling history to win the gold medal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 27, 2021 • 7:04

Overcoming Icebergs And Injuries To Win Gold

Overcoming Icebergs And Injuries To Win Gold

Tennis champion Richard Norris Williams II won his first Grand Slam in mixed-doubles in the U.S. Open. Months earlier, he survived the sinking of the RMS Titanic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 26, 2021 • 6:18

Overcoming Disability To Break World Records

Overcoming Disability To Break World Records

High school and college national wrestling championships were just the beginning for Anthony Robles. When his wrestling career was over, he set out to break world records and did so, all with only one leg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 23, 2021 • 7:25

Red Sox Player Saves A Life

Red Sox Player Saves A Life

Red Sox outfielder Jim Rice was used to performing under pressure. But nothing would prepare him for what happened during the 4th inning of a game August 7, 1982 at Fenway Park. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 22, 2021 • 6:45

Dancing In The Sky

Dancing In The Sky

Imagine doing something called the “death whirl” on an 18-inch platform 100 feet above the ground. That was just part of the routine that Benny Fox and his partner “Betty” would perform multiple times a day throughout the 1930s and 40s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 21, 2021 • 7:38

“Soul Surfer” Gets Back On Board

“Soul Surfer” Gets Back On Board

After losing an arm in a 2003 shark attack, 13 year old Bethany Hamilton had to work even harder to achieve her goal of becoming a professional surfer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 20, 2021 • 7:57

Don’t Meet Your Heroes, Beat Your Heroes

Don’t Meet Your Heroes, Beat Your Heroes

Up and coming tennis star Naomi Osaka faced her idol, the legendary Serena Williams, and won a controversial match. To set the record straight, Osaka beat Williams a second time on her way to her 4th Grand Slam title. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 19, 2021 • 7:40

Summiting The World’s 14 Highest Mountains, Alpine Style

Summiting The World’s 14 Highest Mountains, Alpine Style

It took 13 years, but Austrian climber Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner became the first woman to summit the world’s highest mountains without sherpas or supplemental oxygen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 16, 2021 • 7:18

Top Female Soccer Scorer

Top Female Soccer Scorer

Goals are important. Ada Hegerberg scored a lot of them as Norway’s top women’s soccer player. But when the National Team didn’t get the practice time and pay they deserved, she found a new goal to achieve. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 15, 2021 • 7:11

Walking Thousands Of Miles, Backwards

Walking Thousands Of Miles, Backwards

Plennie Wingo had a retro idea… To make money during the Great Depression, he’d walk around the world backward. And while it cost him his marriage, walking backwards is certainly something he did on three different continents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 14, 2021 • 7:36

The Underground Astronauts

The Underground Astronauts

In a nearly impossible-to-reach subterranean cave, a group of young women searched for fossils — and found a brand new species. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 13, 2021 • 7:27

Ten Hours Trapped In A Riptide

Ten Hours Trapped In A Riptide

19-year-old Blake Spataro was stranded in the open ocean for hours with no life vest. He would miraculously survive the experience and refer to it as “the worst vacation ever.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 12, 2021 • 7:20

Don’t Go Jumpin’ Waterfalls

Don’t Go Jumpin’ Waterfalls

Known as America’s first daredevil, Sam Patch had a penchant for jumping into waterfalls. And there was one particular waterfall he needed to conquer: Niagara Falls.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 9, 2021 • 7:04

Michael Jordan’s NBA Finals Flu Game

Michael Jordan’s NBA Finals Flu Game

He was up all night vomiting, but you wouldn't have known it from the way Michael Jordan performed in Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 8, 2021 • 7:35

Bowling With The Boys

Bowling With The Boys

After winning the first-ever Women’s PBA Championship, Kelly Kulick got the opportunity to compete against the men. And she didn’t just beat them. She destroyed them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 7, 2021 • 7:37

Running The Gauntlet In The Boston Marathon

Running The Gauntlet In The Boston Marathon

Kathrine Switzer set out to be the first woman to legally run the Boston Marathon. No one was gonna make it easy for her — but who could’ve predicted the bodyslams? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 6, 2021 • 7:29

Pinky Pull-Up Prince

Pinky Pull-Up Prince

Thirty-six pull-ups would be a personal record for most people. But Tazio il Biondo isn't like most people. He set a Guinness record with 36 consecutive pull-ups… using just his two pinky fingers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 5, 2021 • 8:00

Harriet Tubman’s Top-Secret Military Mission

Harriet Tubman’s Top-Secret Military Mission

In 1863, a colonel in the Union Army approached Harriet Tubman with a dangerous mission: rescue hundreds of enslaved people from inside Confederate territory. She accepted, becoming the only woman to lead a Civil War military operation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 2, 2021 • 7:46

Baseball Legend Joins Secret WWII Invasion

Baseball Legend Joins Secret WWII Invasion

Before he was drafted by the New York Yankees, Hall of Famer Yogi Berra was drafted by the U.S. Navy to fight in World War II. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 1, 2021 • 7:25

Double Agent Secures Revolutionary Victory

Double Agent Secures Revolutionary Victory

Born into slavery, James Armistead risked his life to help secure an American victory in the Revolutionary War.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 30, 2021 • 7:00

Cracking The Enigma Code

Cracking The Enigma Code

The British military needed to crack the German Enigma Code to win World War II. It had nearly 159 quintillion solutions. They called on Alan Turing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 29, 2021 • 7:25

Wooden-Legged Spy Hikes 50 Miles To Escape Nazis

Wooden-Legged Spy Hikes 50 Miles To Escape Nazis

American spy Virginia Hall braved the Pyrenees Mountains in November to escape the Gestapo, who called her “The Enemy’s Most Dangerous Spy.”  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 28, 2021 • 7:08

Project Excelsior: The First Stratosphere Dive

Project Excelsior: The First Stratosphere Dive

Can humans survive over 100,000 feet above sea level? In 1960, U.S. Air Force captain Joseph Kittinger had to find that out for himself… and then skydive back to Earth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 25, 2021 • 8:01

The Fittest Woman On Earth

The Fittest Woman On Earth

Annie Thorisdottir was looking for a sport that was exciting and that she could dominate. When she found Crossfit, it was “game over” for other competitors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 24, 2021 • 8:33

Teenager Invents Water-Skiing

Teenager Invents Water-Skiing

A love of snow-skiing combined with a love of aquaplaning on the local lake led teenager Ralph Samuelson to invent a new sport. But it wasn’t as easy as it sounds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 23, 2021 • 7:25

First Woman In Space

First Woman In Space

Becoming the first woman to fly into outer space was relatively easy for Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova. The challenging part was making sure she would also be the first woman to return from outer space safely. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 22, 2021 • 7:32

