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Pretty Sure I Can Fly with Johnny Knoxville & Elna Baker
SmartLess Media
49 episodes
3 weeks ago
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.”
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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.”
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Pretty Sure I Can Fly with Johnny Knoxville & Elna Baker
The Final Episode
This week, we look back on a year of meeting people who’ve pushed the limits, and the lessons we learned. Also, another dirty Elna story for the fans. Thank you all for listening.
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9 months ago
47 minutes 16 seconds

Pretty Sure I Can Fly with Johnny Knoxville & Elna Baker
Mat Hoffman
This week, we're joined by the man who inspired our show. A man on Knoxville's Mount Rushmore. A man who completely conquered fear, and had to learn to be afraid again. BMX and stunt legend: Mat Hoffman. 
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9 months ago
40 minutes 14 seconds

Pretty Sure I Can Fly with Johnny Knoxville & Elna Baker
Steve-O!
Yeah, dude! This week, we're joined by Mr. Stephen Gilchrist Glover, AKA Steve-O! We talk about what it was like being shark bait, how he developed his legendary immune system, and how he managed to get sober, and stay sober for 17 years! 
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9 months ago
53 minutes 38 seconds

Pretty Sure I Can Fly with Johnny Knoxville & Elna Baker
Making the Jump with Debbie Lawler
This week, we're joined by Debbie Lawler, one of the most well-known motorcycle stunt riders of the 1970s. Known as "The Flying Angel", Debbie stole Evel Knieval's indoor jump record when she flew over 16 cars and landed perfectly on her trademark pink heart. We talk about how Debbie learned she could jump, the crash that broke her spine, and what it was like dating Sam Elliott.
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9 months ago
43 minutes 38 seconds

Pretty Sure I Can Fly with Johnny Knoxville & Elna Baker
Barnstorming with pilot Patty Wagstaff
This week we're joined by 3 x National Aerobatic Champion, Patty Wagstaff, whose winning plane now hangs in the Smithsonian. She shares her story and discusses one of our favorite characters from history, aviation pioneer Pancho Barnes. We talk about getting kicked out of Catholic school, the early days of barn-storming, and some of the naughtiness that took place at Pancho's old bar, The Happy Bottom Riding Club. 
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10 months ago
50 minutes 18 seconds

Pretty Sure I Can Fly with Johnny Knoxville & Elna Baker
Climbing Everest (18 times) with Kenton Cool
This week, we're joined by English climber Kenton Cool, who has summited Everest 18 times. He tells about some of his hairier moments on the mountain, how to evade child soldiers, and his time with the legendary explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes. 
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10 months ago
55 minutes 29 seconds

Pretty Sure I Can Fly with Johnny Knoxville & Elna Baker
The Making of Slap Shot with producer Ned Dowd
This week, we're joined by film producer, Ned Dowd, whose short career as a pro hockey player inspired the cult classic Slap Shot, written by his sister, Nancy Dowd. We talk about what it was like working with Paul Newman, the finer points of brawling on the ice, and how a movie made in 1977 still holds up today. 
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10 months ago
36 minutes 46 seconds

Pretty Sure I Can Fly with Johnny Knoxville & Elna Baker
In the Ring with Butterbean
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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10 months ago
41 minutes 26 seconds

Pretty Sure I Can Fly with Johnny Knoxville & Elna Baker
RERUN: Ann Daniels
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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11 months ago
48 minutes 10 seconds

Pretty Sure I Can Fly with Johnny Knoxville & Elna Baker
RERUN: Dudley Tal Stokes
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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11 months ago
47 minutes 37 seconds

Pretty Sure I Can Fly with Johnny Knoxville & Elna Baker
Bucking Off with Ty Murray
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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11 months ago
45 minutes 28 seconds

Pretty Sure I Can Fly with Johnny Knoxville & Elna Baker
Diving Deep with Chris Lemons
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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11 months ago
53 minutes 33 seconds

Pretty Sure I Can Fly with Johnny Knoxville & Elna Baker
Fighting Hate with Daryl Davis
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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12 months ago
49 minutes 47 seconds

Pretty Sure I Can Fly with Johnny Knoxville & Elna Baker
Fake it Til You Make it with David Henty
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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1 year ago
47 minutes 47 seconds

Pretty Sure I Can Fly with Johnny Knoxville & Elna Baker
Don't Mess with Danny Trejo
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. 
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1 year ago
44 minutes 37 seconds

Pretty Sure I Can Fly with Johnny Knoxville & Elna Baker
RERUN: Travis Pastrana
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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1 year ago
47 minutes 48 seconds

Pretty Sure I Can Fly with Johnny Knoxville & Elna Baker
DIY Space Exploration with Jeff Tremaine
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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1 year ago
53 minutes 30 seconds

Pretty Sure I Can Fly with Johnny Knoxville & Elna Baker
Elna Baker: Love Guru
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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1 year ago
41 minutes 24 seconds

Pretty Sure I Can Fly with Johnny Knoxville & Elna Baker
Rodney Mullen
The legend.
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1 year ago
55 minutes 6 seconds

Pretty Sure I Can Fly with Johnny Knoxville & Elna Baker
How to Milk a Cobra with Tim Friede
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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1 year ago
36 minutes 3 seconds

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.”