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How to thrive in isolation

These scientists cut themselves off from society to carry out research

• 17 mins

My close encounters with Escobar’s hippos

Jonathan Shurin studies the ecological effects of hippos once owned by the drug lord

• 15 mins

Crowns and controversy at Miss World 1970

Jennifer Hosten became the first black Miss World at a particularly historical ceremony

• 22 mins

I fled North Korea for playing the wrong song

Pianist Kim Cheol-woong defected from North Korea after playing a western song

• 22 mins

How I turn prisoners into violin virtuosos

Tito Quiroz found himself in a tough Mexican prison, tasked with teaching music lessons

• 26 mins

My life as a frontline doctor in Afghanistan

Marzia Salam Yaftali on dealing with the Taliban, misogyny and the threat of coronavirus

• 23 mins

Inside the mind of a teenage neo-Nazi

Former neo-Nazi leader Christian Picciolini now helps people escape extremist groups

• 38 mins

My Fiancé – Jamal Khashoggi

Hatice Cengiz was engaged to journalist Jamal Khashoggi when his death shocked the world.

• 21 mins

My patients fought Aids, I fought the system

Cliff Morrison pioneered a new way to care for Aids patients as a nurse in San Francisco

• 23 mins

The school teacher who couldn’t read

John Corcoran worked as a teacher for 17 years - even though he couldn’t read

• 26 mins

Coming out made me a world-class rugby referee

Nigel Owens survived a suicide attempt before accepting his sexuality and finding success

• 23 mins

How to home-school: Lessons from Bolivia and Alaska

Brisa de Angulo set up her first school when she was 14 years old

• 32 mins

Why I thought my baby had devil’s eyes

Catherine Cho had been a mother for two months when she experienced post-partum psychosis

• 32 mins

The NYC doctor hiding his fear fighting Covid-19

Rob Gore is a doctor working with coronavirus patients in New York

• 23 mins

Literary SOS

Sally Bayley was rejected by her family but eventually found solace in Shakespeare

• 26 mins

I believe my dog’s nose saved my life

Psychologist Claire Guest had a special bond with her dog that may have saved her life

• 23 mins

Why I dive on my birthday

How diver Cliff Devries got back in the water after being paralysed from the neck down

• 23 mins

The lightning bolt that made me a music maestro

Tony Cicoria developed an obsession with classical music after he was struck by lightning

• 23 mins

Stranded in the jungle on our honeymoon

It began when Holly Fitzgerald and her husband Fitz’s plane crash-landed in Peru…

• 36 mins

Hiding the truth behind my NFL stardom

New England Patriots star Ryan O'Callaghan used football as a cover for his sexuality

• 26 mins

My revolutionary 70s summer camp

Jim LeBrecht remembers a revolutionary summer camp in the 1970s for disabled teenagers

• 36 mins

I turned my cleaning obsession into a hit business

Trauma led Lynsey Crombie to compulsive cleaning but now she’s sharing her skills on TV

• 23 mins

The face-blind portrait artist

German artist Carlotta has a brain disorder: she can’t recognise faces, not even her own

• 23 mins

Mr Motivator: from homeless to household name

TV star and fitness instructor Derrick Evans wants to help people keep fit in lockdown

• 17 mins

The Tale of the King of the Wild Blue Sky

The highs and lows of America's first flying newsman, Jerry Foster

• 26 mins

The mayor and the art heist mystery

Mayor Knut Kreuch's mission to solve one of Germany’s biggest art thefts

• 21 mins

The psychiatric nurse who overcame a life of addiction

From age 14 to 37 Anthony Brown was homeless and became addicted to drugs and alcohol

• 30 mins

How the Donut King lost his crown

Cambodian refugee Ted Ngoy once presided over an empire of donut shops across California

• 26 mins

The actor who preferred to die rather than stop filming

Massimo Troisi delayed heart surgery to make 'Il Postino'. He died before filming ended.

• 16 mins

Love and defection on the dancefloor

Cuban ballet stars Mayara Piñeiro Contido and Etienne Díez found love in exile

• 16 mins