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Against The Odds

Humans are resilient. In our toughest moments, we will fight, we will struggle, and we will triumph.

Episodes

Total: 200

Journalist Brian Murphy first discovered Leon Crane’s story buried in a press release about a fellow

Leon Crane abandons the safety of an old hunter’s cabin to make a final push towards what he hopes i

Pilot Leon Crane has spent a week stranded in the Alaska backcountry after his plane crashed, and is

It’s December 1943 and First Lieutenant Leon Crane and his crewmates board the Iceberg Inez, a B-24

Today, Yossi Ghinsberg joins host Cassie De Pecol to discuss how he survived for three weeks alone i

Kevin Gale desperately tries to organize a search party for Yossi Ghinsberg, who is still lost in th

After splitting off from their group, Yossi Ghinsberg and Kevin Gale hope to complete their journey

It’s 1981 and 22-year-old Yossi Ghinsberg is wrapping up a backpacking trip through South America. I

Kyle Dickman remembers the exact moment he learned about the fate of the Granite Mountain Hotshots.

Fueled by 50-mile-an-hour winds, the Yarnell Hill Fire rages out of control. Fire officials have no

When the Yarnell Hill Fire abruptly changes direction, hotshot Brendan McDonough has to abandon his

The Granite Mountain Hotshots arrive in Yarnell to help fight what is now the number-one fire priori

On June 28th, 2013, lightning sparks a wildfire near the town of Yarnell in central Arizona. Fueled

As Hurricane Katrina approached New Orleans, 13-year-old Edward Buckles, Jr. piled into a car with h

At long last, the government’s rescue effort kicks into high gear and buses arrive to evacuate peopl

Days after Hurricane Katrina floods their city, residents of New Orleans become increasingly despera

Officials learn that the storm surge from Katrina has breached New Orleans’s levees, allowing water

It’s late August 2005, and the city of New Orleans makes preparations for the arrival of Hurricane K

Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert went through the ordeal of their lives on the Apollo 13 Miss

Six days into their mission, the Apollo 13 astronauts have been working under immense pressure and o