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🗓️ 15 June 2021
⏱️ 80 minutes
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The true story of the first woman to go where no man had gone before, followed by the true cost of progress, the false value of safety, and a revealing conversation about the profoundly annoying sensation of being swindled by someone you trust.
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0:34.0 | Hey guys, it's Mike Rowe. This is episode number 204 of the way I heard it. |
0:38.0 | And this one's called a quick look over the railing. |
0:41.0 | A quick look over the railing. |
0:44.0 | We start with a chapter from my book called One Hell of a Toll, |
0:48.0 | which tells the true story of the actual cost of an historic journey into space. |
0:54.0 | I'm not talking about space, the final frontier. |
0:56.0 | I'm talking about the space that millions of people have since explored |
1:01.0 | and the woman who went there first. |
1:05.0 | Then after contemplating the actual cost of that fateful trip, |
1:09.0 | I discuss the true price of progress and what happens to a guy who suddenly realizes |
1:15.0 | he's working hundreds of feet up in the air without a net underneath him. |
1:21.0 | Turns out it's exactly like waking up one morning to learn that your once robust |
1:26.0 | investment account has been entirely depleted. |
1:30.0 | I can say this because the guy in question is me. |
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