Outlook

True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives.

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Meeting the monster: My 14 days with Joseph Kony
Judith Obina helped bring peace to Uganda with a secret weapon: Joseph Kony's mother
18 Jun 2025,40 mins
Sex, love, Rock 'n' Roll... and The Sopranos
Robin Green went from being a 'clueless girl' to the only woman in the writers' room
17 Jun 2025,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Journeys in nature, to exile and Juneteenth
The Grandmother of Juneteenth, the reluctant politician, the city girl in nature
13 Jun 2025,40 mins
Remembering my dad Sly Stone, funk's reclusive genius
Phunne Stone remembers her dad Sly, creator of Sly and the Family Stone
12 Jun 2025,40 mins
Three men in a boat: Lost in the pacific
How Robert Diez d'Aux's desire for adventure at sea nearly cost him his life
11 Jun 2025,40 mins
I promised to rescue 41 men trapped in a tunnel
Inside the Himalayas, a group of workers needed rescue. Was Arnold Dix able to do it?
10 Jun 2025,40 mins
The horse injury that kicked off a musical adventure
How a childhood accident spurred Natalia Lafourcade’s record-breaking singing career
09 Jun 2025,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: The Indian Superman and an Afghan Iron Woman
An ode to unexpected action heroes, plus the invincible artist Marina Abramovic
06 Jun 2025,40 mins
The man who woke up in the future
When Dr Pier Piccioni woke up after a car accident, 12 years of his life had been erased
05 Jun 2025,40 mins
I was a stay-at-home mum until I stood for president
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya likely won the 2020 Belarusian presidential election
04 Jun 2025,40 mins
The mortician, the 'werewolf' and the keeper of brains
Alexandra Morton-Hayward unlocks the secrets of the human brain but her own betrays her
03 Jun 2025,40 mins
The secret story of my grandfather: President for 19 days
Rich Benjamin, grandson of ex-Haitian president, Daniel Fignolé, knew little of his roots
02 Jun 2025,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: The artist, the detective, and the music boss
Portraits of the stars; India's famed female detective; the man who signed Amy Winehouse
30 May 2025,40 mins
The legacy of legendary photographer Sebastião Salgado
Sebastião Salgado witnessed years of human suffering, planting trees gave him hope again
29 May 2025,40 mins
Kidnapped at four: How I found my way home
A promise to return to his mother helped Antonio Salazar-Hobson through his darkest hours
28 May 2025,40 mins
The story of a Queen, the Mau Mau and a life-saving uniform
Wilson Maina inherited an unassuming khaki uniform that held a piece of Kenyan history
27 May 2025,40 mins
José Mujica: Guerilla, president and occasional romantic
The surprising life story of the ex-President of Uruguay who died this month
26 May 2025,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: When daddy kept his cool
The story of three defiant daughters on adventures sparked by their fearless fathers
23 May 2025,40 mins
Leaving faith, finding fiction: The preacher turned satirist
After a career deradicalising Islamic State brides, Nussaibah Younis turned to comedy
22 May 2025,40 mins
Why I forgave my daughter Brianna's killers
Esther Ghey's daughter Brianna was murdered by teenagers she believed were her friends
21 May 2025,40 mins
Prabal Gurung: The surprising story of a fashion superstar
How Nepalese Prabal Gurung became a top designer - dressing Sharika and Kamala Harris
20 May 2025,40 mins
Chile's ice mermaid and her record-breaking glacial swims
Bárbara Hernández swam for 45 minutes in Antarctic waters of 2°C
19 May 2025,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: The colliding lives of four strangers
The accidental ties that link four strangers and the encounters that bind them together
16 May 2025,40 mins
My Golden Mile: a British Asian’s picture of home
Kavi Pujara photographed Leicester’s South Asian community and reconnected with his roots
15 May 2025,40 mins
Bringing the Muppets to Moscow
Natasha Lance Rogoff’s daunting challenge of making Sesame Street in post-Soviet Russia
14 May 2025,40 mins
How I discovered the ozone hole and saved millions of lives
Jonathan Shanklin never sought the limelight. But then he made a world-changing discovery
13 May 2025,40 mins
The blind Holocaust survivor who caught a fugitive Nazi
Lothar Hermann found out his neighbour was ‘architect of the Holocaust’ Adolf Eichmann
12 May 2025,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Diving In
Stories of people who found themselves in, and under, the water
09 May 2025,40 mins
The psychotherapist who became a water warrior
Laurene Allen's campaign against toxic chemicals changed laws on drinking water safety
08 May 2025,40 mins
Why I wore iron underwear on Kabul’s busiest street
Kubra Khademi's protest against sexual violence brought an Afghan street to a standstill
07 May 2025,40 mins