Outlook Episodes Episode guide
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A ride to space, a marathon swim and piano for elephants
Your bonus edition with the stories we love this week
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The Norwegian fisherman and the 'Russian spy whale'
The story of ‘Hvaldimir’ the beluga, found dead this week, and his bond with Joar Hesten
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The US’s first black astronaut trainee reaches space at 90
In May 2024 Ed Dwight became the oldest person to travel to the edge of space
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'That's the stupid girl' The scoop that almost destroyed me
In 1998 Finnish journalist Johanna Aatsalo published a story that made her a hate figure
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The pianist who plays classical music for retired elephants
How a 50th birthday wish led Paul Barton to play classical music for retired elephants
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Outlook Mixtape: Big money, land of honey, and tiny pants
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The singer from the Ural Mountains who became an opera star
How the 'singer in the village' became the world's 'go-to Carmen'
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I became a millionaire but felt empty inside
Gary Stevenson on why he became a campaigner against wealth inequality
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John Chiti: 'It was a shock - they'd never seen a person with albinism in the limelight'
How Zambian singer John Chiti is changing perspectives on albinism
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The hungry boy who devoted his life to muscle
Gilbert Alaskadi was sick of being bullied; he wanted to be invincible
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Outlook Mixtape: Jungle love, undercover cop, queen of drag
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Mum said I was mad for joining the police – was she right?
Nusrit Mehtab became one of the few brown, Muslim women in the Metropolitan Police
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Teenage girls 1, 'old men' 0
How Copa 71, the first women’s World Cup, took on football’s 'old men'
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Nemonte Nenquimo: Love and battle in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Nemonte Nenquimo is an indigenous leader from Ecuador fighting to protect the rainforest
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Secret superstar: the making of drag queen Yvie Oddly
Yvie’s journey from pain and shame to stardom on Ru Paul’s Drag Race
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Outlook Mixtape: Rebel radio, the ‘dadvert’ and a kitchen revelation
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Is Anybody Out There? I feared rejection and found an ally
‘Ellen’ discovered a secret bond with her mother after a bombshell revelation
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Is Anybody Out There? Rebel radio, part 2
Carlos has become El Salvador’s voice of resistance after launching Radio Venceremos
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Is Anybody Out There? Rebel radio, part 1
Carlos’ mission is to create a clandestine radio station during El Salvador’s civil war
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Is Anybody Out There? Why I advertised for a dad
Georgie Codd never had a dad, so she started a search for the ideal father figure
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Outlook Mixtape: Love under the stars, finding dad and surviving solitary
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Is Anybody Out There? My journey to meet my birth parents
Darragh decided to trace his birth dad – who didn’t even know he existed – in Trinidad
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Is Anybody Out There? Learning to love after leaving a cult
Werner and Katharina grew up in a German commune sealed off from the outside world
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Is Anybody Out There? Love, stars and a travelling telescope
How Susan Murabana travelled to Kenya to see a solar eclipse and met the love of her life
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Is Anybody Out There? Secrets for surviving solitary
How a pair of pink trousers were used to pass messages in an Iranian jail
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Outlook Mixtape: Lost boys, teen tech star and the red bike
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The child refugee and the big red bicycle
How a stranger’s small act of kindness had a giant impact on a young girl without a home
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The tech whizz-kid building apps to save his family from debt
At 12 Michael Sayman was the family’s main breadwinner, keeping their chicken shop afloat
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The Lost Boy: A never-ending journey, part 2
Salva Dut returns to Sudan to find his dad and decides to get clean water to his village
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The Lost Boy: A never-ending journey, part 1
As a survivor of Sudan's civil war, Salva Dut's will to keep going has taken him far