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I survived an avalanche, but the real challenge came after
Joe Yelverton's life changed in an instant when he was hit by an avalanche in Alaska
21 Mar 2022,40 mins
How the Donut King lost his crown
Cambodian refugee Ted Ngoy once presided over an empire of donut shops across California
19 Mar 2022,26 mins
The child preacher who exposed a con
Marjoe Gortner's life as an evangelical conman and his Oscar-winning undercover act
17 Mar 2022,40 mins
Running an underground newspaper during the Syrian uprising
Kholoud Helmi paid a high price to start one of Syria's only independent newspapers
16 Mar 2022,40 mins
Mountains took my family - but I love them
Kate Ballard lost her mum and brother to the Himalayas but finds joy on the slopes
15 Mar 2022,40 mins
Driven by jealousy: The Chippendales murder plot
Co-founder Bruce Nahin gives the inside story on the male strip club's troubled past
14 Mar 2022,40 mins
The Canadian cop who uncovered a police scandal
When a First Nations teenager was found frozen to death Ernie Louttit wanted answers
12 Mar 2022,26 mins
Why I’m singing songs for my transgender dad
Musician Frank Turner was estranged from his father for years; now they’re finally close
10 Mar 2022,40 mins
The priest leading the fight for LGBT rights in Poland
How Szymon Niemiec combined his faith and activism to found Poland's first Gay Pride
09 Mar 2022,40 mins
My long-lost sister was a surrogate mother to my twins
When adoptee Mark found his long-lost sister Rachel, it led to a remarkable offer
08 Mar 2022,40 mins
The giant window and the race against time
Artists Tim Carey and Narcissus Quagliata built the world's biggest stained glass window
07 Mar 2022,40 mins
The false confessions of a serial killer
Thomas Quick was Sweden’s most notorious serial killer. Then he retracted his confessions
05 Mar 2022,26 mins
Becoming an elder in the community I was stolen from as a baby
How Australian Dianne O'Brien discovered her Indigenous heritage - and her calling
03 Mar 2022,40 mins
The Texan princess and the priceless villa
Rita Boncompagni's unexpected life led her from the US to an historic Italian home.
02 Mar 2022,40 mins
The violin that saved a Jewish family
Natalie Cumming's violin helped her family survive starvation, persecution, and torture.
01 Mar 2022,40 mins
My stolen ‘magic’ guitar, found after 45 years
Solving the mystery of rock star Randy Bachman’s beloved guitar which disappeared in 1976
28 Feb 2022,40 mins
Soweto Uprising: What happened to my dad?
Janet Goldblatt's father was murdered, but the full story would take decades to emerge
26 Feb 2022,26 mins
The blind skateboarder going for gold
When skateboarder Justin Bishop went blind he worried he’d lost the sport he loved
23 Feb 2022,40 mins
Inventing a surgery to cure myself
Doug Lindsay’s mystery illness baffled doctors, so he had to cure himself
22 Feb 2022,40 mins
My symphony to a soccer ‘bad-boy’
How a Finnish composer’s muse would steal the show on the biggest night of his career
21 Feb 2022,40 mins
Exposing Nigeria’s cough syrup crisis for my brother
Why Ruona Meyer joined the frontline in the war against codeine cough syrup
19 Feb 2022,26 mins
The forgotten story of a pioneering Olympic Champion
Wyomia Tyus was the first person to win gold in the 100m in two consecutive Olympic Games
17 Feb 2022,40 mins
Attacked and accused of lying – my long fight for the truth
In 1993 Donna Palomba was assaulted in her home, then police accused her of making it up
16 Feb 2022,40 mins
A descendant of chiefs: My long journey home
How Jesse Thistle, a homeless Indigenous man, found his identity and his calling
15 Feb 2022,40 mins
The dramatic journey of Jamaica’s first Olympic bobsleigh
Dudley Stokes drove Jamaica’s first Olympic bobsleigh and inspired the film Cool Runnings
14 Feb 2022,40 mins
Modern birth: The man who had a baby
Freddy McConnell is a trans man who decided to have a baby
12 Feb 2022,26 mins
The artist who started out drawing war as a child refugee
Petrit Halilaj was just 13 years old when his drawings were beamed all over the world
10 Feb 2022,40 mins
Gaming with Tourette’s: Sweet Anita’s success story
Sweet Anita overcame loneliness and isolation to become a famous gamer online
09 Feb 2022,40 mins
The refugee pilot who helped Afghans flee the Taliban
Zak Khogyani was forced to flee his home. Now he's helping others in the same position
08 Feb 2022,40 mins
The first African in Greenland
It took Tété-Michel Kpomassie eight years to reach the Arctic from his home in Togo
07 Feb 2022,40 mins