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The siege and the city that shaped Hisham Matar
How the Libyan embassy shooting in London would profoundly affect novelist Hisham Matar
15 Jan 2025,40 mins
My robots for children, inspired by my life as a refugee
For teenage Paolo Prijanian an opportunity to get his own computer changed his life
14 Jan 2025,40 mins
Why I set out to record the songs of Ireland’s birds
Sean Ronayne set out to record the song of every one of Ireland’s native birds
13 Jan 2025,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Wrestling with fate; and an Indian prince
Your bonus edition with the stories we love this week
10 Jan 2025,40 mins
The strange saga of a rock concert in North Korea
The Slovenian band Laibach went to North Korea to perform a historic rock’n’roll show
09 Jan 2025,40 mins
Coming out as India’s first gay prince
Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil, heir to a royal dynasty, risked it all to be his true self
08 Jan 2025,40 mins
The former wrestler who wants your brain
Wrestling with Hulk Hogan and The Rock, Chris Nowinski’s dream job ended after an injury
07 Jan 2025,40 mins
My 'miracle baby', born 15 months after I lost my love
When her partner died, Ellidy Pullin chose an unconventional path to motherhood
06 Jan 2025,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: A keyboard of dreams and a wild baby hare
Your bonus edition with stories we love this week
03 Jan 2025,40 mins
Memory Box: The padlock
How a padlock became the emblem of two archaeologists’ supernatural experience
02 Jan 2025,40 mins
Memory Box: The puppet
Learning to animate a long-limbed 'stick man' kick-started an illustrious career on stage
01 Jan 2025,40 mins
Memory Box: The baby hare
The magical comings and goings of a leveret showed Chloe Dalton a new way to live
31 Dec 2024,40 mins
Memory Box: The Ngonnso statue
Sylvie Njobati’s quest to bring home a Cameroonian Queen
30 Dec 2024,40 mins
Memory Box: Your stories
Listeners from around the world share the stories of their most treasured objects
27 Dec 2024,40 mins
Memory Box: The medallion
How a golden medallion held the story of an Ethiopian woman's abduction
26 Dec 2024,40 mins
Memory Box: The cardboard piano
A hand-drawn keyboard propelled a boy from Nairobi on to the world stage
25 Dec 2024,40 mins
Memory Box: The leaf
How a tiny leaf became a symbol of hope for the WW2 spy, Odette Hallowes
24 Dec 2024,40 mins
Memory Box: The toy tiger
When Amina Sotaeva's tiger fell out of her bag, she set out on a frantic quest to find it
23 Dec 2024,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Snowy dreams and wrestling scenes
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20 Dec 2024,40 mins
The champion wrestler who defied all odds
Anthony Robles didn’t want attention for having one leg, he wanted it for being the best
19 Dec 2024,40 mins
From homeless in LA to the 'Queen of Melrose'
Cosmo Lombino is a stylist to the stars, but the road to success was far from glamorous
18 Dec 2024,40 mins
From Togo to Greenland – my Arctic odyssey
When Tété-Michel Kpomassie was ordered to join a snake-cult he ran away to a faraway land
17 Dec 2024,40 mins
A prince, a death, and a promise made by an open grave
In 1978 in the dead of night Birgit Hamer’s brother was shot; at his grave she made a vow
16 Dec 2024,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: DNA shock, video diaries, ruby slippers
Your bonus edition with stories we love this week
13 Dec 2024,40 mins
A matter of life and death
Journalist Leo Hornak sets out to lay some unfinished business to rest
12 Dec 2024,40 mins
Hay Secretos: How a sweet song caught a child abuser
Argentinian songwriter Ruth Hillar wanted to encourage children to speak their minds
11 Dec 2024,40 mins
The Yazidi teenager who documented life after her captivity
IS militants took Mediha Ibrahim Alhamad aged 9; the gift of a camera helped her recovery
10 Dec 2024,40 mins
Unravelling my DNA mystery
Matt Katz set out to identify his real father and uncover the truth behind his origins
09 Dec 2024,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Old Hollywood and new worlds in treetops
Your bonus edition with stories we love this week
06 Dec 2024,40 mins
My life as an arbonaut, explorer of the treetops
‘Canopy Meg’ Lowman was the first person to study trees while dangling in their branches
05 Dec 2024,40 mins