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The truffle in my pocket that changed my life
Guy Debbas from Lebanon survived being held hostage to run a sucessful chocolate business
24 Nov 2022,40 mins
Why did my mum give me away? An adoptee's quest for answers
Korean-Danish adoptee Sun Hee Engelstoft, flew over 5000 miles in search of her mum
23 Nov 2022,40 mins
Michael Johnson: How the world's fastest man learned to walk again
US Olympic champion Michael Johnson had to learn to walk again following a stroke
22 Nov 2022,40 mins
He knocked on my door and said: 'I believe you'
How the friendship of a stranger helped Betsy when she needed it most
21 Nov 2022,40 mins
I went through puberty at two years old
Patrick Burleigh was born with precocious puberty, meaning his body developed very early
19 Nov 2022,26 mins
The argument that led a singer to the truth about her family
Gina Williams believed she was an only child until a major revleation, aged 18
17 Nov 2022,40 mins
The private eye bringing psychic fraudsters to justice
Bob Nygaard enters a dark underworld of soothsayers exploiting the vulnerable for money
16 Nov 2022,40 mins
Hugh Bonneville: From dress-up to Downton
Actor Hugh Bonneville on catching the acting bug as a child and dealing with rejection
15 Nov 2022,40 mins
My father’s hidden crimes
Analía’s dad was accused of being a government torturer - he said it was a lie
14 Nov 2022,40 mins
The cookbook that became a lifeline
How eccentric but pioneering chef Julia Child became a role model for Julie Powell
12 Nov 2022,26 mins
Painfully honest: A brain surgeon looks back on his mistakes
Living with cancer had made Henry Marsh reflect on the people he could not save
10 Nov 2022,40 mins
Cracking Germany’s 'biggest' art theft case
The mayor and the top art theft detective who unravelled a 40-year-old German crime
09 Nov 2022,40 mins
I was interviewed on live TV by accident
Four stories of mistaken identity
08 Nov 2022,40 mins
The battlefield of the mind
Toby Gutteridge was one of the best soldiers in the world when he was shot in the neck
07 Nov 2022,40 mins
The drag queen who ran for president of the United States
Joan Jett Blakk ran for office in 1992 to raise awareness about the Aids crisis
05 Nov 2022,26 mins
How the kindness of strangers stopped my terror attack
Ex-US Marine Mac McKinney planned to bomb a mosque but ended up converting to Islam
03 Nov 2022,40 mins
Saving the lost tapes of a musical genius
A grieving lover’s mission to share his partner’s unknown music with the world
02 Nov 2022,40 mins
Glitter, high kicks and finding freedom
The joy that dance brings us in extraordinary and sometimes surprising ways
01 Nov 2022,40 mins
Witness to a gangland murder: a mediator’s dilemma
Roegchanda Pascoe put her own safety and freedom on the line to take on Cape Town’s gangs
31 Oct 2022,40 mins
‘My heart goes out to the mums’
The mum who’s found compassion for the mothers of murderers after her own family tragedy
29 Oct 2022,26 mins
The playwright, the school teacher and the lost Xhosa king
How South Africa’s first published black female playwright restored her people’s history
27 Oct 2022,40 mins
A fake billionaire in North Korea
Jim Latrache-Qvortrup posed as a weapons dealer to expose a North Korean criminal network
26 Oct 2022,40 mins
The student journalist who risked it all to report in Russia
Armen Aramyan's student paper became one of Russia's last independent news outlets
25 Oct 2022,40 mins
Rickie Lee Jones: From life on the breadline to stardom
The US singer hit the big time in her early 20s, winning a Grammy for her first album
24 Oct 2022,40 mins
Steve Van Zandt on bands, bandanas and Bruce Springsteen
Guitarist Steve Van Zandt tells us why he's been happy being the man behind the boss
22 Oct 2022,26 mins
My life, painting Iran’s rebellious women
Soheila Sokhanvari grew up in a very fashionable home in Iran but, in 1978 it all changed
20 Oct 2022,40 mins
The marathon runner and Gobi the stray dog
Dion Leonard found an unlikely running partner during a race in China
19 Oct 2022,40 mins
Black, Korean, stateless: A 'slickyboy’s' American dream, part 2
An outcast from birth and a petty thief by seven, all Milton wanted was to find his dad
18 Oct 2022,40 mins
Black, Korean, stateless: A 'slickyboy’s' American dream, part 1
An outcast from birth and a petty thief by seven, all Milton wanted was to find his dad
17 Oct 2022,40 mins
My unknown song became a political anthem in Hong Kong
How Matthew Keegan found out he had become an overnight pop star 5,000 miles away
15 Oct 2022,26 mins