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Join hosts Shelly Price and Stephanie Hubka as they take a weekly look at the facts, details, and surprises behind some of the disasters that occur at 35,000 feet.

"Damron's subtle pacing manages the tension perfectly." —AudioFile on Empire of Ice and Stone "Listen to this if you want to hear a narrator at the top of his game recount a fascinating—and at times disturbing—true story of adventure, disaster, discovery, cannibalism, and more. Will Damron...

Through a lyrical narrative of her journey to Tibet in 2007, activist Canyon Sam contemplates modern history from the perspective of Tibetan women. Traveling on China's new "Sky Train", she celebrates Tibetan New Year with the Lhasa family whom she'd befriended decades earlier and concludes an oral-history project with women elders.

The wonders of the universe never seemed so close. Who named the planets? Why isn't Pluto a planet? And what's the future of space? From ancient cave paintings to flying drones on Mars, humanity's relationship with the skies has changed dramatically. Gazing at the Night Sky looks back at over 5,000 years of history, from ancient Mesopotamian astronomers to the next horizons in space travel.

It is somewhere close to midnight on the clock when the men who fought the Second World War will still be with us. I have met just a few of them, sometimes goading them to reveal their experiences, at other times being simply a conduit to the river of their memories, sensing, on occasion, a kind of urgency to get it out there, just so these adventures and tragedies will not be lost to future enquiring minds. Michael Veitch has always been a keen historian and aeroplane fanatic.

In the early 19th century passenger pigeons accounted for 25 to 40 percent of North America’s birds, traveling in flocks so massive as to block out the sun for hours. Although adults weighed only twelve ounces, they nested and roosted in the millions, destroying large oaks as if hit by hurricanes. Their favorite foods were the seeds and nuts of beech, chestnuts, and other forest trees, but they also raided farmers’ buckwheat, wheat, corn, and rye crops.

Into the Sky is a show about the iconic Avro Vulcan XH558. In each episode you'll hear from someone close to XH558: from pilots who've flown her, to volunteers who look after her and the team who brought her back to flight. Explore the history of this magnificent aircraft, her role in the Cold War and at air displays. Learn about how she will become the centrepiece of The Vulcan Experience that includes the unique the Green Technology Hub, which will focus on aviation's contribution to greenhouse gases, and inspiring the young to help overcome the climate change challenges.

Gathering more than a hundred personal narratives from Americans and from Japanese, Pacific Skies recounts a history of air combat in the Pacific theater. Together their stories express fierce individualism and resourcefulness and convey the vast panorama of war that included the skies over Pearl Harbor, Wake, and Guadalcanal and missions from Saipan and Tinian.

NASA’s race with the Russians to land a man on the moon. The meteoric rise of the Beatles, considered by many to have revolutionized the music industry. In the postwar era, each stood as an unprecedented cultural watershed. Together they captured the heady zeitgeist of the 1960s, and ignited the imagination of - just about everyone on the planet.

The birth of South Sudan was celebrated the world round. But the celebration would not last: South Sudan's freedom-fighters soon plunged their new nation back into chaos, shattering the promise of liberation and exposing the hubris of their American backers. Drawing on extraordinary personal stories of identity, liberation, and survival, this narrative tells an epic story of paradise won and then lost. Zach Vertin's firsthand accounts, from deadly war zones to the halls of Washington power, bring listeners on an extraordinary journey into the rise and fall of the world's newest state.

“David K. Randall has conjured the first air race to circumnavigate the globe in all its death-defying glory, featuring a cast of unlikely heroes who had the right stuff before anyone knew what that was.” — Mitchell Zuckoff, New York Times bestselling author of Lost in Shangri-La and 13...

Daughter of the Sky: The Story of Amelia Earhart by Paul L. Briand, Jr. This is an engaging biography of the renowned aviator. In his introduction, Briand says, " Amelia Earhart was one of America’s great heroines; her life was in many ways unique. She was one of a kind, and the fabric of her life was woven of strands that are rarely produced: she had an insatiable curiosity about everything in life—ideas, books, people, places, mechanical things; she loved all kinds of sports and games, especially those “only for boys”; she fidgeted with an implacable unrest to experiment, to try ...

Immerse yourself in the captivating life story of Amelia Earhart, one of Americas most celebrated heroines. Presented by Briand, this riveting biography reveals Earhart as a unique figure, woven from rare strands of qualities. She possessed an unquenchable curiosity about life—its ideas, books, people, places, even the mechanics of things. A lover of sports traditionally reserved for boys, she was driven by an unyielding desire to experiment and try new things. Her zest for life was paradoxically intertwined with a deep desire for solitude, and she carried an ever-present sense of ...

We research and discuss topics that we all know to exist, but never really thought about how and why they came to exist. We are both interested in history, no matter the nature of the subject's origin. We believe it is important to know about the past so that we can learn from it and prevent history from repeating itself.This video is for educational purposes & documentary purposes ONLY all info is gathered ONLINE from multiple sources and though each case is thoroughly researched not all info is always 100% valid. Please do your own research.If you are easily offended, please be warned some ...

IRISH SKIES PODAviation-related channel looking at both operational issues and historical/nostalgic events, especially with an Irish aviation slant.Check out the audio/video versions of the episodes on Irish Skies Pod YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/@IrishSkiesPod?sub_confirmation=1Suggestions & Participation If you would like to suggest a particular event to revisit or there is a specific topic you'd like to see aired, please send your proposal via email (irishskiespod@gmail.com) and/or via Phone/Text/WhatsApp (+353-89-44-14-102). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...

Il podcast sulla Giornata della Memoria di Sky TG24

The nineteenth century was drawing its final breaths when Amelia Mary Earhart entered the world on a warm July evening in 1897. The gas lamps of Atchison, Kansas, cast long shadows across the wraparound porch of her grandfather's stately home as the town's most prominent judge welcomed his first granddaughter. The America of 1897 still moved largely at the speed of a horse's trot, though the industrial revolution was transforming the nation at an unprecedented pace. In Atchison, a Mississippi River trading town perched high on limestone bluffs, the modern age arrived slowly, seeping in like ...

100 Facts About the Sky

The East Anglian Traditional Music Trusts podcast, which explores folk traditions from across East Anglia, looking at dance, music and the people who continue to create it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the Adventures in the Sky Podcast, sharing inspiring stories to empower you to be dreamers and doers—for the sky’s the limit.Proudly presented by Flying Fillies—an uplifting historical adventure book inspired by the Women Airforce Service Pilots, WASP of World War II. As America’s female aviation pioneers–the WASP are the original power girls!In every episode, Host Christy Hui, author of Flying Fillies, brings you stories from the WASP, kin of WASP, and women aviator pioneers sharing their secrets to success. Their trials and tribulations pave their inner journey to ...