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Tsunami in Thailand | Overtaken
Season 63 Episode 2
As the wave barreled ashore on Thailand’s west coast, people were sucked under a powerful wall of water that was so strong it ripped the clothes off their backs. It separated husbands from wives, and…
Published on 9 hours ago
Tsunami in Thailand | Strange Tide
Season 63 Episode 1
On the morning of December 26th, 2004, a 9.1 earthquake struck in the Indian Ocean, triggering a tsunami. Along Thailand’s west coast, tourists like Ed and Helen Muesch, and residents like fisherman …
Published on 1 week ago
In Their Own Words: Mauled By A Grizzly
Season 62 Episode 1
In the summer of 2005, 17-year-old Alex Messenger sets out on a 42-day canoe trip in the remote wilderness of northern Canada. For nearly a month, he and his fellow campers paddle through rivers and …
Published on 2 weeks ago
The Big Burn | Fight Fire with Fire
Season 61 Episode 4
The Buffalo Soldiers evacuate women and children from Avery, Idaho by train, but they don’t get far before the fire catches up to them. Emma Pulaski receives terrible news about her husband. With the…
Published on 3 weeks ago
The Big Burn | Evacuations
Season 61 Episode 3
As teams of firefighters and forest rangers find themselves trapped by the megafire and unable to help, residents of Wallace and Avery prepare to evacuate. While Ed Pulaski and his crew take shelter …
Published on 4 weeks ago
The Big Burn | The Blow-Up
Season 61 Episode 2
As the fires spread, ranger Ed Pulaski tries to lead his men on a last-ditch effort to save the town of Wallace. Meanwhile, the Buffalo Soldiers race to build firebreaks around Avery, and head ranger…
Published on 1 month ago
The Big Burn | The Driest Summer
Season 61 Episode 1
In the summer of 1910, a severe drought turned Idaho’s Coeur d’Alene National Forest into a tinderbox. Spot fires cropped up around the mining towns of Wallace and Avery and it was the job of forest …
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Siula Grande: Over the Edge | Making Peace With It, With Simon Yates
Season 60 Episode 4
In 1985, high on Peru’s Siula Grande, everything went wrong, and two climbers made choices that became mountaineering lore. Simon Yates joins host Cassie De Pecol to talk about risk, survival, and be…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Siula Grande: Over the Edge | Keep Moving
Season 60 Episode 3
Simon Yates begins his lonely return to base camp, convinced that his partner Joe Simpson is dead. He wrestles with guilt and grief, unsure how he’ll ever explain what happened to those back home. Me…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Siula Grande: Over the Edge | Long Way Down
Season 60 Episode 2
After Joe Simpson fractures his leg, his climbing partner Simon Yates begins lowering him down the mountain, 300 feet at a time. But near the bottom, Simon unknowingly lowers Joe over the edge of a s…
Published on 2 months ago