Extreme Shallow Diving

Extreme Shallow Diving

Imagine diving off a platform almost 38 feet in the air and landing in water only 1 foot deep. Sound impossible? It is, unless you're Darren Taylor… aka Professor Splash. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 21, 2021 • 7:15

“The Guy Who Cut His Arm Off”

“The Guy Who Cut His Arm Off”

When hiker Aron Ralston’s right arm got wedged between an 800 pound boulder and the canyon wall, he was forced to do the unthinkable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 18, 2021 • 8:05

World’s Fastest Sprinter

World’s Fastest Sprinter

How does one become the fastest man in the world? Why, chicken nuggets, of course. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 17, 2021 • 7:13

Snowboarding In Antarctica

Snowboarding In Antarctica

After snowboarding down all the highest peaks that helicopters could reach, Jeremy Jones had to find a new place to descend. Somewhere nobody had ever snowboarded before. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 16, 2021 • 7:00

A Pilot Episode

A Pilot Episode

Goaded on by her brother’s taunts, Bessie Coleman crossed an ocean to learn how to fly. She broke boundaries as a pilot — then went on to perfect daring stunts, too.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 15, 2021 • 7:07

Hold Up. How Many Grammys?

Hold Up. How Many Grammys?

Ever since she started with Destiny’s Child, Beyoncé has been piling up Grammys — more than any other singer in history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 14, 2021 • 6:54

“Bat Man”: The First to Soar with Wings

“Bat Man”: The First to Soar with Wings

Because airplanes couldn’t fly any higher in the 1930s, Clem Sohn had to find a new way to keep his aerial stunts fresh. So he developed a “bat suit” that allowed him to stay in the air longer and perform even more death-defying tricks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 11, 2021 • 6:42

Lean Mean Fighting Machine

Lean Mean Fighting Machine

Retired boxer and entrepreneur George Foreman wanted to become the oldest boxer to win the Heavyweight title. And at age 45, he did. But it wouldn’t be easy.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 10, 2021 • 7:06

Race To The South Pole

Race To The South Pole

Roald Amundsen wanted to become the first explorer to reach the South Pole. The only problem: A different expedition was already under way, so he'd have to hurry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 9, 2021 • 7:14

Back-To-Back Double Olympic Diving Gold

Back-To-Back Double Olympic Diving Gold

American Greg Louganis became the first man to win gold medals in both platform and springboard diving in back-to-back Olympics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 8, 2021 • 7:01

Woman Travels Alone To Every Country In The World

Woman Travels Alone To Every Country In The World

How many countries have you been to? It’s probably not as many as Cassie De Pecol, who became the first woman to travel to all 196 countries in the world (yes, even North Korea!). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 7, 2021 • 7:16

The Great British Swim!

The Great British Swim!

A leisurely thing to do may be to drive around Great Britain, but Ross Edgley wanted to enter the record books, so he SWAM around Great Britain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 4, 2021 • 6:43

Home Run King

Home Run King

Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth’s MLB home run record by hitting his 715th career home run. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 3, 2021 • 6:58

Piano Dueling Prodigy

Piano Dueling Prodigy

It’s not often that “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” can win a piano competition, but when it’s played by Mozart, anything can happen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 2, 2021 • 7:17

Grizzly Bear Attacks

Grizzly Bear Attacks

The only thing luckier than a man who survives a grizzly bear attack is a man who survives two grizzly bear attacks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 1, 2021 • 6:54

Thai Cave Rescue

Thai Cave Rescue

When 12 teenage soccer players and their coach become stranded in an underwater cave, two men are called on to do the impossible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 31, 2021 • 7:10

Longest UTV Jump

Longest UTV Jump

Even with his lower body paralyzed, Tanner Godfrey set out to set a record and jump more than 240 feet in his utility terrain vehicle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 28, 2021 • 7:03

“Kobe!” Scoring 81 Points In A Game

“Kobe!” Scoring 81 Points In A Game

In 2006, Kobe Bryant scored an astounding 81 points against the Toronto Raptors, the second most points ever scored in an NBA game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 27, 2021 • 6:17

Longest Running Daily Vlog

Longest Running Daily Vlog

Charles Trippy released a new vlog every day for ten years — including one documenting his brain surgery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 26, 2021 • 7:00

Inventing Computer Code

Inventing Computer Code

Ada Lovelace wrote the very first computer algorithm in 1843. It was so groundbreaking, her notes were used to crack the German Enigma Code over 100 years later. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 25, 2021 • 7:04

Shark’s Fin: The Impossible Climb

Shark’s Fin: The Impossible Climb

Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk became the first three climbers in history to summit a peak that experts said couldn’t be climbed.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 24, 2021 • 7:07

Slacklining Over A Gorge

Slacklining Over A Gorge

Teenager Pablo Signoret is a different kind of slacker, setting a record for the world’s longest highline walk… while blindfolded. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 21, 2021 • 7:00

Outbiking The Lads

Outbiking The Lads

Amateur cyclist Beryl Burton pedaled over 277 miles in twelve hours to set a world record that would last FIFTY years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 20, 2021 • 7:03

Driving On The Moon

Driving On The Moon

Normally, a 17.5 mile drive that takes 18 hours would be infuriating. But for astronauts David Scott and Jim Irwin, it was an opportunity to document about a quarter of the moon’s surface. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 19, 2021 • 6:21

World’s Longest Nonstop Flight

World’s Longest Nonstop Flight

Most people take non-stop flights because they’re meant to be shorter. But pilot Steve Fossett set the record for the world’s longest nonstop flight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 18, 2021 • 7:10

The Bionic Arm

The Bionic Arm

Amputee Robert Campbell Aird used a bionic prosthesis to become the first one-handed person to windsurf! And he did it across the English Channel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 17, 2021 • 7:04

3 Hours. 1 Wave. Surf’s Up!

3 Hours. 1 Wave. Surf’s Up!

Gary Saavedra wanted to put Panama in the record books, so he set out to do the impossible: surf the Panama Canal! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 14, 2021 • 7:07

A Perfect Day For A Perfect Game

A Perfect Day For A Perfect Game

Yankees pitcher Don Larsen achieves a feat so incredible nobody else has achieved it since. In game 5 of the 1956 World Series, he retired all 27 Brooklyn Dodgers batters he faced, throwing the first and only “perfect game” in World Series history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 13, 2021 • 6:52

