Pretty Sure I Can Fly with Johnny Knoxville & Elna Baker
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.”
Episodes
This week, we're joined by legendary boxer, the king of four-rounders, the man who knocked out Knoxville: Eric "Butterbean" Esch. We talk about how he got his nickname, his career in boxing, and his remarkable recovery after being stuck in a wheelchair for 5 years.
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Arctic explorer, single mother of four, and one of the first women to reach the North and South Poles by land.
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One of the first Jamaicans to ever compete in the winter Olympics, helicopter pilot, and the inspiration for Disney’s Cool Runnings.
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This week, we're joined by 9 time PRCA champion cowboy, Ty Murray. He shares some of his insights on bull and bronc riding, tells us about his rigorous martial arts training regimen, and looks back on the wild night he and Knoxville first met.
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This week we're joined by Chris Lemons, a saturation diver who narrowly escaped death when his umbilical cord broke while he was on the seafloor. He tells us about some of the risks of the job, his brush with death, and what life is like trapped in a metal tube for 28 days at a time.
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This week, we're joined by renowned musician, Daryl Davis, who has spent decades befriending and deradicalizing members of the KKK. He's successfully convinced more than 200 people to leave the KKK and other hate groups. We talk about his youth in 1960s America, how he fell in with a country band in the 1980s, and how that led him to meeting his first card-carrying KKK member.
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This week, we're joined by world renowned art forger, David Henty. We discuss the finer points of art history, how to make a convincing fake painting, and David's "dodgy" past as a passport counterfeiter and car thief.
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This week, we're joined by the Hollywood legend himself, Mr. Danny Trejo. He tells us about being hypnotized by Charles Manson, robbing every joint in Knoxville's neighborhood, and what life was like at San Quentin prison. Danny Trejo has over 400 TV and film credits to his name, including his upcoming show on the History Channel, "Mysteries Unearthed", which premieres on December 6th.
Stuntman, motocross and rally champion, NASCAR driver, the first man to do a double backflip on a dirt bike, and also the only man to break Johnny Knoxville's dick.
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This week, we're joined by Jackass director Jeff Tremaine to talk about Nick Piantanida, a record breaking parachutist from the 1960s. Knoxville and Tremaine tell the story of how a truck-driving, exotic pet-dealing, all-American hunk singlehandedly created the field of civilian space exploration, and how he eventually lost his life to that pursuit.
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This week, a very special episode featuring our very own Elna Baker. She shares some of her best (and dirtiest) stories about love, loss, and wolf men.
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The legend.
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This week, we're joined by self taught snake venom scientist Tim Friede. Over the years, he's self administered over 200 snake bites, and 700 injections of venom, all in an attempt to create the world's first universal anti-venom. He tells us about flatlining after taking two bites in the same night, how he amputated part of his leg (without booze!), and the power of honesty.
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This week, we're joined by war reporter, author, and filmmaker Sebastian Junger. We talk about what it means to find purpose in life, how to get a hold of a Nigerian pirate, and making sense of near death experiences.
Sebastian's new book, In My Time of Dying, is now available wherever you buy books.
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This week, we're joined by the bad boy of bowling, Pete Weber. He tells us about what it was like growing up as the son of bowling icon Dick Weber, and shares his tale as the heel of professional bowling. Pete opens up about his dark days of cocaine addiction, and the story behind his viral "Who do you think you are? I am!" moment at the 2012 U.S. Open.
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This week, Elna picks Knoxville's brain on one of his heroes, Colonel John Stapp — the flight surgeon, biophysicist, and human performance scientist who once hit 639 miles-per-hour on a rocket sled and somehow lived to talk about it.
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This week, we sit down with Isaac Nabwana, AKA the Notorious I.G.G., Uganda's premier action movie director, and founder of Wakaliwood studios. He's best known for his movie "Who Killed Captain Alex", released on Youtube in 2010, which went viral for its homemade special effects, hilarious dubbing, and insane action sequences. We talk about how he got his start in the music business, how to make a movie for $200, and the b...
This week, we're joined by the one and only Tony Hawk! Knoxville and Tony reminisce about Jackass, we hear about his days in the Bones Brigade, his nastiest injuries, and (try to) clear the air about some hot n' steamy rumors.
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This week, we're joined by the one-legged snake handler from Rising Star, Texas, who holds the Guinness world record for holding the most rattle snakes in his mouth (13). We chat about proper bagging technique, learning to face your fears, and how he keeps the peace with 10 ex-wives.
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This week, we're joined by one of the most accomplished ultramarathoners in history, Courtney Dauwalter. We talk about how Courtney managed to run 283 miles in 56 hours, dealt with going blind on a run, and the friendly hallucinations she meets on long nights.
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