Not Me, Not Today Podcast.

20/04/2021

Hello and hello to everyone, wherever you are in the world.

This is the one year anniversary of the pod and we're proud to announce the second series of Not Me, Not Today Podcast will be out very soon! Stay tuned and stay alive.
Laoise & Kenny

24/01/2021

You guys we finally hit 5000!

We couldn't be more excited. What a way to start 2021! Long may it continue and thank you to each and everyone one of you who listened.
We have more thrilling stories headed your way! Keep on listening!

22/01/2021

Holly and Gerry Fitzgerald married in 1970 and wanted to have the honeymoon of a lifetime.
They worked all the hours they could to save money for this year long travelling honeymoon.
In late 1972, they started their honeymoon, travelling South America. In the start of January 1973, they set off in a plane from Pucallpa. (Yes, that is the exact same town Juliane Koepckes planes went down just a year prior). Their plane crashes.
They now found themselves in the jungle having to find their own way out.
After some friendly advice from a fellow traveller, they built a raft and started their journey down the Madre de Dios River to freedom. Things got rough for Holly and Gerry.
Listen in this week to hear what happened to Holly and Gerry in part 1 of this 2 parter.

This mentions Juliane and Yossi due to some mind blowing coincidences I found out whilst researching! If you liked those episodes you'll adore this one!

13/01/2021

P**n Lim holds the world record for longest survival at sea on a life-raft.
Whilst working on a British freighter, it was hit by the Germans with torpedoes. In two minutes the ship sank. P**n leapt overboard and found himself floating 250 miles away from land. After two hours, he found a life-raft. P**n climbed aboard and started 133 days of survival.
Listen in to find out how P**n survived and what happened after he was rescued.

06/01/2021

Steven Stayner was just 7 years old when he was abducted on December 4th, 1972. He spent the next 7 years living with a vile pa******le named Kenneth Parnell. Parnell, kept Steven for these years, moving around California, enrolling Steven into various schools under the name of Dennis Parnell.
Parnell struggled to hold down a stable job, kept on the move and abusing Steven. He made several attempts with Steven to abduct other children, only to have them fail every time. Recruiting another person to abduct a child, Parnell abducted 5 year-old, Timothy White, in 1980.
Steven, being determined to spare Timothy the same fate he had endured, escaped with him in the middle of the night. They went to a police station and explained their stories.
Kenneth Parnell was arrested the next morning.
Steven, once returned to his grateful parents and family, had a hard time readjusting to his new life.
Listen this week to hear about the full, albeit, short life of Steven Stayner; the sentencing of Parnell and all those involved in this new episode of Not Me, Not Today Podcast.

⚠️ Trigger Warning : this episode contains child abduction and child sexual abuse *although kept to a minimum*.

31/12/2020

Ada Blackjack was an Inupiat born woman, originally named Ada Delutuk, but was actually raised by Methodist missionaries in Nome, Alaska.
At 16, she married an abusive man named Jack Blackjack and had three children with him. Only one of those children survived past infancy. Her son Bennet, who had tuberculosis. After Jack left Ada and her son destitute, she had to find a way to care for their son, alone.
An opportunity arose for a Native seamstress that spoke English. It paid well and would cover the medical costs she needed to have Bennet treated. It would require her absence for 1-2 years. Leaving Bennet in an orphanage temporarily she joined the voyage.
Ada at 23 was the only woman in a team of 4 male explorers. She was hired to cook, clean and sew for them. The mission was to claim Wrangel Island. Only, when they got there, things didn't go to plan and Ada started a 2 year fight for her survival. She, in fact, became the only survivor.
Listen to this weeks episode, to hear about the incredible journey and life of Ada Blackjack.

17/12/2020

Wojtek was a Syrian bear that was bought by Polish soldiers just at the start of World War 2.
He was raised by them and lived with them for many years, enjoying many a beer, cigarette and even learned to walk on his hind legs like his fellow comrades.
Wojtek became an official soldier and was even promoted to Corporal at one point.
Eventually he ended up in Scotland where he spent the remainder of his life.

Listen this week find out the story of Wojtek the bear.

