341: What if you had an unquenchable thirst for danger?
This Is Actually Happening
Wondery
4.6 • 9.9K Ratings
🗓️ 26 November 2024
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
A man, who grew up seeking danger and adventure, pursues greater and greater risks despite many losses and his own brushes with death.
Today’s episode featured Kerry McCauley. You can reach out to him at [email protected] or kerrymccauley.com, or on his socials:
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Kerry has written two best selling books: "Ferry Pilot" and "Dangerous Flights". He is also one of the main pilots on the Discovery docuseries: "Dangerous Flights".
Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits, Jason Blalock
Content/Trigger Warnings: death by accident, plane crash, skydiving accident/death, explicit language
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| 0:00.0 | Wondry Plus subscribers can listen to exclusive episodes of This Is Actually Happening |
| 0:05.0 | by joining Wondry Plus in the Wondry app or on Apple Podcasts. |
| 0:09.0 | This Is Actually Happening features real experiences that often include traumatic events. |
| 0:14.0 | Please consult the show notes for specific content warnings on each episode |
| 0:17.0 | and for more information about support services. |
| 0:29.0 | I am a riskaholic, I call myself. |
| 0:31.8 | I mean, I'll break rules just for the sake of breaking them. |
| 0:36.5 | And if there's a way to do something more dangerous, I'll choose that. |
| 0:40.7 | I seek that thrill, that adrenaline. I have to risk. I'm Wondery, I'm Witt Misseldine. You're listening to This Is Actually Happening. |
| 1:03.1 | Episode 3.41. |
| 1:06.5 | What if you had an unquenchable thirst for danger? |
| 1:11.6 | How do I cope with waiting for results? |
| 1:18.6 | It's all I can think about. Is the cancer going to come back? |
| 1:22.6 | I can't sleep. How do I stop worrying? |
| 1:26.6 | We know what goes through your head when you're living with cancer. |
| 1:29.5 | The questions, the anxieties. |
| 1:31.6 | We understand because we've been there too. |
| 1:34.2 | If you or someone you care about has been diagnosed with cancer, |
| 1:37.8 | McMillan Cancer supports online community can help from day one. |
| 1:41.7 | It's a free, safe, online forum for people with cancer to connect anonymously. |
| 1:46.7 | No question is too big or too small. With over 80,000 members, we get it. We've been there. |
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