Trapped In Earth’s Upper Atmosphere

Trapped In Earth’s Upper Atmosphere

In 1931 while studying radioactive waves, Swiss physicist Auguste Piccard and his assistant Paul Kipfer flew their custom hot air balloon closer to outer space than anyone before them… only to become trapped 50,000 feet above Earth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 12, 2021 • 7:14

Running On Empty

Running On Empty

There was something about running that just didn’t sit well with ultramarathoner Mike McKnight. Every time he ran a marathon he’d eat to keep his energy up… and every time he ate, he puked. So McKnight decided to cut food from his routine, and as a result, ran 100 miles without stopping. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 11, 2021 • 7:03

Surgeon, Soldier, Captive, Spy

Surgeon, Soldier, Captive, Spy

Mary Edwards Walker saved lives and made history as the first woman surgeon in the U.S. military. For her battlefield valor during the Civil War, she received a Medal of Honor — and when the government tried to revoke it? She defended it with a shotgun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 10, 2021 • 6:44

Climbing Mt. Everest, Blind

Climbing Mt. Everest, Blind

In 2001, Erik Weihenmayer made climbing history as the first blind person to summit Mt. Everest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 7, 2021 • 6:38

World’s Fastest Marathon

World’s Fastest Marathon

In an effort to set the record for a sub two-hour marathon, Eliud Kipchoge designed the perfect course with all the elements and variables he would need to succeed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 6, 2021 • 7:00

Saving Lives With Soap

Saving Lives With Soap

In a field that was dominated by men, Florence Nightingale “cleaned up” the nursing profession and showed the industry a new way to save lives.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 5, 2021 • 7:29

World’s Highest Jump

World’s Highest Jump

Known as one of the best athletes in Cuba’s history, Javier Sotomayor overcame a terrifying fear to set the world record in the high jump.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 4, 2021 • 7:08

Creating The Polio Vaccine

Creating The Polio Vaccine

Jonas Salk was tasked with making a vaccine for polio, but it wouldn’t be easy. A normal vaccine could risk paralyzing the very kids he was trying to protect — he would have to pioneer something entirely new.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 3, 2021 • 6:58

Shaun White’s Secret Snowboard Mission

Shaun White’s Secret Snowboard Mission

Devising a secret weapon for competition, snowboarder Shaun White perfects a new trick and uses it to win gold in the X-games and then the Winter Olympics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 30, 2021 • 8:35

20th Time’s The Charm: Dale Earnhardt Wins Daytona 500

20th Time’s The Charm: Dale Earnhardt Wins Daytona 500

After various misfortunes prevented him from winning, the late, great NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt finally won his first Daytona 500 on his 20th attempt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 29, 2021 • 8:38

Longest Tennis Match In History

Longest Tennis Match In History

It took place over three long days. It was over eleven hours of tennis. Twelve records were broken. It’s the story of the 2010 Wimbledon match between Nicholas Mahut and John Isner that became the longest in history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 28, 2021 • 8:40

A C-Section And A Secret

A C-Section And A Secret

For years, Caesarean Sections were mostly performed in hopes of saving either the mother or the baby. But in 1826, Dr. James Barry became the first British doctor to perform the procedure where both the mother and child lived.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 27, 2021 • 8:31

First Woman To Circle The Globe By Car

First Woman To Circle The Globe By Car

In 1922, 16-year-old Aloha Wanderwell participated in the “Million Dollar Wager” — a race around the world in a Ford Model T. It ended in 1927 with her holding the Guinness World Record as the first woman to circle the globe by car. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 26, 2021 • 8:23

A Teen Pilot’s Daring Flight

A Teen Pilot’s Daring Flight

In 1928, no one had ever successfully flown under New York’s East River bridges — though many had tried and failed. 17-year-old Elinor Smith became the first. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 23, 2021 • 7:14

Tony Hawk Lands The First Skateboard 900

Tony Hawk Lands The First Skateboard 900

The internet’s favorite skateboarding icon practiced, failed, and even broke a bone while attempting to land a trick he invented. For fourteen years. Then came the 1999 X Games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 22, 2021 • 7:19

Goodall Fashioned Fun

Goodall Fashioned Fun

As a young researcher, Jane Goodall shocked the scientific community with a revolutionary discovery about chimpanzees.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 21, 2021 • 6:38

Acrobatic Salsa… In Her 80s!

Acrobatic Salsa… In Her 80s!

Sarah “Paddy” Jones retired from professional dance in the 1950s to raise a family, but decades later, she returned to the stage — in a very big way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 20, 2021 • 7:09

Hollywood’s First Stunt Sequence

Hollywood’s First Stunt Sequence

In 1922, former real estate agent and “Human Spider” Bill Strother pulled off a top-secret movie stunt so dangerous that onlookers passed out while watching it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 19, 2021 • 7:18

Strongest Pastor Alive

Strongest Pastor Alive

Reverend and strongman Kevin Fast, who’s broken over 30 Guinness World Records, pulled a jet plane over 28 feet to set a new, adrenaline-fueled record. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 16, 2021 • 6:48

The Great One

The Great One

Wayne Gretzky didn’t just break NHL scoring records, he shattered them! Even if you took away all of his 894 goals and just counted his 1,963 assists, he would still have more points than any other player in NHL history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 15, 2021 • 7:01

Longest Time Planking

Longest Time Planking

In 2020, George Hood set out to take back his planking record. With bleeding elbows and abs of steel, he planked for hours, raising thousands of dollars for a gym that supports mental and physical health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 14, 2021 • 7:22

Teenager Outrides Paul Revere

Teenager Outrides Paul Revere

With a city under attack and an urgent need for militiamen, there was only one person who could ride out to rally them: 16-year-old Sybil Ludington.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 13, 2021 • 7:11

Boy Genius’s IQ Higher Than Einstein’s

Boy Genius’s IQ Higher Than Einstein’s

Michael Kearney was a child prodigy who became the youngest person ever to graduate college. Where does a kid go from there?! The answer will surprise you…  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 12, 2021 • 7:26

The Human Cannonball

The Human Cannonball

Dave “The Bullet” Smith Jr. breaks his father’s distance record, and then his own distance record, after blasting out of a 35-foot-long cannon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 9, 2021 • 7:16

A-Rod’s Grand Slam Legacy

A-Rod’s Grand Slam Legacy

The tail end of his career was mired with injuries and a year-long suspension, but at 40 years old, Alex Rodriguez became the MLB all-time leader in grand slams.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 8, 2021 • 7:05

The “Grease-Smeared Venus”

The “Grease-Smeared Venus”

Gertrude Ederle was the first woman to swim the English Channel. Helping her do it? A specialized swimsuit and snacks of fried chicken. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 7, 2021 • 7:14

