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.
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Playing Dead to Survive Afghan Siege
Wed 8 Aug 2018
Breshna Musazai was shot three times during a siege by militants at her university
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I Didn't Realise I was Homeless
Tue 7 Aug 2018
Filmmaker Elegance Bratton slept on the streets of New York and New Jersey for eight years
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The Music Bus Crossing the Gang Divide
Mon 6 Aug 2018
Justin Finlayson is a London bus driver working to stop gang violence
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Keeping Love Alive on Death Row
Sat 4 Aug 2018
Yemi Hailemariam鈥檚 long, hard struggle to save her fianc茅 from execution in Ethiopia
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The Story of the Baby Found in a Cinema Toilet
Fri 3 Aug 2018
Rob Weston was abandoned in 1956 and spent decades trying to find his family
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From Kenyan Street Child to Sushi Master
Thu 2 Aug 2018
Brian Ochieng learned to cook when he was living rough on the streets of Nairobi
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Giving a Voice to Young Women in Yemen
Wed 1 Aug 2018
Amani Yahya is one of Yemen's best known female rappers
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Grieving with a Herd of Elephants
Tue 31 Jul 2018
Fran莽oise Malby-Anthony mourned the loss of her husband with their elephants
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The Leading Lawyer Who Once Robbed Banks
Mon 30 Jul 2018
Shon Hopwood used to be a bank robber but in prison he discovered he had a talent for law
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The king of the wild blue sky
Sat 28 Jul 2018
The stormy life of Jerry Foster, America鈥檚 first flying newsman
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The Impact of Taking the Wrong Train
Thu 26 Jul 2018
When Siraj Khan ran away from home at the age of 10, his entire life was transformed
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Bringing Mexico's Missing People Home
Wed 25 Jul 2018
Graciela Perez Rodriguez has helped create a DNA database to find people who are missing
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Dancing with Madonna Kept Me Alive
Tue 24 Jul 2018
Salim Gauwloos danced on Madonna鈥檚 Blond Ambition tour. But he was keeping a secret
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Why I Had to Bury My Husband Twice
Mon 23 Jul 2018
Fabiola Hern谩ndez Guevara didn't realise she was praying at her husband's killers' grave
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Like Fresh Water in the Desert
Sat 21 Jul 2018
Nelly Ben Or is a Polish concert pianist who survived the Holocaust with the aid of music
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Inside The Mind of a Big Wave Surfer
Thu 19 Jul 2018
Rodrigo Koxa surfed a record breaking wave that had once nearly killed him
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Mandela - The Private Life of A Public Man
Wed 18 Jul 2018
On the centenary of Nelson Mandela's birth, we hear rare insights into his private life
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Two Men, a Boat and a Dramatic Rescue
Tue 17 Jul 2018
A dramatic tale of adventure, disaster and unexpected friendship in the Southern Ocean
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Helping people prepare for death
Tue 17 Jul 2018
Henry Fersko-Weiss guides people during their last moments
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Teaching Maths to My Former Enemies
Mon 16 Jul 2018
Carlos Cano, the Colombian paramilitary teaching survivors of the conflict.
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The SOS Note Hidden In a Halloween Toy
Thu 12 Jul 2018
The cry for help written in a labour camp in China hidden in a Halloween decoration
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Pride and Pain of Being Mandela's Grandson
Wed 11 Jul 2018
Ndaba Mandela was raised by his famous grandfather and had to adjust to all it came with
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The Baby I Found Buried Alive
Tue 10 Jul 2018
Azita Milanian discovered a newborn buried alive, 20 years later they were reunited
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An Artist's Last Hours on Death Row
Mon 9 Jul 2018
Australian artist Ben Quilty taught a condemned drug smuggler how to paint
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Hunting My Brother's Killer
Sat 7 Jul 2018
Lee-Anne Cartier began investigating her brother's suicide when things weren't adding up
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21 Years Fighting for My Friend's Freedom
Thu 5 Jul 2018
Carl King's 21 year fight to overturn his childhood friend's wrongful murder conviction
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Foster Parents to a Bomber
Wed 4 Jul 2018
Ron and Penny Jones fostered Ahmed Hassan, who planted a bomb on the London Underground
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I Treated New York's First AIDS Patients
Tue 3 Jul 2018
Dr Joseph Sonnabend is an HIV/AIDS pioneer and a musical composer
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Sex, Drugs and Rolls Royces
Mon 2 Jul 2018
Hugh Milne was the bodyguard of Indian 'free love' guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
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Outlook Weekend: Saved by Nature
Sat 30 Jun 2018
Chris Packham struggles with human interaction but has a unique bond with animals
