Survivors - True Stories Podcast
1) Beck Weathers, the Everest miracle man
Beginning in the 1990s, so-called commercial ascents of Everest became quite successful. Amateur climbers led by experienced guides set out to attack the roof of the world at their own peril. Beck Wea...Show More
2) Chris Lemons, survivor of the abyss
Chris Lemons is professional diver from Scotland. His job: maintenance of underwater gas and oil pipelines and platforms. A hazardous job, what with the dangers of decompression and the risks of drown...Show More
3) Sergey Ananov, the bear chaser
Sergey Ananov is a seasoned adventurer. But nothing could have prepared him for what he endured in the summer of 2015. On July 25 of that year, he boards his helicopter alone, heading for Greenland. I...Show More
4) Waiting it out
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. It was one of the most powerful hurricanes in the history of the United States, a category of 5, the highest on the Saffir...Show More
5) A scientific oddity
Barely protected beneath its skull, the human brain is a fragile little thing that does not usually appreciate being pierced. And yet, the American Phineas Gage survived not a simple bullet impact but...Show More
6) The Andean survivor
At the end of the 1920s, crossing the Atlantic was a challenge, that only a few daredevils managed to accomplish. Among them were the pioneers of the Aéropostale, the well-known mail-carrying airline ...Show More
7) 438 days of drift
We all know the story of Robinson Crusoe, shipwrecked on a deserted island. He must have found time very long. But there are worse things than being alone on an island: there is the story of the man w...Show More
8) Bitten
The date is May 23, 1971. Nicole Viloteau, 25 years old, is a journalist and photographer. She is also a snake-lover. During a road trip with two friends, she takes an inventory of the pet snakes she’...Show More
9) Taking a lethal seat
Decapitation, stoning, hanging, lethal injection... Human justice has invented many ways to enforce capital punishment. In the United States, electrocution was for a long time the most common finish l...Show More
10) The raft of death
On June 17, 1816, L'Écho, L'Argus, La Loire and La Méduse set sail for Saint-Louis in Senegal. This expedition was to take possession of the colonies that France had before the Revolution. It was led ...Show More