First Woman Elected President In The World

First Woman Elected President In The World

One of the last places on Earth to be settled by humans was the first place on Earth to democratically elect a female president. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 6, 2021 • 6:44

Knocking Out A Boxing Champ... One-Handed

Knocking Out A Boxing Champ... One-Handed

21-year-old Alberto “Baby” Arizmendi broke his wrist in the second round of a match but still managed to finish the 10-round bout... and win! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 5, 2021 • 7:08

Hit By A Truck, Gets Back On The Bike

Hit By A Truck, Gets Back On The Bike

Two-time Olympic gold medal winner James Cracknell biked across the Yukon in the dead of winter after suffering a traumatic and debilitating brain injury just six months earlier. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 2, 2021 • 7:08

March Madness Buzzer Beater

March Madness Buzzer Beater

Lorenzo Charles’ slam dunk as time expired gave North Carolina State the national championship and completed their Cinderella run through the NCAA tournament. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 1, 2021 • 6:45

An American In The Paris Ballet

An American In The Paris Ballet

Maria Tallchief was the first prima ballerina in America and helped turn the famously Parisian art of ballet into a mainstay of American culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 31, 2021 • 7:13

The 2010 Best Picture Oscars Race

The 2010 Best Picture Oscars Race

“The Hurt Locker” earned Kathryn Bigelow two historic wins, while up against some of Hollywood’s fiercest competition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 30, 2021 • 6:48

Turning Boxing Knowledge Into $64,000

Turning Boxing Knowledge Into $64,000

To win a life-changing sum of money, Dr. Joyce Brothers transformed herself into a boxing expert.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 29, 2021 • 7:22

Surviving An Unthinkable Crash

Surviving An Unthinkable Crash

23-year-old Angela Hernandez tumbled down a 250-foot cliff in her Jeep in 2018. When she woke up, she was entirely alone, and there was nobody around to help her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 26, 2021 • 7:09

Simone Biles Vaults Into History

Simone Biles Vaults Into History

Already a legend, Simone Biles adds two more signature moves to her existing two, on her way to becoming the greatest American gymnast of all time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 25, 2021 • 7:23

More Than 80 Years Of Betty White

More Than 80 Years Of Betty White

We fell in love with her characters, then we fell in love with her! Betty White has delighted TV viewers with her talents and charm since 1939 in a remarkable, record-breaking career.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 24, 2021 • 7:07

Foiling A Lincoln Assassination Attempt

Foiling A Lincoln Assassination Attempt

Pinkerton detective Kate Warne goes undercover to find possible plots to destroy a railroad and instead discovers and thwarts a plan to assassinate President-elect Abraham Lincoln. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 23, 2021 • 7:17

Setting Sail On A Garbage Mission

Setting Sail On A Garbage Mission

Mary T. Crowley is a present-day oceanic hero, having spent over 40 years — and on one excursion, over six straight weeks — cleaning tons of plastic waste from open waters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 22, 2021 • 6:59

Flooring MMA Opponents In 14 Seconds Flat

Flooring MMA Opponents In 14 Seconds Flat

“Rowdy” Ronda Rousey tamed Cat “Alpha” Zingano in only fourteen seconds to successfully defend her UFC Bantamweight Title. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 19, 2021 • 7:20

Zero To Hero In One Icy Year

Zero To Hero In One Icy Year

Kristi Yamaguchi landed a triple Lutz to win Olympic gold in 1992, transforming from career underdog to one of the most scintillating figure skaters to ever grace the ice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 18, 2021 • 7:18

Pacifist Mom Becomes Wartime Spy

Pacifist Mom Becomes Wartime Spy

After British soldiers commandeered her parlor during the Revolutionary War, Lydia Darragh eavesdropped on their plan to ambush her son’s encampment — and risked her life to stop them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 17, 2021 • 7:04

The Fastest, Most Fearless Woman In The World

The Fastest, Most Fearless Woman In The World

Stuntwoman Kitty O’ Neil became the fastest woman in the world after piloting a wheeled supersonic jet at over 500 miles per hour. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 16, 2021 • 7:19

Undercover Botanist Circles The Globe

Undercover Botanist Circles The Globe

Jeanne Baret’s passion for plants knew no bounds. To study them, she defied the French Navy, disguised herself as a man, and circumnavigated the globe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 15, 2021 • 7:05

Dying A Thousand Deaths

Dying A Thousand Deaths

Anna May Wong has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and over sixty film credits to her name. But to become the first Asian-American TV star, she’d have to quit Hollywood…   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 12, 2021 • 6:50

First WNBA MVP

First WNBA MVP

Despite losing a beloved friend and teammate, Cynthia Cooper-Dyke led the Houston Comets to four consecutive WNBA titles, taking home the Finals MVP Award each time.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 11, 2021 • 7:09

Winning Silver, But Treated Like Gold

Winning Silver, But Treated Like Gold

At 20 years old, badminton star P.V. Sindhu became the first Indian woman to win silver in the Olympics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 10, 2021 • 7:14

Only Woman Honored As A Civil War Veteran

Only Woman Honored As A Civil War Veteran

Unboundless bravery and a talent for disguises helped Sarah Edmonds become a war hero who served as a nurse, soldier, courier, and spy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 9, 2021 • 6:51

Sacagawea Makes The Save

Sacagawea Makes The Save

16-year-old Sacagawea was indispensable to the Lewis and Clark expedition, once single-handedly saving priceless records that could’ve been lost forever.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 8, 2021 • 7:06

#1 Woman In Competitive Eating

#1 Woman In Competitive Eating

She conquered “Phozilla,” then gobbled her way to the top of competitive eating. Miko Sudo is now the #1 female competitive eater, and #5 in the world.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 5, 2021 • 7:08

First Female Player In NCAA Football

First Female Player In NCAA Football

Already a star soccer player, Ashley Martin transferred her kicking skills from the soccer field to the gridiron to become the NCAA’s first female football player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 4, 2021 • 7:03

Desegregating Tennis With 11 Grand Slams

Desegregating Tennis With 11 Grand Slams

Althea Gibson broke the color barrier in professional tennis as the first Black player to compete in a Grand Slam Tournament… and the first to win one as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 3, 2021 • 6:59

A First For The Seven Summits

A First For The Seven Summits

After starting Japan’s first women-only climbing club, Junko Tabei became the first woman to climb Mt. Everest and complete the Seven Summits.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 2, 2021 • 6:46

Turning Millions Of Girls Into Scouts

Turning Millions Of Girls Into Scouts

Widowed and aimless, Juliette Gordon Low decided to use her wealth to help girls learn life skills… and created Girl Scout troops all over the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 1, 2021 • 7:13

