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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My revolutionary 70s summer camp
Mon 20 Apr 2020
Jim LeBrecht remembers a revolutionary summer camp in the 1970s for disabled teenagers
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Hiding the truth behind my NFL stardom
Sat 18 Apr 2020
New England Patriots star Ryan O'Callaghan used football as a cover for his sexuality
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Stranded in the jungle on our honeymoon
Thu 16 Apr 2020
It began when Holly Fitzgerald and her husband Fitz’s plane crash-landed in Peru…
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The lightning bolt that made me a music maestro
Wed 15 Apr 2020
Tony Cicoria developed an obsession with classical music after he was struck by lightning
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Why I dive on my birthday
Tue 14 Apr 2020
How diver Cliff Devries got back in the water after being paralysed from the neck down
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I believe my dog’s nose saved my life
Mon 13 Apr 2020
Psychologist Claire Guest had a special bond with her dog that may have saved her life
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Literary SOS
Sat 11 Apr 2020
Sally Bayley was rejected by her family but eventually found solace in Shakespeare
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The NYC doctor hiding his fear fighting Covid-19
Thu 9 Apr 2020
Rob Gore is a doctor working with coronavirus patients in New York
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Why I thought my baby had devil’s eyes
Wed 8 Apr 2020
Catherine Cho had been a mother for two months when she experienced post-partum psychosis
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How to home-school: Lessons from Bolivia and Alaska
Tue 7 Apr 2020
Brisa de Angulo set up her first school when she was 14 years old
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Coming out made me a world-class rugby referee
Mon 6 Apr 2020
Nigel Owens survived a suicide attempt before accepting his sexuality and finding success
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The school teacher who couldn’t read
Sat 4 Apr 2020
John Corcoran worked as a teacher for 17 years - even though he couldn’t read
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My patients fought Aids, I fought the system
Thu 2 Apr 2020
Cliff Morrison pioneered a new way to care for Aids patients as a nurse in San Francisco
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My Fiancé – Jamal Khashoggi
Wed 1 Apr 2020
Hatice Cengiz was engaged to journalist Jamal Khashoggi when his death shocked the world.
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Inside the mind of a teenage neo-Nazi
Tue 31 Mar 2020
Former neo-Nazi leader Christian Picciolini now helps people escape extremist groups
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My life as a frontline doctor in Afghanistan
Mon 30 Mar 2020
Marzia Salam Yaftali on dealing with the Taliban, misogyny and the threat of coronavirus
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How I turn prisoners into violin virtuosos
Sat 28 Mar 2020
Tito Quiroz found himself in a tough Mexican prison, tasked with teaching music lessons
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I fled North Korea for playing the wrong song
Thu 26 Mar 2020
Pianist Kim Cheol-woong defected from North Korea after playing a western song
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Crowns and controversy at Miss World 1970
Wed 25 Mar 2020
Jennifer Hosten became the first black Miss World at a particularly historical ceremony
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My close encounters with Escobar’s hippos
Tue 24 Mar 2020
Jonathan Shurin studies the ecological effects of hippos once owned by the drug lord
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How to thrive in isolation
Mon 23 Mar 2020
These scientists cut themselves off from society to carry out research
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The violin maker's salvation
Sat 21 Mar 2020
Hans Benning found love through his work repairing the world's most priceless instruments
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My love letter ticket out of Venezuela
Thu 19 Mar 2020
José Gregorio Márquez won a love letter contest - with a letter to his neighbourhood
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Radio in Italy's coronavirus red zone
Wed 18 Mar 2020
83-year-old Pino Pagani is a radio presenter in the virus-hit town of Codogno
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'I fight hate with a pocketbook of peace'
Tue 17 Mar 2020
Kia Scherr lost her husband and child in the 2008 Mumbai attacks - she grieved with love
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'I stopped talking - but then I found music'
Mon 16 Mar 2020
Music writer Pete Paphides developed selective mutism as a child
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A Syrian love story that started with a resume
Sat 14 Mar 2020
The social media call out for CV advice that resulted in an online wedding
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Once upon a time in Wakaliwood
Thu 12 Mar 2020
BBC Inspirations 2016 nominee Isaac Nabwana is known as 'Uganda's Tarantino'
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Bringing music to people in pain
Wed 11 Mar 2020
BBC Inspirations 2018 nominee Jorge Bergero plays between concert halls and care homes
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Akram Khan: from curry to choreography
Tue 10 Mar 2020
Celebrated dancer Akram Khan’s first stage was his family's Indian restaurant
