51 episodes

When the stakes are life and death, you'd be surprised at the lengths you’d go to survive. Pain, hunger, and fear can seem like paralyzing obstacles, but in the face of real danger, they’re actually what keeps us alive. ​Every week, we'll follow a different survivor's visceral and inspiring fight for life, and examine how the trauma impacted them forever. ​These are the stories of what happens when the human self-preservation instinct is pushed to its limit, through the eyes of the world's most resilient survivors. Survival is a Spotify Original from Parcast.

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    • 4.7 • 2.2K Ratings

When the stakes are life and death, you'd be surprised at the lengths you’d go to survive. Pain, hunger, and fear can seem like paralyzing obstacles, but in the face of real danger, they’re actually what keeps us alive. ​Every week, we'll follow a different survivor's visceral and inspiring fight for life, and examine how the trauma impacted them forever. ​These are the stories of what happens when the human self-preservation instinct is pushed to its limit, through the eyes of the world's most resilient survivors. Survival is a Spotify Original from Parcast.

    Beating the Odds: Reshma Begum

    Beating the Odds: Reshma Begum

    This special five-part series is brought to you by Medical Mysteries, a Parcast Original. For more episodes like it, subscribe to Medical Mysteries on Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

    Today we’re discussing Reshma Begum, a seamstress in Bangladesh who was pulled out alive from the wreckage of a building…17 days after it collapsed.
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    • 12 min
    Beating the Odds: Michael Benson

    Beating the Odds: Michael Benson

    This special five-part series is brought to you by Medical Mysteries, a Parcast Original. For more episodes like it, subscribe to Medical Mysteries on Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

    Today we’re discussing Michael Benson, a cameraman who survived a helicopter crash, only to find himself stuck inside a volcano’s crater…for two days.
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    • 13 min
    Beating the Odds: José Salvador Alvarenga

    Beating the Odds: José Salvador Alvarenga

    This special five-part series is brought to you by Medical Mysteries, a Parcast Original. For more episodes like it, subscribe to Medical Mysteries on Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

    Today we’re discussing José Salvador Alvarenga, a Salvadoran fisherman who spent over 13 months adrift at sea…and survived.


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    • 12 min
    Beating the Odds: Beck Weathers

    Beating the Odds: Beck Weathers

    This special five-part series is brought to you by Medical Mysteries, a Parcast Original. For more episodes like it, subscribe to Medical Mysteries on Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

    Today we’re discussing Beck Weathers, a Texas pathologist who survived the disastrous 1996 blizzard on Mount Everest...
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    • 13 min
    Beating the Odds: Anna Bågenholm

    Beating the Odds: Anna Bågenholm

    This special five-part series is brought to you by Medical Mysteries, a Parcast Original. For more episodes like it, subscribe to Medical Mysteries on Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

    Today we’re discussing the story of Anna Bågenholm, whose heart stopped in 1999 after she was trapped in a labyrinth of thick ice for nearly an hour and a half…
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    • 10 min
    Crossover Week: Natural Disasters (Potato Famine Pt. 2)

    Crossover Week: Natural Disasters (Potato Famine Pt. 2)

    If you enjoy the true stories told in Survival, check out this episode from our series Natural Disasters: By the late 1840s, with no end in sight to the potato famine gripping Ireland and no help coming from the British government, the Irish people were left with few options. Forced to choose between dire workhouses or leaving the country, there was no easy solution to ending their hunger.
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    • 35 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
2.2K Ratings

2.2K Ratings

AmandaRabbit ,

Sure interesting!

I got interested because I spent time in rwa da in 2020 and wanted to learn some history about the genocide and how it had played out in contemporary times. All
The episodes I’ve heard are super interesting.

kkddd101 ,

More episodes please!!!

This is my fav podcast please bring it back!!!!! We need new episodes!!!

Lukeinorlando ,

Super Corny

Looked interesting. Thought it would be a primary source recounting their experience. Instead it’s an extremely cornily written script narrated by actors that make it sound like a children’s tv show. What a disappointment! A million ads.

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