First Female President Of Malawi

First Female President Of Malawi

Once an entrepreneur and activist, Joyce Banda’s greatest effort would come as President of Malawi — rejuvenating its crippled economy and improving human rights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 26, 2021 • 6:37

Three World Cups In Three Decades

Three World Cups In Three Decades

While many talented soccer players have won a World Cup, Pelé netted an unprecedented three — more than any other player, ever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 25, 2021 • 7:16

From Poverty To Giving Away Cars

From Poverty To Giving Away Cars

Oprah took a job no one wanted and transformed it into a media empire. Now, she’s an icon and a billionaire — but her path was far from easy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 24, 2021 • 7:25

300 Ways To Use A Peanut

300 Ways To Use A Peanut

George Washington Carver discovered the key to restoring Alabama’s cotton supply and reviving an entire industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 23, 2021 • 7:09

NASA’s Unsung Hero

NASA’s Unsung Hero

Katherine Johnson’s meticulous math skills helped the first American into space, the first American orbit the Earth, and the crew of Apollo 11 reach the moon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 22, 2021 • 7:51

A Kick So Hard It Ruptures Livers

A Kick So Hard It Ruptures Livers

While most fighters rely on precision punching and submission holds, Bas Rutten developed his own special move… and it’s a kicker.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 19, 2021 • 6:52

Youngest Woman To Win Olympic Snowboarding Gold

Youngest Woman To Win Olympic Snowboarding Gold

After years of setting snowboarding records, Chloe Kim dominated the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 18, 2021 • 7:02

Battling ALS To Uncover Secrets Of The Universe

Battling ALS To Uncover Secrets Of The Universe

Stephen Hawking worked hard to prove two things: that the Big Bang Theory is plausible and that living with ALS is possible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 17, 2021 • 7:31

Making Martial Arts Mainstream

Making Martial Arts Mainstream

Bruce Lee’s legendary fighting sequences kicked off an obsession with martial arts in America in the ‘70s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 16, 2021 • 7:11

Freediving In The Himalayas

Freediving In The Himalayas

One icy lake… Two Croatian freedivers… New world records set at over 15,000 feet above sea level. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 15, 2021 • 7:10

World’s Longest Marriage

World’s Longest Marriage

Many couples feel like they’ve been married forever… But Herbert and Zelmyra Fisher actually got pretty close in a union that spanned more than eight decades. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 12, 2021 • 7:09

Breaking Bans & Barriers To Run Boston

Breaking Bans & Barriers To Run Boston

In 1966, women weren’t allowed to run marathons. So runner Bobbi Gibb did what she had to do to run the race anyway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 11, 2021 • 7:08

Hans’ Solo Trip Down Everest

Hans’ Solo Trip Down Everest

Hans Kammerlander would have been happy to set just one record on Mt. Everest in 1996. But there was more in store for the skier…  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 10, 2021 • 7:04

World’s First Female Filmmaker

World’s First Female Filmmaker

Roll the credits! Alice Guy-Blaché is finally getting her due as a pioneering filmmaker who pushed the boundaries of the medium in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 9, 2021 • 7:10

The Pen Is Even Mightier In Space

The Pen Is Even Mightier In Space

The 1969 moon landing was completely unprecedented… and almost a complete disaster. What saved the day? A felt-tipped pen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 8, 2021 • 6:52

World’s Oldest Gymnast

World’s Oldest Gymnast

How many great-grandmothers do you know who are also competitive gymnasts? Meet Johanna Quaas, who kept competing well into her 90s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 5, 2021 • 6:56

Miami’s Momentous Season

Miami’s Momentous Season

In 1972, the Miami Dolphins were still a fairly new franchise. But that season, they proved they had the chops to beat the NFL’s best — and make history while they were at it.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 4, 2021 • 7:03

Feuding Physicists Win Nobel Prize

Feuding Physicists Win Nobel Prize

The invention of the transistor helped three physicists clinch a Nobel Prize — but not even sharing the illustrious award could mend their broken bond.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 3, 2021 • 6:48

Breaking Sabbath To Save Soldiers

Breaking Sabbath To Save Soldiers

Desmond Doss was a pacifist and a medic who was mocked for his beliefs before saving 75 soldiers during one of the bloodiest battles of WWII.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 2, 2021 • 6:56

First Unassisted English Channel Swim

First Unassisted English Channel Swim

27-year-old Captain Matthew Webb made himself a household name after swimming nearly 40 miles unassisted across the jellyfish-filled English Channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 1, 2021 • 7:10

A Lifetime Of Royalties In One Day

A Lifetime Of Royalties In One Day

While most songwriters dream of writing even just one hit single, country music legend Dolly Parton wrote two utterly iconic songs… in one day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 29, 2021 • 6:52

Halftime Becomes Prime Time

Halftime Becomes Prime Time

Needing a big spectacle to draw viewers and land a lucrative TV contract, the NFL tapped Motown legend Diana Ross to sing the national anthem at the biggest game of the year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 28, 2021 • 6:48

A Diamond In The Rough

A Diamond In The Rough

Shea Diamond wrote her first song while serving a 10-year prison sentence. Now, the singer-songwriter has gone from behind bars to behind the mic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 27, 2021 • 6:59

Christmas Hits A High Note

Christmas Hits A High Note

Would you rather have a #1 hit song in four different decades, or the most popular Christmas song of all time? Thankfully, Mariah Carey doesn’t have to choose. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 26, 2021 • 7:13

Rihanna’s Riches

Rihanna’s Riches

Robyn Fenty wasn’t a household name in 2003 when she auditioned for an American music producer in Barbados. Now, she’s the wealthiest female musician in the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 25, 2021 • 7:11

142 Days Buried Alive

142 Days Buried Alive

What would you do to keep a family legacy alive? Geoff Smith spent over four months living underground after his mom’s record was broken by an American. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 22, 2021 • 6:55

The Magic Of A Comeback

The Magic Of A Comeback

With a terminal and highly stigmatized diagnosis, Magic Johnson rallied to play in the 1992 NBA All-Star Game… and was named Most Valuable Player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 21, 2021 • 7:02

Surviving Back-To-Back Avalanches

Surviving Back-To-Back Avalanches

Ken Jones’s solo hike in Romania became a fight for survival when he was engulfed by twin avalanches and forced to crawl for days to find help. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 20, 2021 • 7:00

First Female Fortune 500 CEO

First Female Fortune 500 CEO

When Katharine Graham was installed as head of a small D.C. newspaper, she turned it into a historic institution, publishing risky journalism that changed the course of American politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 19, 2021 • 7:14

