Fear of flying

Subject in Society & Culture

Fear of flying has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including This American Life. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.

What people said

Leticia LehmanWoman recounting being bitten by a nervous seatmate on a flight from São Paulo to Germany at age 16

  • Lehman recounted that the flight attendant offered to have the captain turn the plane around if she reported the assault, which she declined.

    “We can call the captain and he will turn the plane around. And I just said to her, like, no, absolutely not”

    This American Life: 892: Trapped on a Bus (Jul 20, 2026) · Listen from 57:05

  • Lehman said retelling the story made her uncomfortable as listeners mocked the woman, and she came to empathize with the fear behind the bite.

    “I kept thinking like, what would it take for me to feel that scared that I would actually bite someone?”

    This American Life: 892: Trapped on a Bus (Jul 20, 2026) · Listen from 59:55

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Podcasts

Episodes

  • 892: Trapped on a Bus

    This American Life · Jul 20, 2026 · 1 h 3 min

    Guest host David Kestenbaum presents stories of unwanted journeys: a runaway bus, a neighbor-spy and bipolar paranoia, Havana blackouts, the Sycamore Gap felling, and an in-flight bite.