Run, Switzer, Run: The Women Who Broke the Ma...

Thomas Midgley's inventions caused his own death, hastened the deaths of millions of people around the world, and very nearly extinguished all life on land. Midgley and his employers didn't set out to poison the air with leaded gasoline or wreck the ozone layer with CFCs - but wh ...  Show more

We usually bring you failures of the past, but today we're sharing an episode from someone who uncovers failures as they happen. Amy Westervelt is an award-winning investigative climate journalist and the host of Drilled, a true-crime climate change podcast exposing how corporate ...  Show more

Le marathon des Jeux olympiques de Saint-Louis en 1904 est sans doute l’un des événements les plus désastreux et rocambolesques de toute l’histoire olympique. Prévu comme un moment de gloire sportive, il tourna en une épreuve d’endurance surréaliste, marquée par des conditions ex ...  Show more

Chris Stafford and Cindi Leeman's guest is Erin Taylor Talcott who is best known for being a pioneer for women's equality in race walking, striving to make the 50K a distance for women internationally. She's the first woman to compete in a men's Olympic Trials event which she did ...  Show more

<div>Carla in her own words:</div> <div> </div> <div>I am an elite ultra runner, running coach and adventurer who seeks out events that are slightly harder than the average. I love pushing my body to the limits by running a long way, up mountains, around islands and recently runn ...  Show more

Legends are made at the Olympics and this summer shows across the Pushkin network are bringing their unique takes to Olympic stories. This special episode includes excerpts from a few: a Cautionary Tale about underestimating female marathoners, a Jesse Owens story from Revisionis ...  Show more