Miracle On The Hudson

A mine collapse left 33 miners trapped a half-mile below the surface in an underground shelter. It would take an international team of rescuers 69 days to save them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Doctors said Fauja Singh may never walk. So they’d be pretty surprised to learn that he became the first 100-year-old to run a marathon, and the oldest known person to run a marathon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day. Give Tarrare lizards, snakes, and a squirming eel, he’ll eat those too… along with rocks, bandages, and trash. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed on Sunday killing all 157 aboard. The response was unprecedented. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Mark shares the story of a pilot who crashed his plane seven times, inspiring Bob and Wade to find similar tales of perseverance despite ridiculous failure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Miles Russell explores the mystery of the Roman Ninth Legion, Tara Hamling discusses Elizabethan drama and Paul Addison and Jeremy Crang reveal how British morale held up during the Second World War. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about yo ... Show More

Professor Ian Kershaw discusses the major decisions and turning points of the Second World War. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Keith Lowe examines the struggles that faced postwar Europe, in a lecture from our recent History Weekend Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Joel Hammer, producer of the new BBC World Service podcast The Hurricane Tapes, revisits the life of Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter, the American boxer whose imprisonment for a 1966 triple murder inspired a Bob Dylan song and a Hollywood film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ... Show More

Graham 'Piggy' Trotter recounts his time as a Navy Clearance Driver during the campaign, including the heart-stopping de-fusing of a thousand pound bomb from RFA Sir Lancelot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit pod ... Show More

Twenty years ago, Ethan Zuckerman did something terrible on the internet. And he's still living with the consequences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices