1025 Episodes

  1. I see my son in the Northern Lights

    Published: 28/08/2022

  2. The brain tumour that taught me how to live

    Published: 21/08/2022

  3. The family that went to war with a military dictatorship

    Published: 14/08/2022

  4. How I fell in love with blindness

    Published: 08/08/2022

  5. Nailed into a boat: Escaping Mao’s China

    Published: 31/07/2022

  6. The legendary goalkeeper forced to pawn her gold medals

    Published: 24/07/2022

  7. A poet in a Burundi war zone, part 2

    Published: 17/07/2022

  8. A poet in a Burundi war zone, part 1

    Published: 10/07/2022

  9. My husband thought I was an imposter

    Published: 03/07/2022

  10. My dream holiday turned to horror

    Published: 23/06/2022

  11. A family lost at sea

    Published: 19/06/2022

  12. Giving birth as a hostage in Syria

    Published: 12/06/2022

  13. Taking on the witch hunters

    Published: 05/06/2022

  14. Township lawyer v gold giants, part 2

    Published: 29/05/2022

  15. Township lawyer v gold giants, part 1

    Published: 22/05/2022

  16. We need to talk about Carlo

    Published: 15/05/2022

  17. You wanted me dead, but look at me now

    Published: 08/05/2022

  18. Bike-riding bank robber, part 2

    Published: 01/05/2022

  19. Bike-riding bank robber, part 1

    Published: 24/04/2022

  20. The trailer

    Published: 18/04/2022

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Lives Less Ordinary is a podcast from the BBC World Service that brings you the most incredible true stories from around the world. Step into someone else’s life and expect the unexpected. Each episode a guest shares their most dramatic, moving, personal story. Listen for unbelievable twists, mysteries uncovered, and inspiring journeys - spanning the entire human experience. Our guests come from every corner of the globe: from Burundi to Beverly Hills, New Zealand to North Korea, Rajasthan to Rio. And their stories can be about anything: tales of survival, humour, resilience and intrigue. From the mind-blowing account of the Japanese man trapped in his own reality TV show, to the Swedish women rescued from lions by a tin of spam. It’s life’s wild side, in stereo. Lives Less Ordinary is brought to you by the team behind Outlook, the home of true life storytelling on BBC World Service radio for nearly 60 years. Got a story to tell? Send an email to [email protected] or message us via WhatsApp: 0044 330 678 2784 You can read our privacy notice here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5YD3hBqmw26B8WMHt6GkQxG/lives-less-ordinary-privacy-notice

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