{"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":"Water Gun Malfunction: Freak Accident","slug":"water-gun-malfunction-freak-accident","published_at":"2026-06-03T23:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-survival-stories-6477904/water-gun-malfunction-freak-accident","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/NSR1275351644.mp3","summary":"The Northwest Shelf is Australia’s largest area of oceanic oil and gas extraction. In 2011, saturation diver Richard Bradley is 130 feet under water performing some routine maintenance… when he feels a sudden pain. The high pressure water blaster he’s using has malfunctioned, puncturing his left forearm with a jet of dirty water. Seriously injured, he can’t simply swim to the surface. As a complex procedure kicks into gear, every step must go perfectly if Richard is to reach the surface alive… A Noiser podcast production. Hosted by John Hopkins. Written by Rhys Bevan | Produced by Ed Baranski | Assistant Producer: Luke Lonergan | Exec produced by Joel Duddell | Sound Supervisor: Matt Peaty | Sound design by Jacob Booth | 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":"The Northwest Shelf is Australia’s largest area of oceanic oil and gas extraction. In 2011, saturation diver Richard Bradley is 130 feet under water perfo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3029,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/real-survival-stories-6477904/episodes/water-gun-malfunction-freak-accident/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/water-gun-malfunction-freak-accident.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}