Battle Of The Brians

Battle Of The Brians

It was Brian vs. Brian at the 1988 Calgary Olympics, where only one could be crowned the best male figure skating champion in the world.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 18, 2021 • 6:55

World’s Tallest Bridge Saves A Village

World’s Tallest Bridge Saves A Village

A French engineer and a British architect teamed up in 1993 to design and build the Millau Viaduct — a record-breaking bridge that spans a gorge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 15, 2021 • 6:59

Pitching A No-Hitter, One-Handed

Pitching A No-Hitter, One-Handed

Yankees pitcher Jim Abbott — who was born without a right hand — pitched a no-hitter in a 1993 game against the Cleveland Indians.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 14, 2021 • 7:11

110 Rounds In The Ring

110 Rounds In The Ring

In 1893, boxing matches didn’t end until someone was knocked out — explaining how Andy Bowen and Jack Burke once boxed for over seven hours. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 13, 2021 • 6:50

The Ultimate Trust Fall

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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 12, 2021 • 7:18

Mother Of Modern Physics

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

Jan 11, 2021 • 7:04

Tightroping Between The Twin Towers

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 your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 8, 2021 • 7:07

Thwarting Hitler’s Olympic Agenda

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/adchoices

Jan 7, 2021 • 7:31

Stalling The #Strawpocalypse

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 choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 6, 2021 • 7:04

The Queen Of Chess

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 choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 5, 2021 • 7:06

Ending Apartheid

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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 4, 2021 • 7:10

A Gust Of Innovation

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 choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 1, 2021 • 6:57

Miracle On Ice

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 about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 31, 2020 • 7:30

First African Woman To Win A Nobel Prize

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 your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 30, 2020 • 7:14

Propelling Into Peril

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 your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 29, 2020 • 7:11

Doubles Or Nothing: 100+ Mile Running

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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 28, 2020 • 7:11

The Sodder Family Tragedy: 75 Years Later (Pt. 3)

The Sodder Family Tragedy: 75 Years Later (Pt. 3)

For decades, family members and sleuths have tried to determine what really happened the night of the fire. As of yet, they have been unsuccessful. But the clues remain, the questions linger, and the case unofficially stays open…  This episode is presented by Unexplained Mysteries, a Spotify Original from Parcast. For more of history’s greatest puzzles, follow Unexplained Mysteries free on Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Dec 21, 2020 • 41:42

The Sodder Family Tragedy: 75 Years Later (Pt. 2)

The Sodder Family Tragedy: 75 Years Later (Pt. 2)

In the aftermath of the fire, a startling number of tips, twists, and witnesses came forward regarding the fate of the Sodder children. Their father, George, followed the clues for decades, driven by a suspicion of the “official” story and a belief that the blaze was no accident. This episode is presented by Unexplained Mysteries, a Spotify Original from Parcast. For more of history’s greatest puzzles, follow Unexplained Mysteries free on Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Dec 21, 2020 • 42:23

The Sodder Family Tragedy: 75 Years Later (Pt. 1)

The Sodder Family Tragedy: 75 Years Later (Pt. 1)

Early Christmas day in 1945, Jennie Sodder woke up to her house on fire. The blaze consumed her home, and five of her young children. Or did it? Strange events, prescient remarks, and a lack of human remains hinted at more nefarious — though no less tragic — outcomes.  This episode is presented by Unexplained Mysteries, a Spotify Original from Parcast. For more of history’s greatest puzzles, follow Unexplained Mysteries free on Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Dec 21, 2020 • 38:13

Single-Handedly Reforesting India

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. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 18, 2020 • 6:40

“The Greatest” Earns His Nickname

“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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 17, 2020 • 7:00

A Solo Row Across The Atlantic

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.com/adchoices

Dec 16, 2020 • 7:36

A Hero And A Heart In Need

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. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 15, 2020 • 7:11

A Revolutionary 1080

A Revolutionary 1080

12-year-old Tom Schaar trained on one of the only Mega Ramps in existence to become the first person ever to land a 1080 on a skateboard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 14, 2020 • 6:54

The Sign Of A Breakthrough

The Sign Of A Breakthrough

By 1887, the Kellers had run out of ideas on how to educate their 6-year-old daughter, Helen. Enter 21-year-old Anne Sullivan, whose unusual methods would revolutionize the way deaf and blind children around the world would be taught. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 11, 2020 • 7:00

A Champion Gets Back On The Horse

A Champion Gets Back On The Horse

With a dire cancer prognosis and an unfulfilled dream, professional jockey Bob Champion resolved to win the Grand National race with his horse, Aldaniti.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 10, 2020 • 7:21

First Sub-4 Minute Mile

First Sub-4 Minute Mile

They said it couldn’t be done. That it was physically impossible for a human body. But in 1954, Roger Bannister proved everyone wrong by running a mile in under 4 minutes.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 9, 2020 • 7:53

Reaching Earth’s Highs And Lows

Reaching Earth’s Highs And Lows

Vanessa O’Brien is the first and only woman to have reached our planet’s highest peak and lowest depth.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 8, 2020 • 7:28

Extreme Makeover: Skin Edition

Extreme Makeover: Skin Edition

Former art student Cindy Jackson holds the record for most cosmetic procedures, while performance artist Lucky Diamond Rich boasts layers of tattoos in the most unlikely places. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 7, 2020 • 8:02

Reporting In The Line Of Fire

Reporting In The Line Of Fire

Dickey Chapelle became one of the first woman war correspondents during WWII, sneaking onto the front lines and putting her life on the line to cover stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 4, 2020 • 0:00

First Woman To Race Indy 500 & Daytona 500

First Woman To Race Indy 500 & Daytona 500

Racing pioneer Janet Guthrie made motor sports history after qualifying to compete in both the Daytona 500 and the Indy 500. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 3, 2020 • 7:26

Daredevil Death Jump

Daredevil Death Jump

In 1999, Robbie Knievel launched his motorcycle straight over the edge of the Grand Canyon in a stunt not even his father, the famed Evel Knievel, had ever attempted.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 2, 2020 • 7:00

A Sister, A Secret & A Record-Breaking Slam

A Sister, A Secret & A Record-Breaking Slam

Serena Williams faced her stiffest competition at the 2017 Australian Open in Melbourne. But we don’t call her the GOAT for nothing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 1, 2020 • 7:42

Swimming 110 Miles Through Shark-Infested Waters

Swimming 110 Miles Through Shark-Infested Waters

Diana Nyad was 26 when she dreamed up a long-distance swim from Cuba to Florida. Several decades and multiple attempts later, she did it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 30, 2020 • 7:33

