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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Disco and drama: The story of Ride On Time
Sat 4 Sep 2021
Worldwide fame came at a moral price for an Italian DJ who made a huge 1980s dance hit
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Helping refugees saved my life
Thu 2 Sep 2021
At 28, Kon Karapanagiotidis started a charity that would become a lifeline for thousands
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From Gaza to NASA: A Space Odyssey
Wed 1 Sep 2021
Palestinian Loay Elbasyouni was part of the team that launched a helicopter from Mars
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From rehab to ten thousand reservations - the many lives of chef, Erin French
Mon 30 Aug 2021
Erin French runs one of the US鈥檚 hardest-to-book restaurants. But it鈥檚 been a rough road
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We left as kayakers and came back as dissidents
Thu 26 Aug 2021
Andrzej and Jacek escaped Communist Poland on an adventure. Life would never be the same
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The secret link between two gymnasts
Wed 25 Aug 2021
Jennifer Bricker was born without legs and idolised Olympic gymnast Dominique Moceanu
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Undercover in a nursing home at the age of 83
Tue 24 Aug 2021
Sergio Chamy was in for a shock when he answered a job advert for men in their 70s to 90s
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The joy of skiing blind
Mon 23 Aug 2021
Blind skier Mike Brace has dedicated his life to Paralympic sport
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The painful secret I hid from my twin
Sat 21 Aug 2021
When Alex lost his memories his identical twin helped him restore them, or some of them
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Danny Trejo: The ex-con who cracked Hollywood
Wed 18 Aug 2021
He鈥檚 played the tough guy in a long list of films but in his 20s faced the death penalty
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Josephine Baker: My mother, the superstar singer and spy - Part 2
Tue 17 Aug 2021
Jari Hannu Bouillon was a baby when he went from a Finnish orphanage to a French castle
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Josephine Baker: My mother, the superstar singer and spy - Part 1
Mon 16 Aug 2021
Josephine Baker adopted 12 children from around the world 鈥� Jari was one of them
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The mountain between us
Sat 14 Aug 2021
How two climbers became connected after a fateful expedition on a mountain in Tibet
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I found the Titanic during a top-secret Cold War mission
Thu 12 Aug 2021
For 70 years people searched for the wreck of the Titanic. Then came Robert Ballard
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The improbable rise of Europe鈥檚 'Tofu King'
Wed 11 Aug 2021
How German vegetarian Bernard Drosihn took on the 鈥榤eat police鈥� and won
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I changed my name to change my life
Tue 10 Aug 2021
Hakeem Oluseyi beat drug addiction and dropped his old name to become a star scientist
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Tarantulas, Gandalf and my dying brother's bucket list
Mon 9 Aug 2021
Royd Tolkien鈥檚 brother Mike left him a daring list of tasks to complete after he died
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I saw a smile on the suicide bomber's face
Thu 5 Aug 2021
In 2006 a suicide truck bomb left Iraqi teenager Qusay Hussein severely injured and blind
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The criminal double life of a stage actor
Wed 4 Aug 2021
Jack Charles is a venerated Aboriginal Australian actor, but he once had an addiction.
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The Omani football nerd who went from player to pundit
Tue 3 Aug 2021
How Rumaitha Al Busaidi became the first female football commentator in the Arab world
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Helping the drug addict who stole my dog to get into rehab
Mon 2 Aug 2021
When Brayden Morton found the woman who stole his dog, he was determined to help her.
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What Susan did on Death Row
Sat 31 Jul 2021
Susan Kigula led a choir, got a degree and changed Ugandan law as she waited to be hanged
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'Horses saved my life' - how a boy from West Philly made polo history
Thu 29 Jul 2021
A chance discovery catapulted Kareem Rosser into the elite world of polo.
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The 80s song that brought back my memories
Wed 28 Jul 2021
A car accident wiped all of Thomas Leeds' memories and he had to start again.
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The train driver asking men to open up about mental health
Mon 26 Jul 2021
Heather Waugh is committed to preventing suicides
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The Paralympian who was trapped inside her body
Sat 24 Jul 2021
How Victoria Arlen swam for gold after years of being unable to speak or move
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Recording my first album as a man
Thu 22 Jul 2021
The singer-songwriter Cidny Bullens finally decided to transition aged 61
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Punk, God, and my search for truth
Wed 21 Jul 2021
Punk icon Palmolive walked away from two pioneering bands looking for spiritual answers
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Seven months trapped in an airport
Tue 20 Jul 2021
Hassan Al Kontar had to live at Kuala Lumpur airport after he got stuck in a legal limbo
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From songbird to birdsong expert
Mon 19 Jul 2021
Former opera singer Gisela Kaplan on how she became an expert in bird communication
