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On October 12, 1972, a plane carrying a team of young rugby players crashed into the remote, snow-peaked Andes. Out of the 45 original passengers and crew, only 16 made it off the mountain alive. For 10 excruciating weeks, they suffered deprivations beyond imagining, confronting nature head-on at its most furious and inhospitable. And to survive, these men and women not only had to keep their faith; they had to make an impossible decision: Should they eat the flesh of their dead friends?

Joe Simpson, with just his partner Simon Yates, tackled the unclimbed West Face of the remote 21,000 foot Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in June 1995. But before they reached the summit, disaster struck. A few days later, Simon staggered into Base Camp, exhausted and frostbitten, to tell...

The remarkable true story of how one Peruvian carpenter led hundreds of Christians to Judaism, sparking a pilgrimage from the Andes to Israel and inspiring a wave of emerging Latin American Jewish communities “If Gabriel García Márquez had written the Old Testament, it might read like...

La historia del líder del MRTA, Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru del Perú, explicada y narrada en primera persona desde su pisión, donde se encuentra desde hace 28 años de una manera arbitraria e inhumana, según la Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja...

It was 13 October 1972. Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, carrying a team of young rugby players, their families and friends, took off for the very last time. A deadly miscalculation saw F571 crash directly into the Andean mountains to devastating consequences: the body of the plane broke violently into two, its floor torn to smithereens; seats flew out of the air taking passengers with them. In the weeks that followed, the remaining people who were on board - the society of the snow - emerged to fight a dire, gruelling battle for survival.

Pedaling hard for thirteen months, eco adventurer Kate Rawles cycled the length of the Andes on an eccentric bicycle she built herself. The Life Cycle charts her mission to find out why biodiversity is so important, what's happening to it, and what can be done to protect it. From the Pacific Ocean to rainforests and salt flats, Kate learns that armadillos can cross rivers by holding their breath, that Colombia has more species of birds than North America and Europe combined, and that in threatening species and ecosystems, we're tearing down our own life support system.

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Welcome to Super SUS: A True Crime Podcast, where hosts Ande Breunig and Amethyst Cannady—devoted moms, business mavens, and avid true crime enthusiasts—explore a mix of well-known and lesser-known cases, offering fresh perspectives and uncovering details you won’t find anywhere else.Each week, we dive into the SUSpool of gripping true crime stories, balancing suspense with lighthearted moments. Whether it's Ande's structured, research-driven approach to cases with clear resolutions or Amethyst's fascination with the mysterious and unexplained, we make sure every episode is an exciting ...