My Favorite Murder · Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts
526 - Virginia Slim Minute
April 2, 2026·33 min·3 clips
Junko Tabei crawled on hands and knees after an avalanche to make history as Everest's first female climber.
As heard by us
Junko Tabei's climbing dream becomes a quietly defiant story about ambition, motherhood, and refusing permission.
Junko Tabei gives this My Favorite Murder solo episode a sharp, unlikely charge: a woman in 1960s Japan keeps choosing the life she wants, even when almost every expectation around her points the other way.
Why you'd press play
The true story of Junko forming Japan's first women's climbing organization, told with jokes folded into the awe.
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