Outlook

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

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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
Your bonus edition with stories we love this week
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
Rebellious Rhythm: Showcasing my Pantsula dance and culture
Vusi Mdoyi dreamed of sharing his unique South African art form on the world stage
04 Dec 2024,40 mins
How Hollywood’s most powerful woman won and lost it all
Before she was blacklisted, Mary McCall Jr. was a hit writer who transformed Hollywood
03 Dec 2024,40 mins
The reluctant face of Japan’s #MeToo movement
Shiori Itō turned the tide in Japan when she went public saying she had been raped
02 Dec 2024,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Self-discovery via theatre and visual art
Your bonus edition with stories we love this week
29 Nov 2024,40 mins
The rebel who became 'Queen of African Horror'
Nuzo Onoh didn't start writing fiction until her 50s, then created a new genre
28 Nov 2024,40 mins
I saved chimpanzees and they've saved me
Stany Nyandwi's rescued chimps helped him through war and loneliness
27 Nov 2024,40 mins
Naked and alone: the comedian trapped in a reality TV show
Nasubi had no idea his 15-month fight to survive was being broadcast on Japanese TV
26 Nov 2024,40 mins
Black boy joy: Defying stereotypes on the London stage
Ryan Calais Cameron’s stories and characters shattered convention in UK theatre
25 Nov 2024,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: The tip-off, a seagull, and a lover’s escape
Your bonus edition with the stories we love this week
22 Nov 2024,40 mins
The journalist who took down a billion-dollar company
Dan McCrum investigated a story at Wirecard that had him fearing for his safety
21 Nov 2024,40 mins
Bernhard Schlink: Forbidden love and a dangerous escape
The famed author of The Reader risked it all to get his girlfriend out of East Berlin
20 Nov 2024,40 mins
Bringing my mother tongue to the music industry
Bolivian Luzmila Carpio was stopped from singing in Quechua, but she fought to be heard
19 Nov 2024,40 mins
I could never paint my teenage son – until I lost him
Artist Alison Lapper on painting Parys, her late, ‘too beautiful’ teenage son
18 Nov 2024,40 mins