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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: 246

In May 1986, a group of high school students and faculty embarked on a journey to the top of Mount H

It’s been more than decade since the meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. But the

After a week of unrelenting disasters—and with Tokyo itself now under threat—the managers of the Fuk

Now contending with multiple damaged reactors, engineers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plan

Crippled by a tsunami of unprecedented scale, one of the reactors at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nucle

In March 2011, one of the largest earthquakes in history struck eastern Japan, followed by a massive

When New York Times reporter John Branch first heard reports of an avalanche in Washington

Lured by the promise of fresh powder, more and more skiers and snowboarders are heading onto backcou

After months in captivity, Jessica Buchanan is battling a kidney infection, and her body’s on the ve

As days and then weeks go by, Jessica tries to adjust to life as a hostage in the Somali desert, but

In the fall of 2011, humanitarian aid worker Jessica Buchanan is traveling through the Somali desert

Lorne Knight has died, and Ada Blackjack finds herself completely alone on Wrangel Island. She’s los

After one year on Wrangel Island, the five members of the expedition are alarmed to realize that the

In 1921, an expedition set out from Alaska for a remote island high in the Arctic Circle. With them

Sara Vladic was 13 when she first heard about USS Indianapolis while watching a World War II documen

By sheer chance, an American bomber pilot on a routine test flight has spotted the survivors of U.S.

It’s been two days since U.S.S. Indianapolis sank, and the number of survivors is dwindling. They’re

The nine hundred men who survived the torpedo attack on the U.S.S. Indianapolis are either drifting

In the final weeks of World War II, the Navy cruiser U.S.S. Indianapolis was attacked and sunk by a

After being taken hostage by members of the Al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, the live