The Outlook Podcast Archive

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.

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The astronaut who made a quilt in Space
Astronaut Dr Karen Nyberg launched a sewing project from the International Space Station
23 mins12 Apr 2022
The drag queen who ran for president of the United States
Joan Jett Blakk ran for office in 1992 to raise awareness about the Aids crisis
29 mins11 Apr 2022
Drawing is my language: the artist who recreates cities from memory
Austistic savant Stephen Wiltshire has a gift for drawing the world in perfect detail
24 mins07 Apr 2022
How my father’s stories shielded me from civil war
When war came to Liberia, Wayètu Moore’s dad was determined to protect her from reality
38 mins06 Apr 2022
Escaping a life on a dumpsite with classical music
Extraordinary first person stories from around the world
22 mins05 Apr 2022
Dressing Beyoncé: It started with a Barbie outfit
Artist Osman Yousefzada's love of clothes came from watching his mum sew for neighbours
34 mins31 Mar 2022
The sisters reuniting separated siblings at camp
Lynn Price and Andi Andree didn't find out they were sisters until the ages of 8 and 9
22 mins30 Mar 2022
I’m a disaster expert – and it helped me get through my own
Disaster recovery expert Lucy Easthope used her skills to cope with personal tragedy
39 mins29 Mar 2022
My mum Poly Styrene, a punk icon
Poly Styrene brought her distinctive voice and neon outfits to the 1970s punk scene
37 mins28 Mar 2022
I survived an avalanche, but the real challenge came after
Joe Yelverton's life changed in an instant when he was hit by an avalanche in Alaska
38 mins21 Mar 2022
The child preacher who exposed a con
Marjoe Gortner's life as an evangelical conman and his Oscar-winning undercover act
37 mins17 Mar 2022
Running an underground newspaper during the Syrian uprising
Kholoud Helmi paid a high price to start one of Syria's only independent newspapers
40 mins16 Mar 2022
Mountains took my family - but I love them
Kate Ballard lost her mum and brother to the Himalayas but finds joy on the slopes
23 mins15 Mar 2022
Driven by jealousy: the Chippendales murder plot
Co-founder Bruce Nahin gives the inside story on the male strip club's troubled past
37 mins14 Mar 2022
Why I’m singing songs for my transgender dad
Musician Frank Turner was estranged from his father for years; now they’re finally close
40 mins10 Mar 2022
The priest leading the fight for LGBT rights in Poland
How Szymon Niemiec combined his faith and activism to found Poland's first Gay Pride
32 mins09 Mar 2022
My long-lost sister was a surrogate mother to my twins
When adoptee Mark found his long-lost sister Rachel, it led to a remarkable offer
40 mins08 Mar 2022
The giant window and the race against time
Artists Tim Carey and Narcissus Quagliata built the world's biggest stained glass window
14 mins07 Mar 2022
The false confessions of a serial killer
Thomas Quick was Sweden’s most notorious serial killer. Then he retracted his confessions
26 mins05 Mar 2022
Becoming an elder in the community I was stolen from as a baby
How Australian Dianne O'Brien discovered her Indigenous heritage - and her calling
31 mins03 Mar 2022
The violin that saved a Jewish family
Natalie Cumming's violin helped her family survive starvation, persecution, and torture
39 mins01 Mar 2022
My stolen ‘magic’ guitar, found after 45 years
Solving the mystery of rock star Randy Bachman’s beloved guitar which disappeared in 1976
40 mins28 Feb 2022
Soweto Uprising: What happened to my dad?
Janet Goldblatt's father was murdered, but the full story would take decades to emerge.
23 mins26 Feb 2022
The blind skateboarder going for gold
When skateboarder Justin Bishop went blind, he worried he’d lost the sport he loved
23 mins23 Feb 2022
My symphony to a soccer ‘bad-boy’
How a Finnish composer’s muse would steal the show on the biggest night of his career
23 mins21 Feb 2022
Exposing Nigeria’s cough syrup crisis, for my brother
Why Ruona Meyer joined the frontline in the war against codeine cough syrup
27 mins19 Feb 2022
The forgotten story of a pioneering Olympic champion
Wyomia Tyus was the first person to win gold in the 100m in two consecutive Olympic Games
23 mins18 Feb 2022
Attacked and accused of lying – my long fight for the truth
In 1993 Donna Palomba was assaulted in her home, then police accused her of making it up
39 mins16 Feb 2022
The dramatic journey of Jamaica’s first Olympic bobsleigh
Dudley Stokes drove Jamaica’s first Olympic bobsleigh and inspired the film Cool Runnings
38 mins14 Feb 2022
The man who had a baby
Freddy McConnell is a trans man who decided to have a baby
26 mins11 Feb 2022