Outlook

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

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Outlook Mixtape: Six degrees of... Kevin
From Kevin Bacon to an interstellar musical, we share stories linked by one name - Kevin
01 May 2026,44 mins
I crash-landed inside an active volcano
Chris Duddy survived 28 hours in Hawaii's Kīlauea volcano after his helicopter crashed
30 Apr 2026,40 mins
Me, dad, and the teen novel I wrote by accident
While caring for her dad, Lucy Ivison found an unexpected outlet: writing with her ex
29 Apr 2026,40 mins
The carpenter who became a blues star in his 60s
Forbidden from singing the blues as a boy, Robert Finley found success decades later
28 Apr 2026,40 mins
The retired grandmother cracking cold cases with DNA
How a detective novel inspired Margaret Press to use DNA to identify the unknown dead
27 Apr 2026,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: The girlband edition
It's high kicks, harmonies and matching hairstyles as we celebrate the girlband
24 Apr 2026,44 mins
Becoming a financial expert after life on the streets
Kindness from a stranger helped turn Peter Komolafe's life around when he had nothing
23 Apr 2026,40 mins
One man, fifty machines and a bid to reboot civilisation
When Marcin Jakubowski’s tractor broke, he decided to try and change the world
22 Apr 2026,40 mins
'I can't stop the war but music gives us hope'
Composer Iryna Gould on why playing musical instruments is vital for Ukrainian children
21 Apr 2026,40 mins
Could a sitcom save a man from death row?
Juan Catalan hoped comedian Larry David could help exonerate him from a murder charge
20 Apr 2026,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Going solo
The making of an unexpected jazz masterpiece, and alone in the ocean on an upturned boat
17 Apr 2026,40 mins
My Persian sci-fi musical, and why my mum's the star
After a stroke, Nahid withdrew. Then her son and carer HOSSEI put her centre stage again
16 Apr 2026,40 mins
The musician who turned a garden into an orchestra
After a health crisis, Helen Anahita Wilson made music from plants that helped her heal
15 Apr 2026,40 mins
I was taken as a baby, I didn’t know who I was, part 2
Jackie McCarthy O’Brien makes sporting history and uncovers the truth about her past
14 Apr 2026,40 mins
I was taken as a baby, I didn’t know who I was, part 1
A black girl in a white town, Jackie McCarthy O’Brien grows up silenced and alone
13 Apr 2026,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: The view from space
The beauty and the challenges of living in Earth’s orbit
10 Apr 2026,44 mins
I was in a pop band, I didn't know my parents were too
D:Ream singer Peter Cunnah on the musical threads that tied him to his birth family
09 Apr 2026,40 mins
From care home shifts to the world’s greatest galleries
Everlyn Nicodemus was in her 60s and working in nursing homes when her art was discovered
08 Apr 2026,40 mins
I found the singer the world forgot
Joshua Henry on his mission to bring lost musical genius Bill Fay back into the light
07 Apr 2026,40 mins
The addict turned priest who fought the 'war on drugs'
Father Flavie is battling to expose the injustices of Philippines’ brutal drug crackdown
06 Apr 2026,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Bedtime Stories
Magic rivers, a storytelling granny, and the origins of a children's classic
03 Apr 2026,44 mins
Alone in the Pacific on the upturned hull of my boat
Australian Tom Robinson set out on a solo record-breaking ocean crossing aged 23
02 Apr 2026,40 mins
I started throat singing in the shower and found fame
A cassette of Inuit throat singing inspired Tanya Tagaq to transform an ancient tradition
01 Apr 2026,40 mins
How I found the community I love
Durell Knights was young, gay and Black in a city under the shadow of the Aids epidemic
31 Mar 2026,40 mins
I managed 'Britain's worst football team' to chase my dream
Football-obsessed Shadab Ifitikhar wanted to be the world's best manager...by any means
30 Mar 2026,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Thunder and lightning
A high-seas hunt for the Thunder and a jazz musician who was struck by lightning
27 Mar 2026,40 mins
X-Cetra: How our pre-teen record became an unlikely hit
In 2000, four best friends made an album, just for fun. 25 years later, it was a classic
26 Mar 2026,40 mins
Strangers to coworkers to friends to... sisters?
Cassandra and Julia were uncannily alike. A chance gift revealed a past neither expected
24 Mar 2026,40 mins
Why I love counselling cult survivors
Dr Gillie Jenkinson counsels people who’ve just left cults, as she once did too
23 Mar 2026,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: On your bike
Cycling to find love, redemption and a university education
20 Mar 2026,40 mins