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Mary Anning grew up poor on the English coast, hunting for "curiosities" in crumbling cliffs to help feed her family. After her brother found a strange skull, twelve-year-old Mary found the rest of the skeleton, a creature no scientist had ever seen. She became one of the greatest fossil hunters in history, discovering sea monsters and a flying reptile, and even helping figure out fossilized poop. But again and again, men bought her discoveries, wrote about them, and left her name out. This episode covers her remarkable life, her faithful dog Tray, and the few friends who spoke up for her. The point: keep doing good work, even when somebody else gets the credit (Colossians 3:23). This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit start2finish.substack.com

In 1914, Ernest Shackleton set out to become the first person to walk across Antarctica. Instead, his ship, the Endurance, was trapped and crushed by sea ice, leaving twenty-eight men stranded at the bottom of the world. What followed was one of the greatest survival stories ever told: months on floating ice, a desperate lifeboat voyage, an 800-mile crossing of the roughest ocean on earth, and a climb over uncharted mountains. Shackleton never reached his goal, but every man of the Endurance crew came home alive. Along the way we hear about a stowaway, a torn-out page from Job, and a leader who gave away his own mittens. The point: good leaders take care of their people (Mark 10:43). This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit start2finish.substack.com