Beyond the Ordinary

Meet Anna Pogossyan and Temirlan Toktabek, founders of Vacant, a revolutionary technology system that enables students to find spaces on campus where they can study. They talk about their entrepreneurial journey, from having just two days to develop their idea, to leaving their jobs and devoting themselves full-time to their new enterprise. In an interview with entrepreneur and investor Daniel Cronin, the Toronto-based duo share what they learned from their experiences, what it was like to stand on stage and pitch at the Red Bull Basement Global Final in Berlin, how it felt to hear their name being announced as the winners.

Hear from two more tech entrepreneurs and past winners of Red Bull Basement in this three-part special. Learn more and apply now at rebullbasement.com

Make sure you hit follow to be the first to hear the latest episodes. Discover more about Beyond the Ordinary at redbull.com/beyondtheordinary.

Meet Sophie Bolzer, founder and CEO of Audvice, a software solution that enables people to share knowledge with audio (not quite a podcast, not quite an audio book, but somewhere in between). She talks about her entrepreneurial journey to heading up a startup business with global potential. In an interview with entrepreneur and investor Daniel Cronin, the Austrian innovator shares what went into developing the product, the mindset that enabled her to persevere through many ups and downs, what it was like to stand on stage and pitch at the Red Bull Basement Global Final in Toronto, and how it felt to hear her name being announced as the winner.

Hear from two more tech entrepreneurs and past winners of Red Bull Basement in this three-part special. Learn more and apply now at rebullbasement.com

Make sure you hit follow to be the first to hear the latest episodes. Discover more about Beyond the Ordinary at redbull.com/beyondtheordinary.

Meet Joanna Power and Paramveer Bhachu, founders of Lava, a company that plans to save millions of litres of water a year. They talk about their entrepreneurial journey, from being students with a good idea, to heading up a startup business with global potential. In an interview with entrepreneur and investor Daniel Cronin, they share what went into developing their water-saving Aqua X washing machine, what it was like to pitch at the Red Bull Basement Global Final online event, how it felt to hear their name being announced as the winner, and what the UK-based duo have planned for the future.

Hear from two more tech entrepreneurs and past winners of Red Bull Basement in this three-part special. Learn more and apply now at rebullbasement.com

Make sure you hit follow to be the first to hear the latest episodes. Discover more about Beyond the Ordinary at redbull.com/beyondtheordinary.

As a girl growing up in Lesotho, Khothalang Leuta never imagined she could become a bike racer – until a pump track was built in her neighbourhood and a dream was born. The odds were stacked against her, but she was determined to succeed.

This is the story of how one girl’s courage led to qualifying for the Red Bull UCI Pump Track World Championships and a new world of opportunity. Now she’s aiming to be the fastest woman in the world. Watch the Fastest Girl in the Village on Red Bull TV, and discover more stories like this on redbull.com/bike

Make sure you hit follow to be the first to hear the latest episodes. Discover more about Beyond the Ordinary at redbull.com/beyondtheordinary.

From the moment he became the youngest driver ever to win in Formula One in 2016 at the age of 18, Red Bull Racing driver Max Verstappen has been the sport's brightest light. Now, in the 2021 F1 season, the champs have a genuine challenger snapping at their heels.

But who is Max Verstappen and how did he get to this moment? Find the answers here, courtesy of drivers, team-mates, journalists, fans and those closest to him – such as drivers Pierre Gasly, Alex Albon, Liam Lawson and F1 legend David Coultard, F1 commentator Jess McFadyen, BMX champ Twan van Gendt, and Max’s father, ex-F1 driver Jos Verstappen – as well as Max himself.

Learn about the Dutch driver's rise from karting prodigy to competing in his first F1 practice session in 2014 for Scuderia Toro Rosso – just a week after his 17th birthday – followed by podium finishes in the world championships in 2019 and 2020. Already, 2021 has been his most successful season to date and Max is primed for the grandest prize of all.

Discover more about Beyond the Ordinary and find every episode at redbull.com/beyondtheordinary.

Thousands of athletes worldwide were preparing for what should have been their career highlight. Competitions they had been training for not just weeks and months, but in some cases decades. Dreaming of the prospect of success, winning and gold. Then the pandemic hit and the world stood still – and sport with it. But that didn't mean all the hard work to achieve sporting dreams also had to stop.

Hear the inside story of what it’s like for athletes and coaches when training, as they knew it, had to be reinvented. Heptathlete Niamh Emerson tells her story, and York-Peter Klöppel, Head of Mental Performance at the Red Bull Athlete Performance Center in Salzburg, Austria, shares insights on the psychological impact.

See more from Niamh, as well as the stories of five other world-class athletes, in the film One Extraordinary Year, available now on Red Bull TV. Go to www.redbull.com/extrayear.

Make sure you hit follow to be the first to hear the latest episodes. Discover more about Beyond the Ordinary at redbull.com/beyondtheordinary.

Season Three is available now! Meet the people pushing the boundaries of sport, adventure, gaming, culture and more. With new episodes each Tuesday, make sure you follow to be the first to hear the latest one. Discover more about Beyond the Ordinary and find every episode at redbull.com/beyondtheordinary.

B-Boys RoxRite, Lil Zoo and Neguin come from completely different parts of the world, but the three Red Bull BC One All Stars crew members all have the same thing in common: their lives have been changed forever by breaking.

Make sure you hit follow to be the first to hear the latest episodes. Discover more about Beyond the Ordinary at redbull.com/beyondtheordinary.

Have you ever wondered what it really takes to travel to the very limits of human endurance? To do things most mortals couldn’t even dream of? To become superhuman?

Ultrarunner Rob Pope and cross-country skier Veronika Mayerhofer, who is also a mental performance specialist at the Red Bull Athlete Performance Center in Austria, talk about how athletes achieve the seemingly impossible – from overcoming immeasurable obstacles to triumphing over physical and mental demons. Hear from marathon swimmer Sarah Thomas, rock climber Emily Harrington and more as they share their experiences.

Make sure you hit follow to be the first to hear the latest episodes. Discover more about Beyond the Ordinary at redbull.com/beyondtheordinary.

Meet Belgian paraglider Tom de Dorlodot as he competes in the world’s toughest adventure race: Red Bull X-Alps. For 13 brutal days Tom battled weather, fatigue and demoralising setbacks as he sought to finish the 2021 competition.

We tracked him every step of the way as he hiked, ran, climbed and flew, placing microphones wherever we could without compromising his performance. Throughout his journey, he shares his experience of the physical and mental toll it takes to compete in Red Bull X-Alps.

Make sure you hit follow to be the first to hear the latest episodes. Discover more about Beyond the Ordinary at redbull.com/beyondtheordinary.