In The Unlikely Event

Across the West, there's a contentious debate playing out over how to adapt homes and neighborhoods to this era of increasingly extreme wildfire risk. In Berkeley, California, it's become a particularly emotional fight because of a very specific architectural history that began a ... Show More

In 1998, the recording industry was thriving. But the company pressing more compact discs than anyone else in America wasn't a record label…it was an internet company: America Online. The AOL Disc was a marketing coup—hugely successful. It’s not an overstatement to say that it’s ... Show More

Esperanto is what linguists call a “constructed language.” It isn’t attached to a nation or a region, and it didn’t evolve from another language over time. Instead, nearly 150 years ago, someone decided to sit down and design the whole thing from scratch. That someone was L. L. Z ... Show More

On an airliner, one of the flight attendants has the responsibility to make sure the boarding door is closed and locked for the flight. On some much smaller airlines, it's the first officer's job. So what happens if it opens on its own at 8,000 feet? It's a potentially deadly sit ... Show More

A Flight Attendant shares a bunch of interesting secrets, like what happens if someone dies during a flight, the truth about sex on a plane, why each passenger is being judged, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Buckle up - today's episode is all about the unexpected things that can happen in your car. First, Sapphire shares a modern retelling of a popular urban legend. Then, we'll meet the Lady in the Red Saree, and finally uncover the cause of repeated roadside accidents. Learn more ab ... Show More

<p>On May 10, 2022, Darren Harrison was one of two passengers flying home to Florida from the Bahamas. They were still over the Atlantic Ocean when the pilot suffered a medical emergency and passed out at the controls, sending the plane into a nosedive. Darren was able to pull ou ... Show More

<p>A 90-second failure of Newark Airport’s air-traffic safety systems, which blacked out communication to planes carrying thousands of passengers, has exposed a new level of crisis in air travel.</p><p>Kate Kelly, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, explains what th ... Show More

Recent airplane crashes and near misses have everyone freaked out, just as DOGE is laying off workers at the agency charged with keeping people safe in the air. This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin and Gabrielle Berbey, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura B ... Show More

Today’s Phone Tap Victim has an unwelcome surprise in store for her next flight, and Brooke's calling from the airline to break the news!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

<p>Nowadays almost every urban center has an airport, and the idea of flying across an ocean seems normal. Yet this wasn't always the case. Join Katie and Sarah as they explore the fascinating stories of the people who tried -- and failed -- to fly.</p><p> </p> Learn more about y ... Show More

Have you ever wondered what airport security really finds inside people's luggage? I'm talking about more than just a forgotten water bottle. Welcome to a new episode where we learn https://adeptenglish.com/company/learning-system/ English with some of the most bizarre airport se ... Show More