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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How do you deal with coronavirus in a war zone?
Thu 4 Jun 2020
Thierry Durand helped to set up the only dedicated covid-19 hospital in the city of Aden.
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The cookbook that became a lifeline
Wed 3 Jun 2020
How the eccentric but pioneering chef Julia Child became a role model for Julie Powell
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My part in a historic hostage rescue
Tue 2 Jun 2020
The Israeli commando who crossed continents on a high risk hostage rescue operation
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Behind the doors of the lockdown museums
Mon 1 Jun 2020
A virtual tour of some the world鈥檚 best loved museums by the people who look after them.
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The Australian who woke up speaking Mandarin
Sat 30 May 2020
Ben McMahon suffered a brain injury which impacted his use of language
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Students by day and hostage negotiators by night
Thu 28 May 2020
Miles Hargrove asked his old school friend to negotiate with his dad鈥檚 kidnappers
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The weird world I was warned to keep secret
Wed 27 May 2020
Pauline Dakin's family life was full of mystery, fear and unpleasant surprises.
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My search for my sister, the "keeper of memories"
Tue 26 May 2020
Nakuset blocked out painful memories of being removed from her indigenous Canadian family
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The woman in lockdown with 70 spiders
Mon 25 May 2020
When Covid-19 hit, zookeeper Caitlin Henderson ended up in lockdown with 70 spiders
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How I created the first Chinese Superman character
Thu 21 May 2020
Cartoonist Gene Luen Yang on how he helped create the first Chinese Superman character
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The refugee lawyer prosecuting IS war crimes
Wed 20 May 2020
Rez Gardi became the first Kurdish refugee to graduate from Harvard Law School
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Beyond the bushfires: a koala doctor's story
Tue 19 May 2020
Cheyne Flanagan's fight to rescue and re-home Australia's koalas
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Wynton Marsalis: the making of a jazzman
Mon 18 May 2020
How a reluctant trumpet player became the most celebrated jazz musician of his generation
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Trying to get my penpal out of prison
Sat 16 May 2020
A letter, a murder and a boxer鈥檚 dying wish turned a teenager鈥檚 life around
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The woman behind Senegal's Sex and the City
Thu 14 May 2020
Kalista Sy created a TV series that's taking Senegal by storm
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Hiding my sexuality to be a black role model
Wed 13 May 2020
Becoming one of the first African American actors on children's TV came with an ultimatum
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Blades, bullets and my escape from 'murder city'
Tue 12 May 2020
Rollerblading led Jessel Recinos into bad ways, but eventually became his salvation
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They thought my husband was a spy
Mon 11 May 2020
Matthew Hedges was on a work trip in the UAE when he was accused of being a British spy
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My journey to become the first Native American US Poet Laureate
Thu 7 May 2020
Joy Harjo survived prejudice and abuse to become one of America's most acclaimed poets
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The Covid-19 nurses: Sharing our stories
Wed 6 May 2020
Hannah Gray and Bianca Dintino are two ICU nurses tackling the pandemic on two continents
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I became 鈥榙ad鈥� to a baby ocelot
Tue 5 May 2020
Harry always felt out of place but found 鈥榟ome鈥� with a baby ocelot in the Peruvian jungle
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Love and defection on the dancefloor
Mon 4 May 2020
Cuban ballet stars Mayara Pi帽eiro Contido and Etienne D铆ez found love in exile
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The actor who preferred to die rather than stop filming
Thu 30 Apr 2020
Massimo Troisi delayed heart surgery to make 'Il Postino'. He died before filming ended.
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How the Donut King lost his crown
Wed 29 Apr 2020
Cambodian refugee Ted Ngoy once presided over an empire of donut shops across California
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The psychiatric nurse who overcame a life of addiction
Tue 28 Apr 2020
From age 14 to 37 Anthony Brown was homeless and became addicted to drugs and alcohol
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The mayor and the art heist mystery
Mon 27 Apr 2020
Mayor Knut Kreuch's mission to solve one of Germany鈥檚 biggest art thefts
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The Tale of the King of the Wild Blue Sky
Sat 25 Apr 2020
The highs and lows of America's first flying newsman, Jerry Foster
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Mr Motivator: from homeless to household name
Thu 23 Apr 2020
TV star and fitness instructor Derrick Evans wants to help people keep fit in lockdown
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The face-blind portrait artist
Wed 22 Apr 2020
German artist Carlotta has a brain disorder: she can鈥檛 recognise faces, not even her own
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I turned my cleaning obsession into a hit business
Tue 21 Apr 2020
Trauma led Lynsey Crombie to compulsive cleaning but now she鈥檚 sharing her skills on TV
