"The World and Its Superlatives" is a podcast series that delves into extraordinary aspects of the world, focusing on the biggest, strongest, and most remarkable phenomena across various domains. Through each episode, it explores diverse subjects such as the tallest buildings, longest bridges, deepest oceans, fastest animals, and more, celebrating the remarkable achievements and natural wonders of our planet.
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"The World and Its Superlatives" is a podcast series that delves into extraordinary aspects of the world, focusing on the biggest, strongest, and most remarkable phenomena across various domains. Through each episode, it explores diverse subjects such as the tallest buildings, longest bridges, deepest oceans, fastest animals, and more, celebrating the remarkable achievements and natural wonders of our planet.
This episode recounts some of the most extraordinary tales of human endurance and willpower—from plane crash survivors stranded in the Andes and Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition to Poon Lim’s record 133 days adrift at sea and Aron Ralston’s self-amputation to escape a canyon trap. It also explores the Chilean miners’ unity under the earth and Ada Blackjack’s solitary survival in the Arctic. Beyond these famous cases, the episode highlights how indigenous peoples around the world master survival through knowledge passed down for generations. Together, these stories reveal that true survival depends not only on strength or luck but on adaptability, courage, and the unyielding human instinct to live.
The World and Its Superlatives
"The World and Its Superlatives" is a podcast series that delves into extraordinary aspects of the world, focusing on the biggest, strongest, and most remarkable phenomena across various domains. Through each episode, it explores diverse subjects such as the tallest buildings, longest bridges, deepest oceans, fastest animals, and more, celebrating the remarkable achievements and natural wonders of our planet.
