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World Service,4415 episodes

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Why my parents sent my brothers to live in North Korea
When Yonghi Yang was six, her parents made a choice the family have lived with ever since
30 Nov 2021,40 mins
The choir without vocal cords
The Belgian chorister-turned-doctor who conducts a choir for people without vocal cords
29 Nov 2021,40 mins
Pollen detective: Forensics’ secret weapon
Patricia Wiltshire uses her deep knowledge of plants to help police solve serious crime
27 Nov 2021,26 mins
The bionic gloves that brought music back to me
Joao Carlos Martins thought he'd never play piano again, then he was gifted bionic gloves
25 Nov 2021,40 mins
My anonymous teen story became a playground sensation
In 2005, schoolgirl Jade LB uploaded a story to her blog, which took on a life of its own
24 Nov 2021,40 mins
Matt Goss: Life and loss in a superstar boy band
The Bros lead singer on fame, fans, and what happened after the pop bubble burst
23 Nov 2021,40 mins
The Jewish prisoner, the treasure hunters and the secret diary
Menachem Kaiser’s family quest led to a top-secret underground Nazi city
22 Nov 2021,40 mins
Fighting the apartheid my grandfather created
Wilhelm Verwoerd’s grandfather was the prime minister of South Africa in the 1960s
20 Nov 2021,26 mins
I still believe I'm lucky even after breaking my neck
Ed Jackson almost died after he mistakenly dived into the shallow end of a swimming pool
18 Nov 2021,40 mins
Harvard Law School’s first Deafblind graduate
While Haben Girma was at Harvard she developed new technology to help her communicate
17 Nov 2021,40 mins
Hostage, part 2: Escape across the sand dunes
Canadian Edith Blais is reunited with Luca and they plot an ambitious escape
16 Nov 2021,40 mins
Hostage, part 1: A spider, starvation and solitude in the desert
Edith Blais was kidnapped by al-Qaeda and held captive in the Sahara for 450 days
15 Nov 2021,40 mins
Flying my South African flag at the top of Everest
Saray Khumalo on what it took to become the first black African woman to summit Everest
13 Nov 2021,26 mins
Wynton Marsalis: The making of a jazzman
How a reluctant trumpet player became the most celebrated jazz musician of his generation
11 Nov 2021,40 mins
The Holocaust survivor who became a Tiktok star
Lily Ebert survived Auschwitz. Now she shares her story with millions of followers online
10 Nov 2021,40 mins
'Love finds a way' - a bond that overcame decades of separation
Jeanne's family opposed her relationship with Steve. They split, but she never forgot him
09 Nov 2021,40 mins
'Honour' made my father a murderer
Amina’s father brutally attacked her and her sister for ‘shaming’ their Jordanian family
08 Nov 2021,40 mins
How Springsteen became my lifeline
The working class British-Pakistani teen who found a musical hero in The Boss
06 Nov 2021,26 mins
The medical textbook that inspired me to flee my homeland
Waheed Arian left war-torn Afghanistan to pursue his dream of becoming a doctor
04 Nov 2021,40 mins
My last chance to find our long-lost family
A daughter searches for her ill mother's hidden past, revealing long-held secrets
03 Nov 2021,40 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
02 Nov 2021,40 mins
Cooking for my mother helped her share a hidden history
Grace M. Cho learned to cook traditional Korean food to comfort her traumatised mother
01 Nov 2021,40 mins
I found my son 32 years after he was kidnapped
Li Jingzhi’s child was abducted in 1988. They were finally reunited 32 years later
30 Oct 2021,26 mins
Miss Pat: The Chinese-Jamaican matriarch of reggae
Patricia Chin created a musical empire that started in a Kingston grocery store
28 Oct 2021,40 mins
People used to stare at me. I fight back with my paintbrush
How artist Riva Lehrer's portraits challenge myths about disability
27 Oct 2021,40 mins
Looking for Mum in a city of millions
Joel de Carteret from the Philippines was just four when he got lost in a Manila market
26 Oct 2021,40 mins
"I'm a fighter": The Dalit lawyer taking on the caste system
Manjula Pradeep is an Indian activist helping other Dalit women fight caste prejudice
25 Oct 2021,40 mins
Ice Prince: The making of a Nigerian hip hop star
How personal loss and violent conflict shaped the career of Panshak Zamani aka Ice Prince
23 Oct 2021,26 mins
The secret that nearly destroyed our marriage
Cheryl was married to Bobby Love for 30 years before she found out the truth about him
21 Oct 2021,40 mins
The locked-in boy and the brain experiment
Why neurologist Phil Kennedy experimented on his own healthy brain
20 Oct 2021,40 mins