Episode 2: Wonder

This week on Human Race, we’re sharing a sprint—or a short story. We’ll be alternating long stories, like the Tin Man story last week, with shorter stories, like the one you’re getting this week.

Our first sprint is a story we’re featuring from the Runner’s World Show, our really wonderful sister podcast. It will be rare that we’ll air the same story on both shows, but this one is really special.

Chris Kraft, site director for RunnersWorld.com, gets text alerts that reveal when the International Space Station (ISS) will be flying over his house. He even schedules his (very, very early) morning runs so that he can catch a glimpse of these flyovers. Chris’s passion is so appealing that we asked him to record himself out on the run.

In the story, we also meet a fellow sky gazer and astronaut Sunita Williams. Suni has been up to the International Space Station twice. On one of those trips, she ran the Boston Marathon virtually, while in orbit.

This is their story of wonder, passion, and running.

Episode Credits:

Host: Rachel Swaby

Producers: Sylvia Ryerson, Christine Fennessy, Brian Dalek, Chris

Kraft, Rachel Swaby

Theme music: Danny Cocke

Human Race editor-in-chief: David Willey

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