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Ending ecocide; the reluctant carer; meeting a 'spy whale'
Your bonus edition with the stories we love this week
13 Sep 2024,40 mins
How two friends tried to make ecocide an international crime
When Jojo Mehta met Polly Higgins, they decided to try and change the world
11 Sep 2024,40 mins
Looking for my son for 58 years
Bestselling writer Lesley Pearse searched for her son for 58 years
10 Sep 2024,40 mins
What my uncle’s death taught me about life
A reluctant carer celebrates the life and death of his charismatic Uncle David
09 Sep 2024,40 mins
A ride to space, a marathon swim and piano for elephants
Your bonus edition with the stories we love this week
06 Sep 2024,40 mins
The Norwegian fisherman and the 'Russian spy whale'
The story of ‘Hvaldimir’ the beluga, found dead this week, and his bond with Joar Hesten
05 Sep 2024,40 mins
The US’s first black astronaut trainee reaches space at 90
In May 2024 Ed Dwight became the oldest person to travel to the edge of space
04 Sep 2024,40 mins
'That's the stupid girl' The scoop that almost destroyed me
In 1998 Finnish journalist Johanna Aatsalo published a story that made her a hate figure
03 Sep 2024,40 mins
The pianist who plays classical music for retired elephants
How a 50th birthday wish led Paul Barton to play classical music for retired elephants
02 Sep 2024,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Big money, land of honey, and tiny pants
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30 Aug 2024,40 mins
The singer from the Ural Mountains who became an opera star
How the 'singer in the village' became the world's 'go-to Carmen'
29 Aug 2024,40 mins
I became a millionaire but felt empty inside
Gary Stevenson on why he became a campaigner against wealth inequality
28 Aug 2024,40 mins
John Chiti: 'It was a shock - they'd never seen a person with albinism in the limelight'
How Zambian singer John Chiti is changing perspectives on albinism
27 Aug 2024,40 mins
The hungry boy who devoted his life to muscle
Gilbert Alaskadi was sick of being bullied; he wanted to be invincible
26 Aug 2024,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Jungle love, undercover cop, queen of drag
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23 Aug 2024,40 mins
Mum said I was mad for joining the police – was she right?
Nusrit Mehtab became one of the few brown, Muslim women in the Metropolitan Police
22 Aug 2024,40 mins
Teenage girls 1, 'old men' 0
How Copa 71, the first women’s World Cup, took on football’s 'old men'
21 Aug 2024,40 mins
Nemonte Nenquimo: Love and battle in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Nemonte Nenquimo is an indigenous leader from Ecuador fighting to protect the rainforest
20 Aug 2024,40 mins
Secret superstar: the making of drag queen Yvie Oddly
Yvie’s journey from pain and shame to stardom on Ru Paul’s Drag Race
19 Aug 2024,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Rebel radio, the ‘dadvert’ and a kitchen revelation
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16 Aug 2024,40 mins
Is Anybody Out There? I feared rejection and found an ally
‘Ellen’ discovered a secret bond with her mother after a bombshell revelation
15 Aug 2024,40 mins
Is Anybody Out There? Rebel radio, part 2
Carlos has become El Salvador’s voice of resistance after launching Radio Venceremos
14 Aug 2024,40 mins
Is Anybody Out There? Rebel radio, part 1
Carlos’ mission is to create a clandestine radio station during El Salvador’s civil war
13 Aug 2024,40 mins
Is Anybody Out There? Why I advertised for a dad
Georgie Codd never had a dad, so she started a search for the ideal father figure
12 Aug 2024,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Love under the stars, finding dad and surviving solitary
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09 Aug 2024,40 mins
Is Anybody Out There? My journey to meet my birth parents
Darragh decided to trace his birth dad – who didn’t even know he existed – in Trinidad
08 Aug 2024,40 mins
Is Anybody Out There? Learning to love after leaving a cult
Werner and Katharina grew up in a German commune sealed off from the outside world
07 Aug 2024,40 mins
Is Anybody Out There? Love, stars and a travelling telescope
How Susan Murabana travelled to Kenya to see a solar eclipse and met the love of her life
06 Aug 2024,40 mins
Is Anybody Out There? Secrets for surviving solitary
How a pair of pink trousers were used to pass messages in an Iranian jail
05 Aug 2024,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Lost boys, teen tech star and the red bike
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02 Aug 2024,40 mins