{"podcast":{"title":"Real Survival Stories","slug":"real-survival-stories-6477904","podcast_index_feed_id":6477904,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/realsurvivalstories","website_url":"https://www.noiser.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/c4d0810a-27b8-11ee-a8a4-87c70787cd99/image/015353b1e4b404da4d1af7c5325f6090.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"NOISER","episode_count":165,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T10:19:26.014917+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-survival-stories-6477904"},"episode":{"title":"Espionage in the Himalayas: No Ordinary Adventure","slug":"espionage-in-the-himalayas-no-ordinary-adventure","published_at":"2026-03-05T00:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-survival-stories-6477904/espionage-in-the-himalayas-no-ordinary-adventure","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-survival-stories-6477904","url":"https://www.noiser.com/real-survival-stories","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR8782412244.mp3?updated=1771415988","summary":"Pete Takeda’s is a unique story - combining extreme locations, extraordinary natural phenomena… and espionage. In September 2005, Pete is leading a small party deep into the Himalayas. His plan is not just to summit the peak of Nanda Kot, but to find proof of plutonium-powered surveillance devices - rumoured to have been planted in the mountains by the CIA some 40 years earlier. But when the might of the mountain turns against Pete and his team, all their priorities shift. Buried alive beneath hundreds of tonnes of snow, cut off from any sort of help, they’ll face a series of lethal threats… A Noiser podcast production. Hosted by John Hopkins. Written by Heléna Lewis | Produced by Ed Baranski | Assistant Producer: Luke Lonergan | Exec produced by Joel Duddell | Sound Supervisor: Tom Pink | Sound design by Matt Peaty | Assembly edit by Rob Plummer | Compositions by Oliver Baines, Dorry Macaulay, Tom Pink | Mix & mastering: Ralph Tittley. For ad-free listening, bonus material and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Click the subscription banner at the top of the feed to get started. Or go to noiser.com/subscriptions If you have an amazing survival story of your own that you’d like to put forward for the show, let us know. Drop us an email at support@noiser.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Pete Takeda’s is a unique story - combining extreme locations, extraordinary natural phenomena… and espionage. In September 2005, Pete is leading a small…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3232,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/real-survival-stories-6477904/episodes/espionage-in-the-himalayas-no-ordinary-adventure/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-survival-stories-6477904/espionage-in-the-himalayas-no-ordinary-adventure.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}