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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Life Without a Womb
Wed 19 Sep 2018
At the age of 16, Tasha Bishop found out she didn鈥檛 have a uterus
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The Elephant Whisperer of Thailand
Tue 18 Sep 2018
Lek Chailert fights for the welfare of elephants working in logging camps.
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How I Grew Up in a Cave
Mon 17 Sep 2018
Christina Rickardsson spent her first years living with her mother in a Brazilian forest
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The Transy Book Heist
Sat 15 Sep 2018
The elaborate and oddball scheme to steal some of the world鈥檚 most valuable books
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Dream Holiday that Ended in Tragedy
Thu 13 Sep 2018
Penny Farmer spent nearly 40 years tracking down her brother's killer
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From a Remote Jungle Tribe to LA
Wed 12 Sep 2018
When he had to flee his isolated community in Vietnam, Rich ended up in the big city
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Travelling Home Next to My Coffin
Tue 11 Sep 2018
Moses Supercharger was so ill due to HIV, he was taken to his home village for burial
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Sex Trafficked by My Friend
Mon 10 Sep 2018
Grizelda Grootboom on how she survived horrifying abuse in South Africa
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The woman who woke up in the future
Sat 8 Sep 2018
Naomi Jacobs went to bed aged 32 but woke up thinking she was 15, her adult memories gone
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Uncovering My Father鈥檚 Hidden Past
Thu 6 Sep 2018
Louisa Deasey didn't know much about her dead father, until a message came from Paris
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Looking for Vietnam's Fallen Soldiers
Wed 5 Sep 2018
US Veteran Bob Connor is helping find mass graves in Vietnam
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Going Undercover for My Son
Tue 4 Sep 2018
Doreen Giuliano went to extreme lengths to challenge her son's verdict
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From Prison Kitchen to Celebrity Chef
Thu 30 Aug 2018
Chef Jeff learnt to cook while he was serving a 10 year prison sentence
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Soni Sori 鈥� India鈥檚 fearless tribal leader
Wed 29 Aug 2018
The story of an ordinary life turned upside down
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I remember when I was a newborn
Tue 28 Aug 2018
Rebecca Sharrock can remember everything she's ever said, done or felt
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First he gave his liver, then his heart
Mon 27 Aug 2018
Heather Krueger was dying and needed a donor fast, when a handsome stranger stepped in
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Saving Lives on Chicago's South Side
Sat 25 Aug 2018
Dr Abdullah Pratt and the South Side's fight for a trauma centre.
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Guatemala's Accidental Revolutionary
Thu 23 Aug 2018
How a grandmother launched some of the biggest protests in Guatemalan history
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Boy Who Survived Being Shot Eight Times
Wed 22 Aug 2018
Waleed Khan was 12 years old when militants attacked his school in Peshawar in 2014
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Viv Albertine: Pioneering Punk Star
Tue 21 Aug 2018
Viv Albertine of The Slits felt she had to hide her punk star past from her daughter
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Kofi Annan: In His Own Words
Mon 20 Aug 2018
An in-depth interview with the former UN Secretary-General - he spoke to Outlook in 2012
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The Making of a Disco Star
Sat 18 Aug 2018
Marcia Barrett was a lead singer of the chart-conquering disco band, Boney M
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I Got a Slave for My Birthday
Thu 16 Aug 2018
Abdel Nasser Ould Ethmane from Mauritania went from slave owner abolitionist
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Tennis Star to Black Panther Writer
Wed 15 Aug 2018
Nigerian American author Nnedi Okorafor on writing Black Panther
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You Tuk-Tuk my Breath Away
Tue 14 Aug 2018
The love story between a rickshaw driver from Delhi and a Swiss tourist
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Born in Prison, Destined for Crime?
Mon 13 Aug 2018
Deborah Jiang-Stein spent the first year of her life in prison and almost returned there
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The Iraqi Ballerina Who Won't Stop Dancing
Fri 10 Aug 2018
Leezan Salam has risked her life to keep dancing in Baghdad
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My Golden Voice Saved Me from Addiction
Thu 9 Aug 2018
Ted Williams was homeless in the US when a recording of his "golden voice" went viral
