1025 Episodes

  1. 'Don't anger the monster', part 1

    Published: 28/05/2023

  2. Sugar sandwiches and smarts: a poor kid's fairytale ending

    Published: 21/05/2023

  3. Lola the bare-knuckle drag queen

    Published: 14/05/2023

  4. I was there the night Emmett Till was taken

    Published: 07/05/2023

  5. Tanzania’s hip-hop politician

    Published: 30/04/2023

  6. 'Brother. do. you. love. me.' The SMS that changed our lives

    Published: 23/04/2023

  7. 'Prison Break' and my escape from Manus Island

    Published: 16/04/2023

  8. The spy who wanted to bring down apartheid: Part 2

    Published: 09/04/2023

  9. The spy who wanted to bring down apartheid, part 1

    Published: 02/04/2023

  10. Bringing the Muppets to Moscow

    Published: 26/03/2023

  11. Introducing: Love, Janessa

    Published: 24/03/2023

  12. My life in seven swimming pools

    Published: 20/03/2023

  13. The Ukrainian opera singer nearly silenced by a bullet

    Published: 13/03/2023

  14. I didn’t know I was part of an experiment

    Published: 06/03/2023

  15. Eyes on the prize: Pakistan’s first trans film star

    Published: 27/02/2023

  16. Becoming Blair 'the Flair': a boxer on the run, part 2

    Published: 20/02/2023

  17. Becoming Blair 'the Flair': a boxer on the run, part 1

    Published: 13/02/2023

  18. The mystery of the tartan twins

    Published: 06/02/2023

  19. Breaking my addiction to war

    Published: 30/01/2023

  20. The fearless former nun fighting for India's seamstresses

    Published: 23/01/2023

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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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