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World Service,4415 episodes

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The train driver asking men to open up about mental health
Heather Waugh is committed to preventing suicides
26 Jul 2021,40 mins
The Paralympian who was trapped inside her body
How Victoria Arlen swam for gold after years of being unable to speak or move
24 Jul 2021,26 mins
Recording my first album as a man
The singer-songwriter Cidny Bullens finally decided to transition aged 61
22 Jul 2021,40 mins
Punk, God, and my search for truth
Punk icon Palmolive walked away from two pioneering bands looking for spiritual answers
21 Jul 2021,40 mins
Seven months trapped in an airport
Hassan Al Kontar had to live at Kuala Lumpur airport after he got stuck in a legal limbo
20 Jul 2021,40 mins
From songbird to birdsong expert
Former opera singer Gisela Kaplan on how she became an expert in bird communication
19 Jul 2021,40 mins
Escape from our "metal coffin" on the ocean floor
42 metres down on the seabed with 22 sailors inside: the story of the submarine Pacocha
17 Jul 2021,26 mins
A decade without Dan: The search for my brother gave me purpose
The loss of Loren O’ Keeffe’s brother led her to help families with missing loved ones
15 Jul 2021,40 mins
From intensive care to the Olympic podium
How fencer Keeth Smart won an Olympic medal months after being diagnosed with leukaemia
14 Jul 2021,40 mins
Birdwatching with the men who kidnapped me
Diego Calderón was taken hostage in Colombia on a biology field trip
13 Jul 2021,40 mins
Banned from voting for my wife, so we changed the law
Desmond and Sheena Meade’s historic battle to give ex-felons the right to vote in Florida
12 Jul 2021,40 mins
Trapped in a "metal coffin" on the ocean floor
42 metres down on the seabed with 22 sailors inside: the story of the submarine Pacocha
10 Jul 2021,26 mins
A plane crash left me lost in the Amazon
Brazilian pilot Antônio Sena survived 36 days alone after crashing into dense rainforest
08 Jul 2021,40 mins
Stories from Syria's secret library
Under siege: how a group of friends risked everything to create a literary sanctuary
07 Jul 2021,40 mins
Rugby star Gareth Thomas: Strong, vulnerable and HIV+
Rugby legend Gareth Thomas was blackmailed and lived in fear before revealing he was HIV+
06 Jul 2021,40 mins
My unknown song became a political anthem in Hong Kong
A phone alert revealed Matthew Keegan had become an overnight pop star 5,000 miles away
05 Jul 2021,40 mins
I ran with the men, and changed history
Kathrine Switzer was attacked for running in the men-only 1967 Boston Marathon
03 Jul 2021,26 mins
The siege and the cat that saved my life
Amra Sabic El-Rayess turned 16 as Bosnia Herzegovnia plunged into civil war
01 Jul 2021,40 mins
Making friends with the man who stole my paintings
Artist Barbora Kysilkova formed an unlikely friendship after the theft of her paintings
30 Jun 2021,40 mins
Life as the UK's first black TV reporter
Broadcasting legend Sir Trevor McDonald looks back on his life and career
29 Jun 2021,40 mins
Discovering my sister's inner world
A story of sisterly love, migration and art
28 Jun 2021,40 mins
Fire, ice and thunder: A chase on the high seas
Taking down the Thunder, the world's most notorious poaching ship
26 Jun 2021,26 mins
My life collecting the folk songs of Iraq
How vocalist Sa'di al-Hadithi is preserving Iraqi folk music for posterity
24 Jun 2021,40 mins
I survived Chechnya's 'gay purge'
Amin Dzhabrailov escaped his homeland after being kidnapped and tortured
23 Jun 2021,40 mins
My mother, India’s forgotten disco diva
Rupa Biswas Sen’s long-lost Indian disco record became an underground hit after 30 years
22 Jun 2021,40 mins
Hunting 'The Serpent': The diplomat turned detective
An unlikely investigator on the trail of serial killer Charles Sobhraj
21 Jun 2021,40 mins
Frank Sinatra's Australian showdown
When Ol’ Blue Eyes made Australia see red
19 Jun 2021,26 mins
A top Iranian chess umpire and her impossible decision
Shohreh Bayat was one of Asia’s top chess umpires until she was faced with an ultimatum
17 Jun 2021,40 mins
We bought the wrong house at auction
Cal and Claire tried to buy a flat, but ended up with a wrecked manor in rural Scotland
16 Jun 2021,40 mins
The quiet Louisiana grandma who became an environmental warrior
Sharon Lavigne campaigned to stop a plastics factory being built in her riverside parish
15 Jun 2021,40 mins