Against The Odds Podcast
1) WW II Nurses Turned Prisoners of War | An Act of War | 1
It’s the Depression and twenty-three-year-old-Dorothy Still is desperate for a job. She joins the US Navy as a nurse, and by 1941, she’s given a dream posting at an American base in the Philippines. D...Show More
2) Lightning Strike on Half Dome | Survive the Night | 2
As the hikers slowly regain consciousness, they realize the worst has happened: they’ve been struck by lightning. By chance, a pair of EMTs finds their way to the summit in time to help. But they soon...Show More
3) Lightning Strike on Half Dome | The Storm | 1
On the evening of July 27, 1985, a group of friends decided to ignore gathering storm clouds and warnings as they climbed to the top of Yosemite’s famous Half Dome. Climbers Adrian Esteban and Tom Ric...Show More
4) In Their Own Words: Chris Lemons – Deep Sea Diving Crisis | 1
In 2012, Chris Lemons had a bright future ahead, with a fiancee and a good job fixing oil infrastructure on the ocean floor. One night in September, he went to work on a pipe about 300 feet beneath th...Show More
5) FAN FAVORITE: Alaska Bear Attack | Three Long Hours | 2
After Bart Pieciul is mauled by a bear in the Alaska wilderness, his friends have to use all of their outdoor knowledge to keep him alive. The three men are stranded in the mountains for hours, waitin...Show More
6) FAN FAVORITE: Alaska Bear Attack | In Defense of Life and Property | 1
The residents of Haines, Alaska are used to living alongside bears. The region surrounding their small town has one of the densest bear populations in the world. But as climate change curtails the bea...Show More
7) Schoolchildren's Blizzard | Not Forgotten | 5
Early settlers to the Midwest were accustomed to harsh winters, but the blizzard that hit the Great Plains on January 12th, 1888 caught thousands of pioneer families off guard. The storm was especiall...Show More
8) Schoolchildren's Blizzard | The Frozen Remains | 4
By the morning of January 13th, 1888, the blizzard had passed, and a frantic search for survivors began. Farmer Johann Albrecht looked for his missing son, and Wilhelm Woebbecke hunted for his foster ...Show More
9) Schoolchildren's Blizzard | Exposed | 3
As the blizzard raged, its winds blew up to 60 miles per hour. Those caught out in the storm faced white-out conditions. With few landmarks on the flat prairie, even residents who knew the area well f...Show More
10) Schoolchildren's Blizzard | Into the Swirling White | 2
On January 12th, 1888, residents of the Dakota Territory and Nebraska woke to an unseasonably warm day. Farmers took advantage of the mild weather to tend to chores and children headed off to school i...Show More