True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives.
World Service,·4410 episodes
Remembering Mumbai terror attacks; ritual cleansing in Uganda; Commonwealth expeditions.
24 Nov 2009,·25 mins
Life after Lords Resistance Army; addiction in Afghanistan; families unite in US army.
23 Nov 2009,·25 mins
Peruvian child servants, Amazon road, Black New York cowboys.
20 Nov 2009,·25 mins
Wang Zhiqui; NYC Jewish dating scene; white witch of Swaziland.
19 Nov 2009,·25 mins
Brother of the "Veil Martyr"; Phnom Penh water festival and Katie Piper's surgeon.
18 Nov 2009,·25 mins
China's 'oriental angel'; Bolivian child bullfighter; solar-powered flight.
17 Nov 2009,·25 mins
Surviving Sierra Leone's civil war; Australia's Bush Fires, Obama's half brother.
16 Nov 2009,·25 mins
Australians prepare for forest fires; Annie Lennox; Puntland assassination; GDR jokes.
13 Nov 2009,·25 mins
Music comes back to Swat; 89 Squares; Iraqi kids; Returning to Vietnam
12 Nov 2009,·25 mins
Fighting off Somali pirates; 89 Squares, Berlin; Queen of Mantas
11 Nov 2009,·25 mins
From Mexican crop-picker to US astronaut; 89 Squares - Warsaw; living without money.
10 Nov 2009,·25 mins
Al Gore on his crusade to save the planet, 89 Squares, Cuban Blogger Yoani Sanchez.
09 Nov 2009,·25 mins
Terrible choice, Revolution Square, Tuareg Rebel.
06 Nov 2009,·25 mins
Amazonian tribal leader; Everest hospital and the question of mixed race.
04 Nov 2009,·25 mins
Hudson river crash hero - Captain Chesley Sullenberger.
02 Nov 2009,·25 mins
Life after an acid attack; the man who's devoted his life to freeing dolphins.
28 Oct 2009,·25 mins
Plight of Yemen's children; Australia's blind dance star and life in Saudi Arabia.
26 Oct 2009,·25 mins
Gangs in Chicago; Bigamy case in Indian courts; Brian Keenan remembers his mother
21 Oct 2009,·28 mins
Christian Poveda; victims of sex abuse in the US; Mongolian horse derby.
19 Oct 2009,·28 mins
Refugee abuse in S African church, jobs for people with autism, piracy on the high seas.
15 Oct 2009,·28 mins
Health insurance whistleblower; Bosnia tourism; children of Mumbai's prostitutes.
14 Oct 2009,·28 mins