Sit back and listen to some of the most engaging stories to have appeared in Reader’s Digest magazine. RD Talks brings the real-life unforgettable crime investigations, dramas in real life, and inspirational and heart-warming moments you’ve come to expect from the magazine. Each one will amaze, stir your emotions and have you celebrating the courage of everyday heroes.
The words were meant to be reassuring. But for the two men clinging to oily cables 35 storeys up in the giant chimney, the question was, "How?"
Born in 1961 and separated soon after, the three boys each felt "something missing" in his life. Then suddenly, they found out what it was. First published in 1981.
A mysterious disease had left my wife comatose and breathing through a ventilator. It all started with a broken ankle.
A passenger gets an emergency flying lesson when his pilot passes out 3000 metres above the ocean.
We associate the emotion with rare experiences. But people in our daily lives can make us feel it, too.
After the tragic crash of Air Florida's Flight 90 into Washington's Potomac River, an unforgettable scene was played out in the dark, icy waters. Twice, a balding, middle-aged "average" man had a [...]
A gadget aimed at making our lives easier is now the perfect stalking tool if in the wrong hands.
These seemingly friendly marsupials can do serious damage if provoked.
In pitch darkness, amid a raging torrent of icy stormwater, a terrified young boy cried for help in a flooded tunnel.
Learn more about the ways in which this NSW Government initiative has become a runaway success story.
Day after day, she cared for the unwanted child – talking and singing to him, encouraging and loving him, trying to break through the barrier holding him mute and helpless.
Sicily's puppeteers are finding novel ways to keep their art form alive.
After trying to conceive for over three years, the bunny we adopted was a welcome distraction from our struggles with infertiity.
For year's after his beloved daughter's death, he inspired a new generation.