Episodes

  • Kon-Tiki Voyage - Navigate an epic ocean crossing with Jack Maddox

    Kon-Tiki Voyage - Navigate an epic ocean crossing with Jack Maddox
    Apr 11 2026
    Join host Jack Maddox as he explores the audacious 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition, where six men crossed the Pacific on a balsa raft to prove ancient migration theories. Discover the impossible engineering, the unforgiving ocean, and Thor Heyerdahl's brilliant vision that changed our understanding of human courage and prehistoric seafaring.

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    1 min
  • Kon-Tiki Voyage - Right Raft, Wrong Theory

    Kon-Tiki Voyage - Right Raft, Wrong Theory
    Apr 11 2026
    AI host Jack Maddox examines Thor Heyerdahl's legendary 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition—a 4,300-mile Pacific crossing on a balsa raft. While it proved ancient rafts could survive open ocean, modern genetics, linguistics, and archaeology reveal Polynesians sailed from Southeast Asia, not South America, using sophisticated navigation.

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    27 mins
  • Kon-Tiki Voyage - Building a Bet Out of Balsa and Banana Leaves

    Kon-Tiki Voyage - Building a Bet Out of Balsa and Banana Leaves
    Apr 11 2026
    Jack Maddox examines how Thor Heyerdahl's 1947 Kon-Tiki raft crossed 4,300 miles of Pacific Ocean, defying expert predictions. Built from balsa logs and hemp rope, every feature critics called fatal became key to survival, proving ancient South American engineering surpassed modern naval science.

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    27 mins
  • Kon-Tiki Voyage - Six Men, Nine Logs, and Everyone Betting Against Them

    Kon-Tiki Voyage - Six Men, Nine Logs, and Everyone Betting Against Them
    Apr 11 2026
    Jack Maddox explores the 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition, where Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl and five crew members crossed 4,300 miles of Pacific Ocean on a balsa wood raft, proving ancient navigation theories against impossible odds and expert predictions.

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    28 mins