The Outlook Podcast Archive Episodes Episode guide
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Hunting for my past in a Hong Kong stairwell
Claire Martin was abandoned at two days old. For years she looked for blood relatives.
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Hunting for a monster in the desert
Palaeontologist Nizar Ibrahim searched the Sahara for a Spinosaurus dinosaur skeleton
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Hunting Down the Feather Thief
How a fishing enthusiast tried to solve the mystery of a heist of rare bird feathers
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Hunting 'The Serpent': the diplomat turned detective
An unlikely investigator on the trail of serial killer Charles Sobhraj
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How we pulled off 'the rescue of the century'
Vernon Unsworth oversaw the huge operation to save 12 Thai schoolboys trapped in a cave
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How we hunted Pablo Escobar
Why two American agents joined the hunt for one of the world's biggest drug lords.
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How Two Friends Found a Lost Plane
Americans Dan Futrell and Isaac Stoner tried to solve a 30-year-old mystery in Bolivia.
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How Trash Bags Changed My Life
One man's personal mission to restore dignity to the lives of foster children
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How to thrive in isolation
These scientists cut themselves off from society to carry out research
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How to home-school: Lessons from Bolivia and Alaska
Brisa de Angulo set up her first school when she was 14 years old
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How to give up
Why extreme swimmer Beth French doesn’t regret giving up on her life’s ambition
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How the tigress of basketball fought back
Malebogo Molefhe rediscovered her love of basketball after being shot and paralysed
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How the Donut King lost his crown
Cambodian refugee Ted Ngoy once presided over an empire of donut shops across California
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How Superman saved my life
Screenwriter Joe Straczynski wished for a hero to rescue him from his abusive childhood
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How Springsteen became my lifeline
The working class British-Pakistani teen who found a musical hero in The Boss
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How Outlook solved a WW2 mystery
Thanks to an Outlook interview, Theresa Kownacki discovered what happened to her brother.
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How not to be a rock star
Cora Bissett got a five album deal when she was just 17, but then faced a huge backlash
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How My Mum Betrayed Me
As a girl Hannah Milbrandt thought she had terminal cancer but all was not what it seemed
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How my father’s stories shielded me from civil war
When war came to Liberia, Wayètu Moore’s dad was determined to protect her from reality
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How my brother's accident saved lives
After a family tragedy, Marco Tulio Guerra created a stove, so rural cooking is safer
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How I turn prisoners into violin virtuosos
Tito Quiroz found himself in a tough Mexican prison, tasked with teaching music lessons
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How I turn prisoners into violin virtuosos
Tito Quiroz found himself in a tough Mexican prison, tasked with teaching music lessons
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How I Survived Kidnap and Rape at 14
Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped at knifepoint from her bed in 2002 and held for 9 months
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How I Solved My Best Friend's Murder
Sheila Wysocki became a private investigator to solve her friend's cold case murder.
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How I sang for my freedom
Banned songs and fake identities: the Kurdish performer on the run
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How I Grew Up in a Cave
Christina Rickardsson spent her first years living with her mother in a Brazilian forest
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How I fixed my own brain
Sarah Vallance’s fight to put her life together after suffering traumatic brain injury
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How I Escaped from a Polygamist Sect
Ruth Wariner's difficult childhood in a Mormon colony and dramatic escape.
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How I ended up marrying 'my mother'
A gay couple from California technically became mother and daughter as a legal workaround
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How I created the first Chinese Superman character
Cartoonist Gene Luen Yang on how he helped create the first Chinese Superman character