Lives Less Ordinary Podcast
The most incredible true stories from around the world, told by the people who lived them. Step into someone else鈥檚 life and expect the unexpected.
Lives Less Ordinary is a podcast from the 蜜芽传媒 World Service that brings you the most incredible true stories from around the world. Step into someone else鈥檚 life and expect the unexpected.
Each episode a guest shares their most dramatic, moving, personal story. Listen for unbelievable twists, mysteries uncovered, and inspiring journeys - spanning the entire human experience.
Our guests come from every corner of the globe: from Burundi to Beverly Hills, New Zealand to North Korea, Rajasthan to Rio. And their stories can be about anything: tales of survival, humour, resilience and intrigue. From the mind-blowing account of the Japanese man trapped in his own reality TV show, to the Swedish women rescued from lions by a tin of spam. It鈥檚 life鈥檚 wild side, in stereo.
Lives Less Ordinary is brought to you by the team behind Outlook, the home of true life storytelling on 蜜芽传媒 World Service radio for nearly 60 years.
Got a story to tell? Send an email to liveslessordinary@bbc.co.uk or message us via WhatsApp: 0044 330 678 2784
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Episodes to download
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Hip hop, lies and the ultimate prize, part 2
Sun 2 Oct 2022
Silibil N鈥� Brains found fame as fake American rappers - but how long can you live a lie?
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Hip hop, lies and the ultimate prize, part 1
Sun 25 Sep 2022
The Scottish rappers who fooled the music industry
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I was the voice of Bambi 鈥� and kept it secret for years
Sun 18 Sep 2022
Donnie Dunagan was a Disney child star in the 1930s before becoming a US Marine
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Black, Korean, stateless: a Slickyboy鈥檚 American dream, part 2
Sun 11 Sep 2022
An outcast from birth and a petty thief by 7, all Milton wanted was to find his dad
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Black, Korean, stateless: A Slickyboy鈥檚 American dream, part 1
Sun 4 Sep 2022
An outcast from birth and a petty thief by seven, all Milton wanted was to find his dad
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The brain tumour that taught me how to live
Sun 21 Aug 2022
How extreme kayaker Scott Lindgren's illness forced him to face his past
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The family that went to war with a military dictatorship
Sun 14 Aug 2022
Hafsat Abiola Costello's dad was nearly Nigeria's president - but he had powerful enemies
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Nailed into a boat: Escaping Mao鈥檚 China
Sun 31 Jul 2022
Dr Andrew Kwong fled famine and persecution as a child
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The legendary goalkeeper forced to pawn her gold medals
Sun 24 Jul 2022
Briana knew it was her destiny to win Olympic gold. Then one game changed everything
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A poet in a Burundi war zone, part 2
Sun 17 Jul 2022
JP Bimeni is a writer turned soul singer who walked through a massacre unscathed
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A poet in a Burundi war zone, part 1
Sun 17 Jul 2022
JP Bimeni risked his life to save a book of his verse
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My husband thought I was an imposter
Sun 3 Jul 2022
Abi Morgan鈥檚 husband woke from a coma and didn鈥檛 recognise her
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A family lost at sea
Sun 19 Jun 2022
Fleeing Vietnam Lauren鈥檚 family almost died. Her 30-year dream was to find their rescuers
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Giving birth as a hostage in Syria
Sun 12 Jun 2022
Janina was pregnant when she set out to meet a school friend who鈥檇 become an extremist
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Taking on the witch hunters
Sun 5 Jun 2022
Blamed for killing my father through witchcraft, I fought back by saving others like me
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Township lawyer v gold giants, part 2
Sun 29 May 2022
Charles sues his country鈥檚 richest companies on behalf of black gold miners
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Township lawyer v gold giants, part 1
Sun 22 May 2022
Apartheid taught Charles to know his place, so how did he end up suing the gold industry?
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You wanted me dead, but look at me now
Sun 8 May 2022
Anne鈥檚 village thought her disability made her worthless. She had other ideas
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Bike-riding bank robber, part 2
Sun 1 May 2022
The FBI close in. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a wake-up call when police are trying to shoot you.鈥�
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Bike-riding bank robber, part 1
Mon 25 Apr 2022
Olympic hopeful to audacious thief 鈥� the racing cyclist who turned to crime
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Introducing Lives Less Ordinary
Wed 13 Apr 2022
Enter other people鈥檚 worlds. A new weekly podcast from Outlook. From 25 April
