# 171: The Man Who Lived in an Airport Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mystery-kids-podcast-744332/171-the-man-who-lived-in-an-airport Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mystery-kids-podcast-744332/171-the-man-who-lived-in-an-airport.md Podcast: [The Mystery Kids Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mystery-kids-podcast-744332) Published: 2026-04-16T13:14:00+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/themysterykidspodcast/episodes/171-The-Man-Who-Lived-in-an-Airport-e3hmdkg Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/2a815450/podcast/play/118223952/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-10%2F421762697-44100-2-c42a3abd4f26.m4a Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-mystery-kids-podcast-744332/episodes/171-the-man-who-lived-in-an-airport Duration seconds: 676 ## Resource This week on The Mystery Kids Podcast , we explore the unbelievable true story of Mehran Karimi Nasseri, the man who lived inside Charles de Gaulle Airport for 18 years after losing his travel documents. His bizarre life later inspired the movie The Terminal—but the real story is even stranger than Hollywood. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Birthday Shout Out Form⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Use Code MKP for Harbor & Sprout⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Become a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patron⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Or a Subscriber on Spotify!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-mystery-kids-podcast-744332/episodes/171-the-man-who-lived-in-an-airport/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mystery-kids-podcast-744332/171-the-man-who-lived-in-an-airport.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.