02/12/2020

Vesna Vulovic holds the Guinness World Record for surviving the highest fall without a parachute. She was working as an airhostess in 1972, when an explosion in the luggage hold, tore apart the plane sending Vesna into a 33,333ft fall.
She managed to survive the crash but was badly injured. After 15 months of rehabilitation and surgeries, including 10 days in a coma, Vesna was able to go back to work.
Listen in to find out all about Vesna and her incredible life. Also if you're partial to the odd conspiracy theory you may enjoy this one.

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02/12/2020

New Episode out now. It's a shorty but a good one!

Vesna Vulovic check out the clip below for a sneaky preview.

check it out on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/48r00hRedyKMgi8CvkGIkq?si=1L8WgsW-SZeuNBoq5rMlmw

Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS85NDcyMjQucnNz/episode/QnV6enNwcm91dC02NjQ2MTY4?sa=X&ved=0CAQQkfYCahcKEwjAiozhnrDtAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQBA

17/11/2020

Aron Ralston is a man many of you will be familiar with. In April 2003 he took a trip to Bluejohn Canyon alone. He told no where where he was going.

Aron shortly into his trip finds himself stuck in the canyon with his lower right arm crushed and pinned by a boulder.

After 5 days he came to the conclusion that he was going to have to amputate his own arm with a blunt penknife.

Listen in to the story of Aron Ralston and some details you may not have known. We also dicuss what Aron has been doing since his ordeal in the new episode of Not Me, Not Today Podcast.

17/11/2020

Episode 16 is out now! The story of Aron Ralston. 🧗‍♂️

You can check it out on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5tnzqPoQ8EdLjnNMqsPvEL?si=76jpCxYcTQKu0brdI2Bcfg

Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS85NDcyMjQucnNz&ep=14&episode=QnV6enNwcm91dC02NDA3NTEy

Or wherever you get your podcasts.

Aron Ralston is a man many of you will be familiar with. In April 2003 he took a trip to Bluejohn Canyon alone. He told nobody where he was going. Aron shortly into his trip, finds himself stuck in the canyon, with his lower right arm crushed and pinned by a boulder. After 5 days, he came to the con...

22/10/2020

Travis Barker is a world famous drummer and music producer, known mainly from Blink-182.

Travis had always been afraid of flying and had expressed it to his manager before, convinced he was going to die in a plane crash. Despite these fears he travelled on planes for world tours.

In 2008 Travis was involved in a plane crash. A crash that claimed the lives of 4 others. The only survivors were Travis Barker and DJ A.M.

We'll talk about the events leading up to that day, the incident itself and the after effects it had on them both.

⚠️Trigger Warning ⚠️ contains details of a graphic nature including injuries and drug use.

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21/10/2020

Episode 15 is out now! Travis Barker. 🛩

You can check it out on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7jL7p5z1NcYAzPnBysiEEY?si=AwbT4vfIRACB78FsFxzJSg

Google Podcasts:
https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS85NDcyMjQucnNz&ep=14&episode=QnV6enNwcm91dC01OTg4NzQy

Or wherever you get your podcasts. Don't forget to leave us a review!

Travis Barker is a world famous drummer and music producer, known mainly from Blink-182. Travis had always been afraid of flying and had expressed it to his manager before, convinced he was going to die in a plane crash. Despite these fears he travelled on planes for world tours. In 2008 Travis was....

13/10/2020

In 1848, Phineas Gage was blasting rocks to make way for the new railroad. He was packing a hole with blasting powder and a fuse, when momentarily distracted, scraped his iron tampering rod along a rock producing a spark and igniting the fuse.
The Tampering rod was shot straight through his skull being found 30 feet away covered in his brains.
Much to his co-workers horror, he walked to an oxcart and made his way back to the lodging town he was in. Here, he met Dr Williams and Dr Harlow who helped clean his head and monitor him.

Listen to this incredible story on his survival and life on this episode of Not Me Not Today Podcast.

⚠️Trigger Warning⚠️ This episode contains graphic details of brains (again) and gore that may be distressing for some listeners.

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13/10/2020

New episode out now. An NMNT shorty! The story of Phineas Gage.

You can listen on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3mLRXMJfvN6vmVeqB1SImA?si=F4I2ImRrT7G-D3MefMp9Yw

Google Podcasts:
https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS85NDcyMjQucnNz&ep=14&episode=QnV6enNwcm91dC01ODY3NjM4

Or wherever you get your podcasts.

