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 bowl of porridge that changed my life
Tue 13 Apr 2021
Elizabeth Nyamayaro was saved from starvation as a child by a UN aid worker in Zimbabwe
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The break-up that cost me my voice
Mon 12 Apr 2021
The triumphant return of Shirley Collins, the 'first lady' of English folk
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Secrets & Lies: China鈥檚 dissident cartoonist
Sat 10 Apr 2021
Badiucao's double life and the price of operating in secret
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Secrets & Lies: Fraudsters and forgers
Tue 6 Apr 2021
The art of deception - two extraordinary stories
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Secrets & Lies: The man who stole the President鈥檚 secrets
Sat 3 Apr 2021
One writer risked prison to leak material about Uzbekistan's authoritarian former leader
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Secrets & Lies: Lives lived in shame
Thu 1 Apr 2021
Two stories of people who spent a lifetime denying who they were
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Secrets & Lies: The undercover operatives
Wed 31 Mar 2021
Stories from a spy's daughter and Ghana's most famous undercover journalist
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Secrets & Lies: What my parent hid from me
Tue 30 Mar 2021
Two stories involving parents who concealed life-changing secrets from their children
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Secrets & Lies: Lives destroyed online
Mon 29 Mar 2021
Two unnerving stories about how quickly lies can spread online
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Spain's fearless barnacle-hunting sisters
Sun 28 Mar 2021
Isabel and Susana Gonz谩lez risk their lives to collect barnacles along Spain's coastline
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The architect who lost his sight but gained a vision
Thu 25 Mar 2021
Chris Downey went blind almost overnight, one month later he was back being an architect
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From classical piano to rock stardom in Japan
Wed 24 Mar 2021
Japanese rock star Yoshiki shares the personal story behind his songs
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Abandoned at sea for three years
Tue 23 Mar 2021
Sailor Vikash Mishra lived on a leaky cargo ship after its owners ran out of money
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The child spy and her secret agent parents
Mon 22 Mar 2021
Sue-Ellen Doherty was trained by her parents to spy for Australia during the Cold War
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Fear and fantasy TV in the siege of Aleppo
Wed 17 Mar 2021
The Syrian medic who found solace in TV as he ran rebel Aleppo鈥檚 only children鈥檚 hospital
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The birthday gift that survived the Holocaust
Tue 16 Mar 2021
In 1942 Sylvia Cohn wrote her daughter a book of poems. They're her "greatest treasure"
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Married to a psychopath: my husband鈥檚 double life
Mon 15 Mar 2021
Mary Turner Thomson鈥檚 life took a chilling turn after meeting the 鈥減erfect鈥� man online
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The child labourer who became a star of Mexico's food scene
Sun 14 Mar 2021
Eduardo Garcia picked fruit, then served time in prison, before achieving culinary fame
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The actress turning her back on Bollywood to follow her dad's dreams
Thu 11 Mar 2021
Sonia Mann's father wrote her a letter on her birth, which has guided her life ever since
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The photoshoot that helped me grieve for my baby
Wed 10 Mar 2021
A gifted photoshoot provided Ashley Jones comfort after her daughter died at 21 months
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I hated the word 'albino'
Tue 9 Mar 2021
Mala Bhargava learned to accept her white hair and skin when her face became famous
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The sport I love damaged my brain
Mon 8 Mar 2021
Former rugby player Alix Popham can't remember some of his finest moments on the pitch
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The Cuban dad who became a lifeline for Chernobyl's children
Thu 4 Mar 2021
Manuel Barriuso was a medical translator in an historic humanitarian operation
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An Orthodox rapper in Jerusalem
Wed 3 Mar 2021
Nissim Black is an American rapper who converted to Hasidic Judaism
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My son found his birth mother using Google Earth
Tue 2 Mar 2021
The story of Sue Brierley鈥檚 adopted son Saroo became the Oscar-nominated film Lion
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Taking over my parents' legendary jazz venue
Mon 1 Mar 2021
Ben Jaffe's parents turned Preservation Hall into a New Orleans jazz institution
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New York to Saigon: taking beers to my friends in a warzone
Sat 27 Feb 2021
An epic mission to raise the morale of Chickie Donahue's friends fighting in Vietnam
