UnFictional
Faster and Faster
"If everything seems under control…. you’re not going fast enough." - Mario Andretti
By Bob Carlson • • 29m ListenThree stories about speed: giving yourself over to it, overcoming your fear of it, and falling in love with it.
This episode originally aired on February 27, 2015.
Photo courtesy of Bob Carlson.
In this episode
3 storiesInto Space
Barbara Morgan is one of the small club whose members have been rocketed into space at unimaginable speeds. She was the backup candidate for NASA’s Teacher in Space Project, behind Christa McAuliffe, who died in the challenger disaster in 1986. Barbara Morgan remembers her own mission on shuttle Endeavor in 2007.
Read the story6 minTess vs the Roller Coaster
A story produced by UnFictional producer Bob Carlson and his daughter Tess, last year when she was 10. She had always wished she were brave enough to ride a looping roller coaster. Just the thought of riding them made her very anxious. So Tess and her dad spend a day at Six Flags Magic Mountain riding progressively scarier thrill rides.
Read the story13 minLet the Purple Bike Live On
There was something about Dan Dombroski’s flashy purple bicycle that had the power to turn casual bike riders into bicycling champions, and it became a symbol for a community of cyclists who shared thrilling victories and crushing losses.
Read the story10 min