In 1848, Phineas Gage was blasting rocks to make way for the new railroad. He was packing a hole with blasting powder and a fuse, when momentarily distracted, scraped his iron tampering rod along a rock producing a spark and igniting the fuse.The Tampering rod was shot straight through his skull bei...

06/10/2020

Yossi Ghinsberg was 22 in 1981 when he and 3 others took to the jungle looking for an adventure of a life-time. After stocking up for what was supposed to be a six week long trip they set off into the jungle.

They met rarely contacted tribes, ate monkeys, travelled rivers and tried to enjoy their adventure. But despite the adventure the challenges became too much, their relationships frayed and this led them to splitting off into pairs.

Yossi and Kevin would continue on in the adventure down the river deeper into the jungle and Karl and Markus would turn back to the nearest village about 3 days walk away.

Yossi and Kevin on a raft down the river get separated and start the long, treacherous journey alone in the jungle.

At the end of this tale there are only two survivors...listen to hear what happened and who survived in this weeks episode of Not Me, Not Today Podcast.

⚠️Trigger Warning⚠️ This episode talks of killing animals for a need to survive and some animal abuse, also cannibalism.

If you think you've seen the movie and know the tale, think again. They left out mountains of incredible details in this story. But we are filling some of those in!

https://open.spotify.com/show/1FfFJYLAOzPyBDNVqV1N3R?si=0EZnYABaRBSAwBaksk4Dcg

11/09/2020

The 2nd episode is out and we find out what happened to Tere Jo Duperrault.

Where is she now? What happened to Julian Harvey? Listen to find out.

Below are the pictures to this episode.

07/09/2020

So we just released a new episode! It's a 2 parter too! Part 2 coming very soon.

The story or Tere Jo Duperrault. At 11 years old Tere Jo was found floating alone at sea on a tiny liferaft.

She was the survivor of a tragedy on board The Bluebell, a tragedy that had claimed the lives of her entire family.

Was foul play at hand?

Listen this week to find out what happened to Tere Jo and all those aboard The Bluebell.

02/09/2020

Anatoli Bugorski was a Russian Physicist and working with a particle accelerator when it seemed to stop working.

He stepped up to try and fix the problem only for it to shoot him through the skull.

Anatoli lived to tell the tale. Listen in to this weeks episode and our 1st shorty to find out what happened and where he is today.

01/09/2020

The news you've all been waiting for!

We are baaaaack!!!

Our first mini episode is finally out. 🙌🙌 so you can all form an orderly queue. 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️

This is only a shorty but we have a belter of an episode for you coming soon too.

So go check out the mini and we have a whopper episode to follow this week!

Don't worry we won't short change you! 😉 If you see a shorty you'll know you're getting 2 episodes that week.

Subscribe to make sure you don't miss a thing.

27/08/2020

Hi Guys,

We wanted to say thank you for the support over the last few weeks.
I've been very sick but we are back and feeling better than ever.
We could have put the odd episode out but it wouldn't have been consistent and that's not what we want to do.

New episode coming out very soon though!
It's been a while and we promise to make it up to you.
We have new episodes and new ideas to bring you these as much as possible. Keep your eyes peeled soon for the episode drop.

07/07/2020

Hi guys,

I'm sure you've noticed we haven't had an episode up this week. We want to apologise but its due to illness.

When we're back healthy which shouldn't be too long we'll be back to our regular weekly schedule.

Thank you for all your patience and understanding.

Trying to stay alive ourselves this week.

30/06/2020

Well we finally did it! We hit 1000 downloads. 🥳🥳
Thank you for the support and we have so many good things coming in the next few weeks. Glad you've all enjoyed it and keep on listening. 🙌🙌

30/06/2020

Bethany Hamilton was born to be a surfer. She started from a very young age and would spend every waking minute possible in the water on her surfboard. She was determined from early on to become a professional surfer.

Her dream was easily within reach until one day at aged just 13, Bethany was attacked by a shark. It had bitten off her left arm, but she stayed calm warning other surfers in that there was a shark in the water.
After the attack she felt her dream was slipping away and finished forever.
However Bethany after an inspirational talk with a fellow shark attack survivor, was determined to get back on the board and make her dreams come true.

