Episode 419: The Unbelievable Survival Tale of Juliane Koepcke

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True Crime, Comedy, Exhibit C

4.5 • 95.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2023

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

Juliane Koepcke's story will have you questioning any recent complaint you've made. This woman was the sole survivor of a plane crash in 1971. After the plane went down, she continued to survive in the AMAZON RAINFOREST among hundreds and hundreds of predators. It took 11 days for her to be rescued and when you hear what Julianne faced within those 11 days, you will be a changed human.

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0:58.7	Today we're doing a survivor tale.
1:01.2	Ooh, I feel like we haven't done a survivor tale in a minute.
1:04.3	We have not, and this one, I have had on my list forever, but was scared to do it because it's a plain crash survivor.
1:13.0	Have you ever really talked that in depth about your fear of flying?
1:16.8	I've probably mentioned it.
1:18.2	I don't know how far I've gone into it.
1:21.1	So we're going to be covering the survival tale of Julianne Copka.
1:25.6	This was back in 1971.
1:29.1	We're going to go through what happened, her life, and her journey after she survived.
1:35.4	Julianne, I'm telling you guys after you hear this, go read her book,
1:41.6	to learn more about her life.
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