After more than two months stranded in the Andes, Nando Parrado and Roberto Canessa’s desperate trek finally brought them face to face with civilization. In this final chapter of Survival in the Andes, we follow the dramatic rescue of the 14 remaining survivors, the emotional reunions with their families, and the global reaction to their story.

But survival didn’t end with the helicopters. Each man carried scars, secrets, and a lifetime of questions about faith, friendship, and the choices they made to stay alive. This episode looks at the aftermath — how the survivors rebuilt their lives, how the world judged them, and how their extraordinary ordeal became one of history’s greatest true survival stories.

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Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors - Piers Paul Read

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After 72 harrowing days in the Andes, two survivors push beyond all limits to bring help back to their stranded friends. In this episode, we follow Nando Parrado and Roberto Canessa as their desperate trek leads to a fateful encounter that changes everything. Hope is reborn, but the ordeal isn’t over yet—how do you rescue fourteen people trapped high in the mountains?

Join us as we explore the incredible turning point of the 1972 Andes plane crash story: the moment when survival against all odds finally becomes possible.

🔗 Don’t miss Part 5, where we cover the rescue mission and the legacy that followed.

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Alive: The Story of The Andes Survivors by Piers Paul Read

In Part 3 of Survival in the Andes, the survivors face a new nightmare: a deadly avalanche buries the plane, claiming lives and forcing the group to confront the full horror of survival. As they dig themselves out, tension and grief mount, but small sparks of leadership, courage, and determination emerge. Nando Parrado, Roberto Canessa, Numa Turcatti, and Antonio Vizintín are chosen as expeditionaries — the strongest hope for escape. With the plane partially destroyed and winter raging around them, the battle for survival becomes more desperate than ever.

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Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors by Piers Paul Read

The Andes survivors endured the crash, the cold, and the silence — but hunger became their fiercest enemy. In part two, we follow their desperate struggle as supplies vanish, hope fades, and an unthinkable choice looms: to survive, they may have to cross a line no one ever imagined.

Expect plenty of “Wait, what?!” moments, Brandon’s sarcastic commentary, and Jessica's several rants.

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Alive: The Story Of The Andes Survivors By Piers Paul Read

October 13th, 1972: a chartered Uruguayan flight carrying a rugby team, their friends, and family crashes high in the Andes Mountains. Rescue seems impossible, survival unlikely. In Part One of our series, we explore the doomed flight path, the crash landing, and the first desperate attempts to survive against the freezing cold, crushing altitude, and dwindling hope.

Expect plenty of “Wait, what?!” moments, Brandon’s sarcastic commentary, and Jessica's several rants.

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Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors by Piers Paul Read

Forget Game of Thrones — the Habsburgs were the real masters of playing the long game. From Charles V ruling half the known world to a family tree that looks more like a pretzel, this dynasty conquered Europe not with swords, but with weddings. Power, politics, and a whole lot of questionable genetics — it’s all here.

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• Consanguinity and Incest in Ancient Egypt by Alexandra Bridarolli - from UCL.ac.Uk
• Wikipedia
• The Rampant Consanguinity in the Spanish Branch of the Habsburg family - by Alexandra Bridarolli - from UCL.ac.Uk
• Hapsburger.net
  
  

Josephine Baker wasn’t just dancing in banana skirts—she was smuggling secrets in sheet music, charming royalty, and becoming one of the most famous entertainers in the world. From Harlem to Paris, the stage to the spy ring, and civil rights marches to French Resistance missions, Josephine’s life was anything but ordinary.

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What if someone told you they were a Rockefeller… but it was all a lie? Meet Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, the German immigrant who reinvented himself as Clark Rockefeller — a con artist who fooled the rich and famous, courts, and even his own family.

In this episode, we unravel:

• The twists and turns of his unbelievable double life.
• How he played high society like a master chess player.
• The jaw-dropping court cases and ultimate reveal of his true identity.

Expect plenty of “Wait, what?!” moments, Brandon’s sarcastic commentary, and Jessica's several rants.

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Vanity Fair - Article - By Mark Seal - Published January 2009
History.com - Rockefeller imposter and convicted felon born - published 6/20/11 updated 5/27/2025
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