Outlook

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

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Outlook Mixtape: Goats to the rescue and the Afropop twins
Your bonus edition with the stories we love this week
15 Nov 2024,40 mins
The long climb back
Climbing took a beloved friend of Gus Taylor’s but ultimately also gave Gus his life back
14 Nov 2024,40 mins
Making sense of a childhood hidden from apartheid
Milisuthando Bongela grew up under apartheid but didn't realise until it was over
13 Nov 2024,40 mins
Saved by goats after my fall from the sacred mountain
When he slid off a 40-metre cliff in the jungle, Morgan Segui thought he was sure to die
12 Nov 2024,40 mins
Saving New York's African burial ground
Peggy King Jorde on doing the right thing for some of the first Africans in North America
11 Nov 2024,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Rocky paths and fearless futures
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08 Nov 2024,40 mins
The Lijadu Sisters: Nigeria’s twin Afropop pioneers
Yeye Taiwo Lijadu and her twin Kehinde daringly sang songs of protest in 1970s Nigeria
07 Nov 2024,40 mins
A kidnap, a betrayal, and a letter that tore open the past
Alegra’s earliest memory is being abducted. At 40, she comes to understand what happened
06 Nov 2024,40 mins
I became a cycling champion – but I was booed
From a broken bike to British champion – Maurice Burton had to battle his way to the top
05 Nov 2024,40 mins
How my mysterious childhood became a best-selling novel
Trent Dalton discovered he was on the fringe of one of Australia’s hugest crime stories
04 Nov 2024,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Negotiating peace and a jaw-dropping leap
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01 Nov 2024,40 mins
How I got a seat at the Good Friday Agreement
Monica McWilliams overcame misogyny to take her place at Northern Ireland’s peace talks
31 Oct 2024,40 mins
The man behind the 'leap of the century'
Bob Beamon smashed world records at the ’68 Olympics, then wondered: what next?
30 Oct 2024,40 mins
‘We think you may have been poisoned’, part 2
Reporting on the Russian invasion of Ukraine put a target on Elena's back
29 Oct 2024,40 mins
‘We think you may have been poisoned’, part 1
After a childhood washing floors in 90s Russia, Elena thought journalism meant freedom
28 Oct 2024,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Secret worlds and second lives
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25 Oct 2024,40 mins
A trunk, forgotten films and my mother’s pioneering legacy
Nina Collins on her celebrated film maker mother Kathleen
24 Oct 2024,40 mins
Why I built a media empire in Afghanistan
Saad Mohseni saw news from Afghanistan being ignored – and wanted to change things
23 Oct 2024,40 mins
After doomsday: I outgrew a cult and became a professor
When the world fails to end Jerald Walker is left searching for something to believe in
22 Oct 2024,40 mins
The cricket star who learned to fly
Ricky Ellcock’s rollercoaster life as a fast bowler and airline pilot
21 Oct 2024,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: It’s never too late to be a battle rapper – or a TikTok star
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18 Oct 2024,40 mins
Joy 2.0: From retired teacher to battle rapper
When Joy France hit 50, she decided to try new things - and became a rapper
17 Oct 2024,40 mins
The fraud: Holding the powerful to account, with accounting
A passion for bookkeeping led Jim Mitzelfeld to break the biggest story of his career
16 Oct 2024,40 mins
The bullet that ended our friendship
Paul Rousseau was accidentally shot in the head by his best friend and flatmate
15 Oct 2024,40 mins
The Holocaust survivor who became a TikTok star
Remembering the courage and determination of Lily Ebert
14 Oct 2024,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: On stage and pitch – theatres of change
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11 Oct 2024,40 mins
'Drop your guns and go to school'
How the horrors of war inspired a musician’s calls for peace
10 Oct 2024,40 mins
Sing Sing prison theatre group: How acting gave us a future
A band of inmates in a maximum security prison find freedom and healing in performance
09 Oct 2024,40 mins
Books set me free but being a writer in Sudan put me in jail
Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin is the first ever novelist to have his books banned in Sudan
08 Oct 2024,40 mins
When my football league fell apart, so did I
Soccer player Lisa Wrightsman got sober and found her way back to the beautiful game
07 Oct 2024,40 mins