Ep. #123 - What If You Survived? (Ricky Megee)
The What If? Podcast
Spencer Wirth-Davis & Ryan Kopperud
4.6 • 668 Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2019
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
In 2006, an Australian man named Ricky Megee travelled into the Outback, and through a series of unfortunate, and somewhat disputed, events—disappeared. What happened next is detailed in his book, Left For Dead, wherein Megee tells the story of how he survived in the Australian Outback, for an unbelievable 71 days, with nothing but the clothes on his back.
This week on The What If? Podcast, we dive into a tale of disappearance, recovery and the resilience of the human spirit. We (Ryan) also put on bad Australian accents, make jokes about canned liquor, and Crocodile Dundee, and make a request of you, our lovely and faithful listeners. Enjoy the ride!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Is this intro too long for you? |
| 0:05.0 | I feel like I'm floating in space. |
| 0:08.0 | Sick. |
| 0:09.0 | That's what I was going for. |
| 0:10.0 | I'm, I'm weightless. |
| 0:12.0 | I'm waitless. |
| 0:13.0 | Ah! |
| 0:16.0 | Hey, what's up, man? |
| 0:20.0 | Hey, buddy. I hope you find your man. Hey, buddy. |
| 0:23.9 | I hope you find your way. |
| 0:24.7 | Goodbye, buddy. |
| 0:27.7 | I hope you find your way out of the Australian Outback. |
| 0:29.0 | I hope you find your dad. |
| 0:30.3 | How are you? |
| 0:31.4 | I'm doing great. |
| 0:32.1 | Sick. I've been reading about crazy ass Ricky McGee for the last 24 hours or so. |
| 0:37.0 | Hi. |
| 0:37.9 | I'm Ricky McGee. You last 24 hours or so. Hi. I'm Ricky McGee. |
| 0:40.6 | Your Australian is not bad. |
| 0:42.4 | You look very Australian, which sells it more. |
| 0:44.6 | Sick. |
| 0:45.7 | Yeah. |
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