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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'I always assumed I'd go into space'
Tue 24 Apr 2018
Dr Mae Jemison became the first woman of colour to go into space in 1992
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Tyler Perry: Film Star and Media Mogul
Mon 23 Apr 2018
Tyler Perry went from a poor childhood in New Orleans to having his own film & TV empire
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Outlook Weekend: Grizzly
Sat 21 Apr 2018
Joyce Maynard had a pen pal nicknamed 'Grizzly'. Behind that name was a terrible secret.
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Not Knowing I Was Sweden's Most Wanted
Thu 19 Apr 2018
Iraqi refugee Moder Magid was 22 when he was wrongly arrested on terror charges
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Music Helped My Partner Back From Coma
Wed 18 Apr 2018
Ellen Murphy played music at her partner's hospital bed to try to bring him out of a coma
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The Rap Star Saved by a Nursing Home
Tue 17 Apr 2018
After losing his memory 'T La Rock' forgot he was famous and had to learn to rap again
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Mrs Sparkle: The Trauma Cleaner
Mon 16 Apr 2018
Sandra Pankhurst clears up crime scenes and deep cleans for extreme hoarders
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Outlook Weekend: The School Teacher Who Couldn't Read
Sat 14 Apr 2018
John Corcoran managed to keep his secret until his daughter asked for a bedtime story
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Social Media Saved My Life
Fri 13 Apr 2018
Mohammed Al Samawi was guided out of a warzone in Yemen by four strangers on social media
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Revealing my Mother's Secret Life
Thu 12 Apr 2018
Hungarian writer Andr谩s Forg谩ch finds out about his mother's double life as a spy
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My Father the FBI Fugitive
Wed 11 Apr 2018
Tyler Wetherall spent her childhood keeping her dad's secret
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From 'Mouthy' to 'Wisey'
Tue 10 Apr 2018
Nequela Whittaker was a sweet girl at home and a vicious gang leader on the streets
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Testifying Against my Parents for Love
Mon 9 Apr 2018
The young Indian lovers whose relationship was condemned and ended in tragedy
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Outlook Weekend: The Hit Maker
Sat 7 Apr 2018
Songwriter Guy Chambers on co-writing Robbie Williams' biggest hits
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Uniting Mostar through Rock Music
Fri 6 Apr 2018
Oha Maslo set up the Mostar Rock School to teach children in Bosnia-Herzegovina
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Free After 28 Years on Death Row
Thu 5 Apr 2018
Anthony Ray Hinton spent nearly 30 years on death row protesting his innocence
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My Time with North Korea's Dictator
Wed 4 Apr 2018
Author Hwang Sok-yong's peace mission involved an unusual relationship with Kim Il-sung
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From English Rugby Coach To Fiji Chief
Tue 3 Apr 2018
How Ben Ryan became a Fijian hero after delivering the country their first Olympic gold
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The Supermodel who Took Down a Cult
Mon 2 Apr 2018
Hoyt Richards was a jet-setting supermodel, but he became enthralled by a doomsday cult
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I Studied the Brain but Lost My Mind
Thu 29 Mar 2018
Barbara Lipska had 18 brain tumours which she says turned her into a 'heartless monster'
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The Search for My Shipwreck Saviour
Wed 28 Mar 2018
Para Paheer from Sri Lanka spent eight years trying to find the man who saved his life
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The Star Who Thought She Was Monstrous
Tue 27 Mar 2018
Lindi Ortega is a Canadian country singer who has struggled with body dysmorphic disorder
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Football Fame Led Me to My Birth Mum
Mon 26 Mar 2018
Australian Rules football star Peter Bell on how he was reunited with his birth mother
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Outlook Weekend: Going For Gold
Sat 24 Mar 2018
The family that spent years searching for gold treasure and two Indian women wrestlers
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Acting My Way Out of Crime
Thu 22 Mar 2018
Michael Balogun was a serial offender but is now performing on one of the UK's top stages
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Promising Athlete to 'Sex Slave'
Wed 21 Mar 2018
Shamere McKenzie survived a horrifying ordeal at the hands of a sex trafficker
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Algeria's Accidental War Photographer
Tue 20 Mar 2018
Zohra Bensemra became a conflict photographer after the civil war in Algeria
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My Loneliness United 10,000 Strangers
Mon 19 Mar 2018
Patrick Cakirli felt alone but has now helped thousands of people make friends in Denmark
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Outlook Weekend: In My Element
Sat 17 Mar 2018
Water, fire, air and earth. Four stories of people in their element
