251 episodes
Incredible Feats Spotify Podcasts
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4.8 • 532 Ratings
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They’ve broken records, made history, and turned the impossible into the incredible. Every weekday, join comedian Dan Cummins as he profiles amazing achievements made by people from all over the world. Incredible Feats is a Spotify Original from Parcast.
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The Chilean Miner Rescue
A mine collapse left 33 miners trapped a half-mile below the surface in an underground shelter. It would take an international team of rescuers 69 days to save them.
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Centenarian Runs Marathon
Doctors said Fauja Singh may never walk. So they’d be pretty surprised to learn that he became the first 100-year-old to run a marathon, and the oldest known person to run a marathon.
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Tarrare, The Man Who Could Eat Anything
Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day. Give Tarrare lizards, snakes, and a squirming eel, he’ll eat those too… along with rocks, bandages, and trash.
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Cyborg Musician Beats Drumming Record
Maybe robots will take over the world. Maybe they’ll just help us drum really, really well.
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Surviving Mt. Everest’s Deadliest Blizzard
Separated from his climbing group in a whiteout, no one thought Dr. Beck Weathers would make it back to camp. But he lived to tell his tale, and see it on the big screen with the 2015 film ‘Everest.’
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Spinning The World’s Biggest Hula-Hoop
Getti Kehayova decided that the best way to honor her late sister, a world record-breaking hula-hooper, was to set a record for spinning the World’s Biggest Hula-Hoop.
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Customer Reviews
3/5 stars
Wouldn’t change a thing. 3/5 stars.
If you don’t like the ads, fast forward through them.
Hail Lucifina.
Moving to Spotify
Sad to see this podcast leave , really enjoy listening to it, but I have problems with the Spotify app
Can’t get enough
These are fantastic stories, told by the best name in podcasting. Only complaint is that I burn through them, so I save them up for a couple of weeks and “binge” episodes to pass the time. Not a complaint though, if you want longer stories that’s what Timesuck is for.
Thanks for all of your high quality content, Dan (and teams).