You Snooze, You Lose

You Snooze, You Lose

No sleep tonight! 17-year-old Randy Gardner stayed awake for days on end, in what started as an experiment to see if sleep deprivation could induce paranormal abilities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 27, 2020 • 0:00

Jumping Into The Record Book

Jumping Into The Record Book

Bob Beamon shot into the air for an epic, world record-breaking long jump at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 26, 2020 • 7:03

Walking In Space, Crashing In Siberia

Walking In Space, Crashing In Siberia

Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first person to ever walk through outer space. But his inaugural spacewalk nearly ended in disaster… twice.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 25, 2020 • 0:00

Trapped 22 Feet Below

Trapped 22 Feet Below

They say it takes a village to raise a child. How about rescuing one? In 1987, hundreds of people came together to save a toddler trapped in a well.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 24, 2020 • 7:16

Lost Then Found: Solving A Titanic Mystery

Lost Then Found: Solving A Titanic Mystery

A secret Navy-funded mission gave one oceanographer the opportunity to find the Titanic’s final resting place, over seventy years after a tragic maritime disaster sank the steamship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 23, 2020 • 6:50

Bond Springs Into “Action!”

Bond Springs Into “Action!”

The opening scene of the ‘95 Bond film “GoldenEye” showcases a record-setting bungee jump performed by stuntman Wayne Michaels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 20, 2020 • 6:50

In A Class Of His Own

In A Class Of His Own

Manny Pacquiao has won more world titles in more weight classes than any other boxer in history.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 19, 2020 • 7:04

“Jumping” Jack Dives In

“Jumping” Jack Dives In

You’re 69 years old, planning your next birthday celebration. How about a swim in the ocean — handcuffed, shackled, and pulling rowboats filled with people?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 18, 2020 • 7:03

A Throwdown In King’s Court

A Throwdown In King’s Court

Pigs, lollipops, and very high stakes: When tennis players Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs faced off in a so-called “battle of the sexes,” they spared no effort — in skill or in spectacle.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 17, 2020 • 6:27

Ada’s Trial Of Survival

Ada’s Trial Of Survival

When a celebrity Arctic explorer assembles an inexperienced team to claim Wrangel Island for the British Empire, Ada Blackjack signs on as the party’s seamstress... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 16, 2020 • 6:55

Barreling Down Niagara Falls

Barreling Down Niagara Falls

Annie Edson Tyler’s 1901 tumble down Horseshoe Falls was actually a get-rich-quick scheme.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 13, 2020 • 7:18

Throws Like A Girl… Strikes Out Legends

Throws Like A Girl… Strikes Out Legends

17-year-old Jackie Mitchell went up against the greats, and pitched strikes that left Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig slouching back to the dugout.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 12, 2020 • 7:14

Babe Breaks Through

Babe Breaks Through

Babe Didrikson Zaharias was a Renaissance woman of sports, proving to 1930s America that anyone can be an all-around phenomenal athlete.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 11, 2020 • 6:50

Death Threats To Peace Prize

Death Threats To Peace Prize

An assassination attempt on Malala Yousafzai’s life only served to further amplify the young leader’s verve for education advocacy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 10, 2020 • 7:10

Thor’s Voyage Across The Pacific

Thor’s Voyage Across The Pacific

In 1947, anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl set out to prove a point, and crossed over 4,000 miles of open ocean to do it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 9, 2020 • 7:06

The French Spiderman

The French Spiderman

In 2011, Alain Robert scaled a soaring skyscraper in Dubai. At 2,717 feet high, it’s the tallest structure in the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 6, 2020 • 6:58

Surfing The World’s Biggest Wave

Surfing The World’s Biggest Wave

A voice in a dream helped Brazilian surfer Rodrigo Koxa make the comeback of a lifetime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 5, 2020 • 7:03

Saved By An Undersea Air Bubble

Saved By An Undersea Air Bubble

When a tugboat capsized off the coast of Nigeria, a team of divers was sent in after nearly 3 days to recover bodies. But one man had survived. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 4, 2020 • 6:54

High-Diving Into A Killer Whale Tank

High-Diving Into A Killer Whale Tank

Climbing hand over hand up a thin metal tower, Dana Kunze scaled the equivalent of 16 stories before plummeting straight down — for a record-breaking 172-foot dive.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 3, 2020 • 7:11

Picking Up Where Her Hero Left Off

Picking Up Where Her Hero Left Off

Burning wires, faulty brakes, armed soldiers… Geraldine Mock’s 1964 solo flight around the world wasn’t the smoothest. But every bit of turbulence was worth it to pay homage to her hero, Amelia Earhart. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 2, 2020 • 0:00

Defying Death In The “Upside Down”

Defying Death In The “Upside Down”

It was the Great Houdini’s last act before his untimely death — a trick so dangerous and inventive, he found a way to patent it and keep its secrets safe from copycats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 30, 2020 • 7:18

Where There’s A Wilt, There’s A Way

Where There’s A Wilt, There’s A Way

A 1962 NBA game between the Philadelphia Warriors and the New York Knicks set the stage for Wilt Chamberlain’s legendary scoring record. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 29, 2020 • 6:52

Cape Town To Cairo: Traversing A Continent

Cape Town To Cairo: Traversing A Continent

Monsoon rains, jail time, malaria… Explorer Mario Rigby experienced all of it and more as he walked and kayaked through Africa, traveling over 7,500 miles south to north. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 28, 2020 • 0:00

Major League Eating

Major League Eating

In 2020, champion eater Joey Chestnut broke his own world record for most hot dogs consumed in 10 minutes. #AmericanHero?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 27, 2020 • 0:00

Getting Air In A Wheelchair

Getting Air In A Wheelchair

Think backflips are hard? Try doing a double… in a wheelchair. That’s exactly what Aaron Fotheringham did in 2010, just a few years after inventing a new brand of daring athletics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 26, 2020 • 6:53

Miss Unsinkable

Miss Unsinkable

Violet Jessop survived shipwreck, after shipwreck, after shipwreck — all in the span of 5 years. After each disaster, the ocean liner stewardess went right back to work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 23, 2020 • 6:58

Getting His Grip On El Capitan

Getting His Grip On El Capitan

Leaving his climbing ropes behind, Alex Honnold scaled the 3000-foot El Capitan in Yosemite National Park in 2017. His free solo feat took a grueling 3 hours and 56 minutes.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 22, 2020 • 7:16

Trekking The Appalachian Trail At 67

Trekking The Appalachian Trail At 67

“Grandma” Emma Gatewood spent nearly 150 days hiking the Appalachian Trail in 1955, becoming the first woman to hike the entire trail solo.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 21, 2020 • 7:12

