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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Secret Life of a Chinese Cartoonist
Mon 13 Nov 2017
Badiucao is one of China's most prolific and provocative cartoonists
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The Gold Lion and the Bronze Horses
Sat 11 Nov 2017
Decoding a pop song with a hidden message and hunting for Hitler's stolen art
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Goldie: Making Peace With My Mother
Thu 9 Nov 2017
UK dance music pioneer Goldie on how growing up in care inspired his art
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The Costume Designer Behind Black Panther
Wed 8 Nov 2017
Ruth Carter went from costuming her college plays to crafting outfits for Hollywood films
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Surviving a Wildfire that Took my Crew
Tue 7 Nov 2017
The Yarnell Hill Fire claimed 19 members of Brendan McDonough's firefighting crew
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I am Grateful for my Narcolepsy
Mon 6 Nov 2017
George Church thinks that narcolepsy helps him come up with his extraordinary ideas
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Outlook: After the Race is Over
Sat 4 Nov 2017
When the finish line is just the beginning, two stories that will stop you in your tracks
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Helping the 蜜芽传媒less Find Loved Ones
Thu 2 Nov 2017
Kevin Adler helps homeless people find their long-lost families in the US
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Rebuilding my Beloved Raqqa
Wed 1 Nov 2017
Syrian architect Mohammad Hassan on reconstructing his home city after so-called IS rule
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Kidnapped from Prison as a Baby
Tue 31 Oct 2017
Ignacio Montoya Carlotto was 36 when he learned he'd been stolen from an Argentine prison
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Gang Life Prepared Me for the Kitchen
Mon 30 Oct 2017
How Tim Raue overcame a troubled childhood to become one of the world's best chefs
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Outlook Weekend: The Three Bears
Sat 28 Oct 2017
Stuck in the jaws of death, chasing a polar bear in your briefs and in bed with a grizzly
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Imprisoned By Saddam When I Was Four
Thu 26 Oct 2017
Taban Shoresh was arrested by Saddam Hussein's soldiers and faced almost certain death
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The Man Reuniting Rohingya Families
Wed 25 Oct 2017
Kamal Hussein reunites Rohingya children separated from their parents
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The US Child Who Was Married Aged 11
Tue 24 Oct 2017
Sherry Johnson was married to her rapist in the US state of Florida
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Tasmina, the First Horsewoman of Bangladesh
Mon 23 Oct 2017
Horse racing is a man's sport in Bangladesh but Tasmina Hossain is trying to change that
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Outlook: Life - The Second Time Around
Sat 21 Oct 2017
The man who faked his own death and a writer who made a bot to talk with his late father
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I buried my dreams and they came true
Thu 19 Oct 2017
How a Zimbabwean mother of 6 with no education managed to obtain 3 university degrees
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From Children's TV Star to Baroness
Wed 18 Oct 2017
Floella Benjamin was a household name in Britain in the 1980s - she's now a Baroness
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I am South Africa's 'Black Mamba'
Tue 17 Oct 2017
Meningitis left MMA fighter Ronald Dlamini blind but he has since returned to the ring
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The Saviour of the Icelandic Goat
Mon 16 Oct 2017
J贸hanna Bergmann 脼orvaldsd贸ttir is on a mission to save the Icelandic goat
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Outlook Weekend: My Brush With The Law
Sat 14 Oct 2017
A 'paint-off' in a packed US courtroom and a cartoonist locked in a South African prison
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Daughters of Vietnam Enemies United
Thu 12 Oct 2017
Cycling together even though their dads were on opposite sides of the Vietnam war
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The Black Cop who Infiltrated the KKK
Wed 11 Oct 2017
How an African American police officer ended up as a card-carrying member of the KKK
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Choosing to Live in a Bolivian Prison
Tue 10 Oct 2017
Australian backpacker Rusty Young was in San Pedro prison for more than three months
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The Slackliner Who Saved a Life
Mon 9 Oct 2017
American slackliner Mickey Wilson walked across the line of a chair lift to save a skier
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Outlook Weekend: Defrosted
Sat 7 Oct 2017
A frozen body and a frozen mind: two extraordinary stories of coming in from the cold
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Climbing Everest with One Leg
Thu 5 Oct 2017
Arunima Sinha, the first female amputee to reach the top of the world's highest mountain
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I Saved 144 People From Militants
Wed 4 Oct 2017
Norodin Alonto Lucman led many people to safety in a city under siege in the Philippines
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The Lawyer who Painted Beyonc茅's Face
Tue 3 Oct 2017
The Nigerian artist who used to be a human rights lawyer
