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Book lovers unite: The bookish boy who became a boxing champion
The bookish boxing champion, the bin man who built a library and the secret German author
30 Jun 2022,40 mins
A family lost at sea
Fleeing Vietnam Lauren’s family almost died. Her 30-year dream was to find their rescuers
29 Jun 2022,40 mins
The schoolgirl who fought an oil company and won
When Nalleli Cobo fell ill, fingers pointed to an oil well next to her home in LA
28 Jun 2022,40 mins
The casino cheat who stopped his own million dollar scam
Former swindler Richard Marcus now works for the same casinos that he once robbed
27 Jun 2022,40 mins
Giving birth during a genocide
The Rwandan woman whose waters broke as militia were attacking her family home
25 Jun 2022,26 mins
Kidnapped as I lay sleeping
Pirates attacked us on a remote island
23 Jun 2022,40 mins
Glad to be gay: The surprise hit that became a pride anthem
Tom Robinson became a Pride icon with his top 20 hit Glad to be Gay
22 Jun 2022,40 mins
Taking on the witch hunters
Wrongly blamed for killing her father, Monica fought to save others accused of witchcraft
21 Jun 2022,40 mins
Why my birth parents tried to keep me a secret
It took Brendan Watkins decades to find out the true identity of his birth parents
20 Jun 2022,40 mins
The British commune and the Colombian guerilla group
Atlantis was a psychotherapy commune who moved to Farc controlled territory
18 Jun 2022,26 mins
The Oscar joke that turned into a real life drama
How a triumphant moment in Colin Gibson’s career inadvertently led to a false bomb scare
16 Jun 2022,40 mins
Delia Ephron: ‘I fell into my own romantic comedy'
How writer Delia Ephron found herself in a love story like her hit film You’ve Got Mail
15 Jun 2022,40 mins
Abandoned at birth: 50 years searching for our families
A baby left in a car, the other in a phonebox. David and Helen’s quest to find out why
14 Jun 2022,40 mins
A spy in the family
I was betrayed to the East German secret police
13 Jun 2022,40 mins
The black woman who cared for a Klansman
The temping job that took a young African American woman into the home of a KKK member
11 Jun 2022,26 mins
Pirates stole my son
Howie Truong was fleeing Vietnam with his family when pirates intercepted their boat
09 Jun 2022,40 mins
My mum 'blossomed' as she fought Nigeria’s fake drug barons
Chidiogo Akunyili-Parr remembers her mother Dora Akunyili’s fearless work
08 Jun 2022,40 mins
Township lawyer v gold giants, part 2
Charles sues his country’s richest companies on behalf of black gold miners
07 Jun 2022,40 mins
Township lawyer v gold giants, part 1
Apartheid taught Charles to know his place, so how did he end up suing the gold industry?
06 Jun 2022,40 mins
Mateo the memory keeper
How one man stopped the stories and songs of his people from being lost forever
04 Jun 2022,26 mins
Why I travelled with my husband to end his life
Amy Bloom was determined to support her husband’s decision to end his life on his terms
02 Jun 2022,40 mins
How I brought my jailer to justice
Chance brought Syrian journalist Amer Matar face-to-face with his former captor
01 Jun 2022,40 mins
We need to talk about Carlo
Donna discovers her ex fiancé’s secret life
31 May 2022,40 mins
India’s first all-women newsroom
How Dalit childhood friends Kavita and Meera are shaking up journalism in India
30 May 2022,40 mins
When trash met thrash: Paraguay's landfill musicians
How a youth orchestra of tin-can violins and X-ray drums got the attention of Megadeth
28 May 2022,26 mins
Batonga! How a made-up word guided Angélique Kidjo’s life
Benin’s multi Grammy-winning diva on her fight for musical freedom and justice for women
26 May 2022,40 mins
My life as a midwife on the frontline
Anna Kent has delivered babies in some of the most troubled places in the world
25 May 2022,40 mins
You wanted me dead, but look at me now
Anne’s village thought her disability made her worthless. She had other ideas.
24 May 2022,40 mins
Recipes and storytelling: changing perceptions of Chinese food
Elizabeth Chong has transformed the reputation of Chinese food and culture in Australia
23 May 2022,40 mins
My revolutionary 70s summer camp
Jim LeBrecht remembers Camp Jened, a revolutionary summer camp for disabled teenagers
21 May 2022,26 mins