The Outlook Podcast Archive Episodes Episode guide
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My close encounters with Escobar’s hippos
Jonathan Shurin studies the ecological effects of hippos once owned by the drug lord
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My children were injected with HIV
Jennifer Merry’s haemophiliac sons were infected by contaminated blood in a UK hospital
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My Childhood Escape From Cuba
Jessi Calzado-Esponda was 6 when she was accidentally sent to America without her parents
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My child and spouse came out as trans
The story of how a family coped with two seismic revelations and are now closer than ever
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My brother’s sickle cell disease made me a doctor
After Tartania’s brother Christopher had three strokes, she decided to become a doctor
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My brother’s illness made me a “sickle cell warrior”
Tartania Brown is one of few sickle cell doctors in New York who also has the condition
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My Big Fat Greek Life
Nia Vardalos wrote and starred in My Big Fat Greek Wedding, based on her own story.
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My big fake wedding: uncovering an outlandish deception
Benita and Paolo's was a whirlwind romance that turned into a nightmare
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My battle for bravery recognition
Rabia Siddique was working as a British army lawyer in Iraq when she was taken hostage.
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My baby was swapped at birth
A South African family continues their search after a hospital mix-up 21 years ago
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My Baby was Born Twice
Meet Margaret Boemer and the Nigerian doctor who saved her baby's life
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My Appointment with a Serial Killer
Canadian journalist Lorraine Murphy's encounter with the notorious Robert Pickton
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My anonymous teen story became a playground sensation
In 2005 a London schoolgirl uploaded a story to her blog that took on a life of its own
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My ancestors were both slaves and slave owners
How a black Victorian footballer led Malik Al Nasir to discover his own complex history
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My ancestors changed the lives of slaves in the US
Nettie Washington Douglass unites the bloodlines of two ex-slaves who became iconic names
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My abuser used an alien plot to brainwash me
Jan Broberg and her mum Mary Ann share how a trusted friend kidnapped Jan – twice
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My 50 year search for my little sister
An extraordinary story from an Outlook listener on the search for her long-lost sister
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My 30-year fight for justice for my mum
Lee Lawrence was 11 when his mother was shot during a police raid on their home
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Musicians flying the Haitian flag
Haiti's hottest DJ on why electronic dance parties grew during political unrest.
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Music Helped My Partner Back From Coma
Ellen Murphy played music at her partner's hospital bed to try to bring him out of a coma
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Mumbai Attacks: Playing Dead to Survive
Police officer Arun Jadhav had to play dead under the bodies of his deceased colleagues
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Mrs Sparkle: The Trauma Cleaner
Sandra Pankhurst clears up crime scenes and deep cleans for extreme hoarders
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Mr Motivator: from homeless to household name
TV star and fitness instructor Derrick Evans wants to help people keep fit in lockdown
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Mountains took my family - but I love them
Kate Ballard lost her mum and brother to the Himalayas but finds joy on the slopes
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Mothering the Fans of my Murdered Son
Alison Cope's son was the grime artist Depzman. His grieving fans needed her support.
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Mother to 20,000 Children
Marguerite Barankitse, "the Angel of Burundi", on adopting children displaced by war.
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Moroccan Actor Who Fled for Her Life
Loubna Abidar had to leave Morocco after she played a sex worker in a film.
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Morehouse: Black to the Future
The college that aims to turn out America's next black leaders.
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Monsters, miracles and hope
The South African rape survivor who became an inspiration to women all over the world
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Molly Bloom: My High Stakes Gamble
Molly Bloom's life hosting celebrity poker games is now a Hollywood film - Molly's Game