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ZIZ224 Act of Courage with Philippe Petit (03.12.2018)

Slavoj Žižek - Collected Recordings - January 13, 2019 00:38 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 149 ratings
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The Science of High-Wire Stunts with Philippe Petit

StarTalk Radio - October 14, 2016 22:52 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 12.5K ratings
Put on your safety harness as Neil deGrasse Tyson investigates the world of death defying stunts with high-wire artist Philippe Petit, co-host Eugene Mirman, and guests Charles Liu, tight-rope instructor Sonja Harpstead, and Bill Nye the Science Guy.

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Philippe Petit

Desert Island Discs: Archive 2005-2010 - April 10, 2005 10:15 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 126 ratings
Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the high wire walker Philippe Petit. Since the age of 17 Petit had been, in his own words, a 'wandering troubadour', making a living by doing magic in the salons of Paris. Notre Dame became the site of Petit's first illegal wirewalk, on 6th June 1971. On 7th Au...