Real Survival Stories
Hosted by John Hopkins · NOISER
4.8from 5,840 ratings
- 182
- Episodes
- 156
- Transcribed
- 5,840
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
About Real Survival Stories
True stories of ordinary people thrust into extraordinary survival situations. Stranded in the desert. Lost in the jungle. Marooned in the mountains. Shipwrecked on the high seas. You'll hear from individuals who had everything against them. But even then, they refused to give in… Hosted by John Hopkins. New episodes Thursdays. Get every episode a week early and ad-free with Noiser+. Click the banner at the top of the feed to get started or head to noiser.com/subscriptions. Go to https://surfshark.com/survival or use code SURVIVAL at checkout to get 4 extra months of SurfsharkVPN! For advertising enquiries, email info@adelicious.fm No part of this podcast may be used or reproduced in any manner for the purpose of training artificial intelligence technologies or systems. In accordance with Article 4(3) of the DSM Directive 2019/790, Noiser Ltd expressly reserves this work from the text and data mining exception.
- Publisher
- NOISER
- Category
- history · society & culture · sports
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 21 Jul 2023
- Latest episode
- 5 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
156 of 182 episodes have a transcript.
5 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Family Plane Trip: Dodging Weather and Mountains
29 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Accident on the Farm: Famous Overnight
21 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Hurricane at Sea: Out of the Depths…
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Family Plane Trip: Dodging Weather and Mountains
Published 5 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It had gotten to a point where I went, you know what, I need to just turn back to Rome. Brian turns to look behind, scanning the skies for a route back to the gravel landing strip. What he sees makes his heart sink. The weather had completely closed in around us. There was no turning back anymore. […]
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- Micha Moeller
- Brian Dickinson
- John Graham
- Julie Andrews
- Noah Messenger
Reach and audience
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 1,298 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 4,542 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 39 / 100
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- Quality
- 39
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 100
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- Does not typically book guests
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Who hosts Real Survival Stories?
John Hopkins host the show. Published by NOISER.
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