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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

The three astronauts on the crippled Apollo 13 spacecraft round the Moon and finally begin the retur

The three astronauts aboard the Apollo 13 spacecraft have retreated into the cramped lunarmodule, th

After an explosion cripples the Apollo 13 spacecraft, NASA’s Mission Control in Houston scrambles to

On April 11th, 1970, NASA launched Apollo 13, its third manned mission to the Moon. But two days int

On May 22, 2018, Claire Nelson set out on what she thought would be a four-hour hike in Southern Cal

In a final attempt to escape the Andes, Nando and Roberto have headed east to pursue safety. The men

After escaping an avalanche that killed eight more passengers, the survivors of the Fairchild are st

The remaining survivors of the Fairchild crash are starting to lose hope that rescuers will arrive a

In October 1972, an Uruguayan rugby team traveling to their next match in Santiago, Chile, crashes i

Of the more than 500 Prinsendam passengers and crew, every one of them was eventually rescued and br

Rescue workers begin the painstakingly slow process of airlifting cruise ship evacuees one by one fr

With the fire aboard Prinsendam now burning out of control, the captain gives the order to abandon s

As crew members aboard Prinsendam work to contain the fire, passengers shiver on the decks in the co

In October of 1980, the luxury cruise ship Prinsendam set sail from Vancouver with more than 300 pas

It’s officially Against the Odds’ 100th episode! To celebrate the milestone, hosts Cassie De Pecol a

By 1929, Amelia Earhart was famous for her groundbreaking flight across the Atlantic, with pilo

In April 1928, a social worker named Amelia Earhart received a phone call that would alter the cours

Bear. Running. Toward me. Writer and wildlife biologist Caroline Van Hemert encountered only one dan

After Bart Pieciul is mauled by a bear in the Alaska wilderness, his friends have to use all of thei

The residents of Haines, Alaska are used to living alongside bears. The region surrounding their sma