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.
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How I changed Boko Haram Imam's mind
Mon 2 Oct 2017
The Nigerian psychologist who helped to deradicalise Boko Haram members
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Outlook Weekend: 3067 Metres & Falling
Sat 30 Sep 2017
Two incredible stories of gravity at work and what happens after you hit the ground
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A Woman Inside North Korea's Army
Thu 28 Sep 2017
Former soldier Lee So Yeon was trained to hate the USA but now she supports Donald Trump
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Mexican earthquakes' human 'mole'
Wed 27 Sep 2017
Rafael Lopez has been hunting for earthquake survivors the world over since 1985
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From smuggled child to heart surgeon
Tue 26 Sep 2017
How an undocumented migrant from Colombia managed to become a cardiac surgeon in the US
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My 50 year search for my little sister
Mon 25 Sep 2017
An extraordinary story from an Outlook listener on the search for her long-lost sister
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Outlook Weekend: Meeting the Monster
Sat 23 Sep 2017
Imagine meeting someone who's done a truly terrible thing. What would you do?
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The Life of an 'Underground Astronaut'
Thu 21 Sep 2017
Becca Peixotto is an archaeologist who can squeeze through 18cm gaps in underground caves
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From Pussy Riot to Penal Colony
Wed 20 Sep 2017
Maria Alyokhina on her life after being arrested for protesting at a Moscow cathedral
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My Grandmother, Islamic State, and Me
Tue 19 Sep 2017
Yazidi student Aido Khiro on winning a scholarship to fulfil his grandma's last wish.
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Searching the Floods for my Missing Wife
Mon 18 Sep 2017
An Indian man who didn't stop looking for his wife even after she was declared dead.
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Outlook Weekend: Tough as Old Boots
Sat 16 Sep 2017
How tough are you? Two tales of inspiring resilience.
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"Every mission can be your last"
Thu 14 Sep 2017
Iceland's coastguard Vigg贸 Sigur冒sson saves people from volcanoes, seas and glaciers
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I was shot by my student
Wed 13 Sep 2017
Kevin Lein was shot by his pupil, but campaigned to overturn his shooter's jail sentence.
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Tue 12 Sep 2017
One man's difficult experience of growing up in Chile鈥檚 child care system in the 1980s
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Fifteen minutes to save a life
Mon 11 Sep 2017
RAF pilot Michelle Oulette's dramatic rescue of a badly wounded soldier in Iraq.
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Outlook Weekend: No End Of Trouble
Sat 9 Sep 2017
The extraordinary work of school teacher turned peace negotiator Dr Stephen Davis
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Mogorosi Motshumi: A Life In Black And White
Fri 8 Sep 2017
South African cartoonist depicting township life during apartheid.
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Why I Kept a Bullet-ridden Pillow Case
Thu 7 Sep 2017
Revd Canon Guli Francis-Dehqani had to flee Iran when her family was targeted.
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Forced to Bury my Cellmates in Chad
Wed 6 Sep 2017
Clement Abaifouta was imprisoned for four years under the dictator Hissene Habre.
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Thawing Frozen Climbers on Everest
Tue 5 Sep 2017
Ken Kamler is a doctor who was climbing Mount Everest when it was hit by disaster in 1996
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A Taxi Driver's Extraordinary Journey
Mon 4 Sep 2017
John Yaak is a former child soldier who now drives taxis in Brisbane.
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Repair Boy: jailed for watching soaps
Thu 31 Aug 2017
Hak-Min Kim's obsession with gadgets put him in a North Korean jail - but also saved him.
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Six Years as an al-Qaeda Hostage
Wed 30 Aug 2017
Stephen McGown's dream trip turned into a nightmare when he was kidnapped by al-Qaeda.
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Convicted of a murder I didn't commit
Tue 29 Aug 2017
Christopher Scott confronted the man whose crime landed him in prison.
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I Stopped Sewing and Started Striking
Mon 28 Aug 2017
Kalpona Akter is a former textile worker who is taking on global clothing giants.
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Outlook Weekend: The Bomb Disposal Men
Sat 26 Aug 2017
An expert and a volunteer risking their lives to defuse bombs.
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Looking for Mum in a City of Millions
Thu 24 Aug 2017
The boy searching for the family he lost in a Manila Market aged just four.
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Dodging Bullets To Deliver A Baby
Wed 23 Aug 2017
The female doctor running the last hospital in Afghan city Kunduz.
