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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The Olympic Fall That Changed Our Lives
Thu 28 Jul 2016
Zola Budd and Mary Decker ran a race for glory that ended in disaster.
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My Big Fat Greek Life
Wed 27 Jul 2016
Nia Vardalos wrote and starred in My Big Fat Greek Wedding, based on her own story.
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Rio: Stories from the Olympic City
Tue 26 Jul 2016
Outlook is in Rio to meet some of the city's most extraordinary characters
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My Double Life as a Trans Airman
Mon 25 Jul 2016
'Jane' is a United States Air Force airman living a secret life as a transgender woman.
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Outlook Weekend: Lifelines
Sun 24 Jul 2016
The book, the raft and the crying boys that changed lives forever.
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My Childhood Escape From Cuba
Thu 21 Jul 2016
Jessi Calzado-Esponda was 6 when she was accidentally sent to America without her parents
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Greek-Syrian Mayor Welcomes Refugees
Wed 20 Jul 2016
Dr. Nabil-Iosif Morad is housing refugees in an abandoned tourist resort.
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Crossing a minefield to escape IS
Tue 19 Jul 2016
Lamiya, the Yazidi girl smuggled out of captivity.
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From Jail to Yale
Mon 18 Jul 2016
Reginald Dwayne Betts is a convicted felon who has just graduated from Yale Law School.
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Outlook Weekend: Extraordinary Journeys
Sun 17 Jul 2016
Stories from people who have undertaken life-changing journeys.
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Giving Afghan children their songs back
Thu 14 Jul 2016
American teacher Louise Pascale took Afghan children's songs back to their home
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Aleppo doctor: it could have been me
Wed 13 Jul 2016
In the midst of the Syrian war, Dr Hatem is a doctor working in rebel-held Aleppo.
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Travels with my donkey
Tue 12 Jul 2016
Hannah Engelkamp walked 1,000 miles around Wales - with a donkey.
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Why I'm defending an LRA commander
Mon 11 Jul 2016
The Ugandan human rights lawyer ensuring a fair trial for a former rebel leader.
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Outlook Weekend: The Telephone
Sun 10 Jul 2016
The Telephone: people whose lives have been changed forever by a phone call
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'War Made Him More Violent with Me'
Thu 7 Jul 2016
'Maha' says her Syrian husband poured petrol on her and set her alight
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Counselling priests who fall in love
Wed 6 Jul 2016
Paul Midden counselled priests who had broken their vow of celibacy
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Twenty years searching for justice
Tue 5 Jul 2016
Emily Winslow was a student in Pennsylvania when she was attacked by a stranger.
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The Outlook Inspiration Awards 2016
Mon 4 Jul 2016
Matthew Bannister and Jo Fidgen finally reveal "the world's most inspiring stories".
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Childhood memories: A Syrian swimmer remembers life before war
Sun 3 Jul 2016
Syrian swimmer remembers life before war; Chilean artist uncovers his father's secret.
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My Father Saved 30,000 People in Chile
Thu 30 Jun 2016
Memories of Roberto Kozak, who saved 30,000 political prisoners from persecution in Chile
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Delivering Babies on the Run
Wed 29 Jun 2016
When Nigerian midwife Dada Nguru fled Boko Haram, she delivered the babies on the road.
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Afghanistan's Top War Photographer
Tue 28 Jun 2016
Massoud Hossaini on the near death experience that won him the Pulitzer Prize
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Syrian Swimmer's Paralympic Dream
Mon 27 Jun 2016
Ibrahim Al-Hussein lost part of his leg to a bomb but still hopes to compete in Rio
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Outlook Weekend: Hidden Talents
Sun 26 Jun 2016
Hidden talents: ex diplomat with talent for singing, housekeeper who scaled Everest
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The Israeli pop sensation in Kenya
Thu 23 Jun 2016
Gilad Millo is an Israeli ex-diplomat who's become an unlikely pop sensation in Kenya
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Housekeeper Makes History on Everest
Wed 22 Jun 2016
The Nepali housekeeper in the US who has climbed Everest more times than any other woman.
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Why I met my rapist
Tue 21 Jun 2016
As a teenager Carmen Aguirre was raped. 33 years on she decided to face her attacker.
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30 Years Looking For Mum
Mon 20 Jun 2016
Regina Louise's long battle to be adopted by the woman who cared for her as a teenager.
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Outlook Weekend: Dads
Sun 19 Jun 2016
Dads: the Indian man who adopted sex workers' children and son of film star Jack Lemmon