Pretty Sure I Can Fly with Johnny Knoxville & Elna Baker

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Pretty Sure I Can Fly is a humorous exploration of things that had never been done, until someone did them. It’s a series of weekly conversations about what it takes to break through the barrier of “impossible” and set new standards for human limitation. Pretty Sure I Can Fly is like going to history class, except your teachers are actor, stuntman, and outlaw radio DJ Johnny Knoxville and long-time This American Life contributor Elna Baker. And each week they bring a new guest to tell you all about how they “grabbed the bull by the bunglesteen” or “really hogwrenched that spatooly.”

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    4 November 2024, 7:01 am
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    Rodney Mullen

    The legend.

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    21 October 2024, 7:01 am
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    On the Front Lines with Sebastian Junger

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    Sebastian's new book, In My Time of Dying, is now available wherever you buy books. 

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    7 October 2024, 7:01 am
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    The Human Crash Test Dummy, Colonel John Stapp

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    23 September 2024, 7:01 am
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    Getting Vertical with Tony Hawk

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    9 September 2024, 7:01 am
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