Listen to hear about Bethanys life. From the shark attack to what she’s doing now covering some of her incredible achievements in between.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/947224/4370642-episode-10-bethany-hamilton.mp3?blob_id=17065145&download=true
Or wherever you listen to your podcasts.

22/06/2020

Hello all you sparkling gemstones! 🔮

Just reminding you lovely people to listen to last weeks episode if you forgot to catch it!

It's a good one and there's some Netflix recommendations in there too for anyone who's exhausted their typical shows!

Next episode will be out soon! 🤩🤩

16/06/2020

Hey all you fine Cats and Dogs, it is Tuesday... which means we have a new episode up!! 🙌🎊🙌

Episode 09 is out now. The story of Tsutomu Yamaguchi who survived 2 atomic bombs.

Check it out on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0enY16ZxXEMtm2R2U8cF6a?si=7cgqFZ_vQI6gNpzvyTYQ2A

Google Podcasts:
https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS85NDcyMjQucnNz&ep=14

Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/not-me-not-today-podcast/id1509080166?i=1000478133651

Or even Buzzsprout:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/947224/4192718-episode-9-tsutomu-yamaguchi.mp3?blob_id=16206362&download=true

Listen to this episode from Not Me, Not Today Podcast on Spotify. Tsutomu Yamaguchi, is the luckiest unlucky survivor you’ll hear about. At age 27, in 1945 Mr. Yamaguchi and his colleagues were sent from Nagasaki to Hiroshima for an extended work trip. On the day, before they were due to return th...

16/06/2020

Tsutomu Yamaguchi, is the luckiest unlucky survivor you’ll hear about.

At age 27, in 1945 Mr. Yamaguchi and his colleagues were sent from Nagasaki to Hiroshima for an extended work trip. On the day, before they were due to return the “Little Boy” nuclear bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.

Mr. Yamaguchi was late for work when the bomb was dropped, and woke up to see a crown of fire and mushroom cloud soar into the skies. His skin was red, raw, burning and he had a ringing in his ears like he had never experienced before. After finding his colleagues they made their way to the station to catch an evacuation train back to Nagasaki.

After the gruelling journey back, Mr. Yamaguchi showed up for work Monday morning to explain what had happened. Whilst explaining what had happened to his co-workers, there was a flash and Mr. Yamaguchi was knocked unconscious. When he finally came around, it was more carnage. Once again he woke up to a mushroom cloud and the city on fire.

He kept his experience hidden and unspoken about until the age of 90. He wrote a book of poetry and spent his remaining years talking about his experience.

Listen in to find out the full incredible story of Tsutomu Yamaguchi.

13/06/2020

Hey guys!

We're so glad you're all enjoying the new episodes! The support this week has exploded! Thank you. 🥳🎊

We also want to encourage any of you who have a particular survivor you'd like us to cover to send us in the suggestion.
Those of you who have thank you and keep an eye out for them coming soon!

Send them into [email protected]

Thanks again for listening and if you haven't listened to the new episode of Violet Jessop this week check it out!

09/06/2020

Violet Jessop was born in 1887 in Argentina to Irish parents.

She grew up dodging death after surviving scarlet fever, typhoid and tuberculosis that claimed the lives of some of her siblings.

After her father died and her mother became ill; Violet left nursing school to get a job as a sea-stewardess.

Whilst she spent most of her life at sea she survived 3 maritime disasters including The Titanic dubbing her "The Unsinkable Woman".

Listen in this week to find out about Violet Jessop, the disasters and how she spent her later days in an all new episode of Not Me, Not Today Podcast.

09/06/2020

Episode 08 is out now! 🚢

The story of Violet Jessop "The Unsinkable Woman"

You can catch it on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3yOo0GFhf1z7X0tM8dPkWb?si=gLOGEyNKQn6E9IljtbHXiw

Google Podcasts:
https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS85NDcyMjQucnNz&ep=14&episode=QnV6enNwcm91dC00MDk3MTQ0

Apple Podcasts: tomorrow

Or Buzzsprout:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/947224/4097144-episode-8-violet-jessop.mp3?blob_id=15754382&download=true