What I survived
Hosted by Jack · Jack Laurence
4.4from 413 ratings
- 68
- Episodes
- 27
- Transcribed
- 413
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2026
- First episode
About What I survived
What I Survived is a true survival podcast featuring extraordinary first-hand stories from people who survived kidnapping, hostage situations, disasters, accidents and other extreme life-or-death ordeals. Each story takes you back to who these people were before everything changed, then inside the moment their lives were pushed to the edge — shipwrecked at sea for weeks, held captive by terrorists, falling 15,000 feet from a plane after a parachute failure, and other extraordinary fights for survival. Through intimate first-hand accounts, we follow the ordeal as it happened, the decisions made under unimaginable pressure, and the resilience and will it took to survive. Then we explore what came after — the physical and psychological recovery, the impact of trauma, and the process of rebuilding a life forever altered. What I Survived is hosted by Australian podcaster Jack Laurence, creator of the award-winning podcasts One Minute Remaining, Wanted and more. Follow What I Survived for remarkable true stories of survival, resilience and the human instinct to stay alive. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- Jack Laurence
- Category
- society & culture · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 10 Feb 2026
- Latest episode
- 13 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
27 of 68 episodes have a transcript.
13 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Rob Langdon: Seven Years in an Afghan Prison P2
6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Rob Langdon: Sentenced to Death in Afghanistan P1
29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Benedict Allen: Becoming a Crocodile Man P3
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Rob Langdon: Seven Years in an Afghan Prison P2
Published 13 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I learned a lot about some of the relationships I had with people. It was when the Nigerians were still there, I mean, they managed to pay their way out eventually. And they all got out because, again, like you said, it's money making. And, yeah, I was the only – and at that point we'd moved over to a place, another section, Block 10, which was run like a proper jail. And some of the stuff that was going on there was it was pretty out of control. The guy who ran it was a really good dude. He was trained by the British and American mentors out there, and there was no bullshit. There was none of that money-making. […]
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- Rob Langdon
- Benedict Allen
- Giovanni Rocco
- Evaristo Salas Jnr
- Jnr Salas
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.3 / 5
- 342 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 71 ratings
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