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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A Tale of Two Cafes
Mon 29 May 2017
The Indian tea-boy who ran away, lived on the streets, and is now his own boss.
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Outlook Weekend: My Famous Father
Sat 27 May 2017
Three women growing up in the shadow of their fathers.
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From Hollywood To 蜜芽传媒less
Thu 25 May 2017
David Raether went from doing his dream job to living rough on the streets of L.A.
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Befriending my father's killer
Wed 24 May 2017
Margot Van Sluytman's father was killed by a man she would become close friends with.
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Fighting Uganda's Nodding Syndrome
Tue 23 May 2017
Collines Angwech, the woman helping children with nodding syndrome in Northern Uganda
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I danced in the rubble of my home
Mon 22 May 2017
Ahmad Joudeh grew up in a refugee camp in Syria but was determined to become a dancer.
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Outlook Weekend: Stolen
Sat 20 May 2017
The violinist who lost her million dollar Stradivarius and the boy who stole a bus
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The Musician of Mosul
Wed 17 May 2017
The Iraqi who played the cello on his roof in defiance of so-called IS
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The Professor Who Beat The Casinos
Tue 16 May 2017
Ed Thorp used his brilliance at maths to make a fortune from gambling.
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Our Love Beat Neo-Nazism
Mon 15 May 2017
Duke was a Neo-Nazi and Catherine an African-American. Love seemed out of the question
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Outlook Weekend: The Performance of My Life
Sat 13 May 2017
A high wire walk across Niagara Falls and a Chinese ballet dancer who defected to America
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Our Sons Shared One Heart
Thu 11 May 2017
Sue Burton on how her son's heart saved the life of another mother's son
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I helped Steve Jobs make his billions
Wed 10 May 2017
Lawrence Levy was hired by Steve jobs to help rescue struggling company Pixar.
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From cotton picker to brain surgeon
Tue 9 May 2017
From humble beginnings in Mexico Dr Qui帽ones-Hinojosa has become a leading brain surgeon.
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The singing star nun from Nepal
Mon 8 May 2017
Ani Choying Drolma is a Buddhist nun and one of Nepal's biggest musical stars.
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Outlook Weekend: Going For Gold
Sat 6 May 2017
The family that spent years searching for gold treasure and two Indian women wrestlers
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Using Football To Beat Tribal Violence
Thu 4 May 2017
Kenyan Fatuma Abdulkadir Adan turned to football to bring peace to her community
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Giving Birth During an Air Strike
Wed 3 May 2017
The Yemeni doctor helping mothers caught up in the conflict to give birth safely.
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Former enemies, now brothers for life
Tue 2 May 2017
Najah from Iraq on the moment he was reunited with the Iranian soldier who saved his life
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Finding Love on Death Row
Mon 1 May 2017
Shujaa Graham fell in love with his nurse, Phyllis, when he was on death row.
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Outlook Weekend: Off Script in North Korea
Sat 29 Apr 2017
Two stories that expose what life is like in one of the world's most secretive countries
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The Pastor Told She Was 'Cursed'
Thu 27 Apr 2017
Kenyan Terry Gobanga was raped by a gang of men on her wedding day
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Is there a doctor on the train?
Wed 26 Apr 2017
The Indian medical student who delivered a baby on a busy train.
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Peru's first Grammy winner
Tue 25 Apr 2017
Susana Baca went from obscurity in Peru to international superstardom.
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Living with a 15-minute memory
Mon 24 Apr 2017
A rare insight into how a stroke affected an American woman at the age of 33.
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Outlook Weekend: Caged
Sat 22 Apr 2017
The vet saving zoo animals in Iraq and the ex-prisoner reforming life behind bars
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The Girl Stolen by a Soldier
Thu 20 Apr 2017
Nina Pinto was one of many children taken from East Timor during Indonesia's occupation.
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I Dressed As a Man to Work in a Mine
Wed 19 Apr 2017
Pili Hussein disguised herself as a man for 10 years so she could work down a mine.
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From Child Soldier to Master Knitter
Tue 18 Apr 2017
How a blinded former child soldier escaped the LRA and became a master knitter.
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Outlook Weekend: Lucky You Were Passing
Tue 18 Apr 2017
Two stories about people whose lives were transformed by a stranger.
