The Outlook Podcast Archive Podcast
Extraordinary first-person stories from around the world. An archive of Outlook podcasts from 2016-2022. For new episodes from the team, subscribe to Lives Less Ordinary.
Episodes to download
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Why Trapped Cave Divers Call Edd
Wed 14 Mar 2018
Edd Sorenson has rescued more divers from underwater caves than anyone else on the planet
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I Applied to University from a Trench
Tue 13 Mar 2018
Min Zaw Oo was a Burmese guerrilla, until a jungle epiphany led him to pursue peace
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Blind Stand-up Comedian Nidhi Goyal
Mon 12 Mar 2018
The Indian comedian Nidhi Goyal on cracking jokes about disability, sex and prejudice
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Outlook Weekend: The Songbooks
Sat 10 Mar 2018
Returning music to Afghan children and the man behind Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
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Walking in Fela Kuti's Footsteps
Fri 9 Mar 2018
Seun Kuti is the son of one of Nigeria's biggest stars. He's a rising musician too.
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The Marine and the Mongrel
Thu 8 Mar 2018
Pen Farthing was a British Royal Marine when he turned his attention to animal welfare
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The Doctor Who Can Feel Your Pain
Wed 7 Mar 2018
Joel Salinas is an American doctor who has a condition called mirror-touch synaesthesia
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The Good Luck Flag Detectives
Tue 6 Mar 2018
Rex and Keiko Ziak return good luck flags to the families of fallen Japanese soldiers
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Escaping North Korea Twice
Mon 5 Mar 2018
Jihyun Park was a slave bride, gave birth in secret and lived in a labour camp.
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Outlook Weekend: Love You to Death
Sat 3 Mar 2018
Stories exploring the transience of life and the immortality of love
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Triumph and Tragedy in a Boy Band
Thu 1 Mar 2018
Former a1 boy band singer Ben Adams on life as a teen idol
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The Double Bass Saved My Life
Wed 28 Feb 2018
Chi-chi Nwanoku, founder of Europe's majority black and ethnic minority orchestra Chineke
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How My Mum Betrayed Me
Tue 27 Feb 2018
As a girl Hannah Milbrandt thought she had terminal cancer but all was not what it seemed
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How Dickens Helped Me Survive Anorexia
Mon 26 Feb 2018
Through novels Laura Freeman was able to eat again after a decade of battling anorexia
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Outlook Weekend: Tick Tock
Sat 24 Feb 2018
People who've been given hours or months to live - and the astonishing ways they reacted
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The Girl Who Acted Before Rosa Parks
Thu 22 Feb 2018
Claudette Colvin, the unsung hero of the US civil rights movement
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Fulfilling my Dad's Song Writing Dream
Wed 21 Feb 2018
Suzan Felton set up a record label to produce the songs written by her late father
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The trials of Chelsea's first black player
Tue 20 Feb 2018
Paul Canoville was racially abused by fans but he paved the way for future black players
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Calling a Ceasefire in Our US City
Mon 19 Feb 2018
Erricka Bridgeford called a Baltimore ceasefire but could it go 72 hours without killing?
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Outlook Weekend: Astronaut Dreams
Sat 17 Feb 2018
A singing spaceman, a refugee who wants to beat gravity and a cosmonaut stuck in orbit
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Why I Came Out as Gay on Nigerian TV
Thu 15 Feb 2018
Bisi Alimi was a successful actor, but after his revelation he had to flee for his life
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I Can't Forgive Boys Who Killed My Son
Wed 14 Feb 2018
Denise Fergus on how she struggled to cope after the murder of her young son James Bulger
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The Stalker Downstairs
Tue 13 Feb 2018
German writer Dirk Kurbjuweit on how he and his family were tormented by their neighbour.
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The Life and Loves of Asma Jahangir
Mon 12 Feb 2018
Remembering Pakistan's human rights lawyer who broke new ground
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The most unlikely Winter Olympic gold
Mon 12 Feb 2018
Steven Bradbury became Australia's first Winter Olympic champion in extraordinary fashion
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Outlook Weekend: The Re-run
Sat 10 Feb 2018
Two people who had a shocker of an experience, and then an opportunity to put it right.
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Making a Film for My Heroin Addict Mum
Thu 8 Feb 2018
Adrian Goiginger's mother used fairy tales to shield him from the horror of her addiction
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Cracking a $30m Case of Wine Fraud
Wed 7 Feb 2018
How wine detective Maureen Downey uncovered a huge counterfeiting operation
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Brazil's Fatal Air Crash Club Play On
Tue 6 Feb 2018
Chapecoense's team lost many players in a disaster that shocked the football world