No Shoes, Can’t Lose

No Shoes, Can’t Lose

For a 26.2 mile race over thousand-year-old cobblestones, Ethiopian marathon runner Abebe Bikila opted to run barefoot… then set a world record.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 20, 2020 • 6:50

On A Scale Of One To Ten

On A Scale Of One To Ten

A scoreboard snafu left the crowd outraged — then thrilled — after Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci’s routine in the 1976 Olympics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 19, 2020 • 0:00

Tightroping Across Niagara Falls

Tightroping Across Niagara Falls

June 2012: Nik Wallenda stares out over thousands of feet of metal cable stretched across Niagara Falls. But he’s not afraid. Performing daring stunts is in his blood.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 16, 2020 • 6:53

Overcoming Polio To Win Olympic Gold

Overcoming Polio To Win Olympic Gold

After doctors told her she'd never walk again, Wilma Rudolph did the unthinkable... and became a record-breaking Olympian with the nickname of "Fastest Woman in the World." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 15, 2020 • 6:57

Surviving 438 Days At Sea

Surviving 438 Days At Sea

A day of deep-sea fishing turned dangerous when a storm knocked two fishermen way out into the Pacific. As 2013 turned to 2014, many gave the men up for dead — but Jose Salvador Alvarenga survived.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 14, 2020 • 0:00

A Barefoot Arctic Marathon

A Barefoot Arctic Marathon

Wim Hof, aka “The Iceman,” can endure subzero temps like no other. Who else can say they’ve run a half marathon in the Arctic Circle barefoot, wearing nothing but shorts? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 13, 2020 • 6:46

Pitching History

Pitching History

Mo’Ne Davis electrified the baseball world during the 2014 Little League World Series with her talent on the pitching mound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 12, 2020 • 6:35

Legendary Icelandic Strongman

Legendary Icelandic Strongman

Before he played The Mountain in HBO’s Game of Thrones series, Hafthor Bjornsson beat a 1,000-year-old Viking record. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 9, 2020 • 7:21

Phelps’ Extraordinary Comeback

Phelps’ Extraordinary Comeback

Michael Phelps is the most decorated Olympic Athlete ever, but his career hit rough waters after a 2014 DUI arrest. He had one more chance to prove himself: Rio 2016.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 8, 2020 • 0:00

Carving Through A Mountain

Carving Through A Mountain

Dashrath Manjhi hammered and chiselled his way through a mountain for two decades to make medical care more accessible for his village. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 7, 2020 • 6:35

Skateboarding Prodigy

Skateboarding Prodigy

In 2012, Jagger Eaton became the youngest person ever invited to compete in the X Games. You can bet he skated right through it.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 6, 2020 • 6:52

The Hero Swim Champ

The Hero Swim Champ

After a streetcar crashed into a lake, champion finswimmer Shavarsh Karapetyan dove into the polluted water to rescue its passengers. He saved dozens of lives… but the story was covered up for years.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 5, 2020 • 6:30

The Suleman Octuplets

The Suleman Octuplets

Dubbed the “Octomom,” Nadya Suleman is the eighth woman in known history to birth octuplets. Her kids are the only known surviving set of octuplets, ever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 2, 2020 • 6:31

Born To Run

Born To Run

Dean Karnazes is not your typical ultramarathoner. He can run for literal days, fueled by massive amounts of junk food consumed on the go.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 1, 2020 • 6:58

Ditching Middle School For Mt. Everest

Ditching Middle School For Mt. Everest

Now this is peak performance: Jordan Romero is the youngest person to summit the tallest mountain in the world… And he didn’t stop there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 30, 2020 • 6:45

Mr. Versatility

Mr. Versatility

He’s the first person to ever hold 100 World Records at once. Ashrita Furman broke so many records, he invented new games just so he could set new records.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 29, 2020 • 7:40

Miracle On The Hudson

Miracle On The Hudson

Brace for impact… With the plane’s engines failing and 155 lives on the line, veteran pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger III had seconds to decide his next course of action. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 28, 2020 • 6:31

First Self-Made American Millionairess

First Self-Made American Millionairess

Sarah Breedlove’s job prospects were slim, so she started her own business—and in 1919, the daughter of two formerly enslaved people became a self-made millionaire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 25, 2020 • 7:28

World’s Deepest Freedive

World’s Deepest Freedive

Hold your breath: In 2016, William Trubridge broke the world record for freediving, which he had set himself back in 2011.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 24, 2020 • 7:26

Unprecedented Journey To The North Pole

Unprecedented Journey To The North Pole

Barbara Hillary was the first African American woman to reach both poles... which she did in her 70s, after surviving lung cancer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 23, 2020 • 7:35

“Little Sure Shot”: The Best In The West

“Little Sure Shot”: The Best In The West

Annie Oakley was an extraordinary markswoman, and the star of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 22, 2020 • 8:02

Setting Records In Space

Setting Records In Space

Peggy Whitson has spent more time in space than any other NASA astronaut… And that’s not the only space record she holds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 21, 2020 • 7:49

Hysterical Strength

Hysterical Strength

In 2006, a dire circumstance unlocked superhuman strength in Tom Boyle. Nine years later, a similar scenario helped 19-year-old Charlotte Heffelmire save a life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 18, 2020 • 7:07

King Of Savage Mountain

King Of Savage Mountain

In 2018, Andrzej Bargiel’s climb up the world’s second highest mountain took three days. But it was his eight-hour ski descent that set a record.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 17, 2020 • 7:08

Crash Landing

Crash Landing

Juliane Koepcke’s incredible feat is two-in-one: In 1971, she fell two miles out of a plane and lived. Her next challenge? Surviving the rainforest she landed in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 16, 2020 • 7:48

Race Around The World

Race Around The World

Nellie Bly’s record-breaking trip around the world made her an international sensation. But did you know her 1889 journey was inspired by a sci-fi novel? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 15, 2020 • 7:17

A Leap Of Faith

A Leap Of Faith

“Fearless” Felix Baumgartner skydived from the edge of space in 2012, breaking the sound barrier using only his body.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 14, 2020 • 7:20

Introducing Incredible Feats!

Introducing Incredible Feats!

Humanity’s most daring achievements are coming together in the new Spotify Original from Parcast! Every weekday, Incredible Feats introduces you to a new story of jaw-dropping physical strength, mental focus, and bizarre behavior. Join comedian Dan Cummins as he profiles the people who turned the impossible into the incredible, breaking records and making history along the way.  Incredible Feats premieres September 14th, with new episodes every weekday, Monday through Friday. Listen to Incredib

Aug 28, 2020 • 1:09

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