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The joy of skiing blind
Blind skier Mike Brace has dedicated his life to Paralympic sport
23 Aug 2021,40 mins
The painful secret I hid from my twin
When Alex lost his memories his identical twin helped him restore them, or some of them
21 Aug 2021,26 mins
Why I gave my sister my womb
Lolita Wästerlund was born without a uterus, so her sister Linda offered up hers
19 Aug 2021,40 mins
Danny Trejo: The ex-con who cracked Hollywood
He’s played the tough guy in a long list of films but in his 20s faced the death penalty
18 Aug 2021,40 mins
Josephine Baker: My mother, the superstar singer and spy - part two
Jari Hannu Bouillon was a baby when he went from a Finnish orphanage to a French castle
17 Aug 2021,40 mins
Josephine Baker: My mother, the superstar singer and spy - part one
Josephine Baker adopted 12 children from around the world – Jari was one of them
16 Aug 2021,40 mins
The mountain between us
How two climbers became connected after a fateful expedition on a mountain in Tibet
14 Aug 2021,26 mins
I found the Titanic during a top-secret Cold War mission
For 70 years people searched for the wreck of the Titanic. Then came Robert Ballard
12 Aug 2021,40 mins
The improbable rise of Europe’s 'Tofu King'
How German vegetarian Bernard Drosihn took on the ‘meat police’ and won
11 Aug 2021,40 mins
I changed my name to change my life
Hakeem Oluseyi beat drug addiction and dropped his old name to become a star scientist
10 Aug 2021,40 mins
Tarantulas, Gandalf and my dying brother's bucket list
Royd Tolkien’s brother Mike left him a daring list of tasks to complete after he died
09 Aug 2021,40 mins
Discovering my sister's inner world
A story of sisterly love, migration and art
07 Aug 2021,26 mins
I saw a smile on the suicide bomber's face
In 2006 a suicide truck bomb left Iraqi teenager Qusay Hussein severely injured and blind
05 Aug 2021,40 mins
The criminal double life of a stage actor
Jack Charles is a venerated Aboriginal Australian actor, but he once had an addiction.
04 Aug 2021,40 mins
The Omani football nerd who went from player to pundit
How Rumaitha Al Busaidi became the first female football commentator in the Arab world
03 Aug 2021,40 mins
Helping the drug addict who stole my dog to get into rehab
When Brayden Morton found the woman who stole his dog, he was determined to help her.
02 Aug 2021,40 mins
What Susan did on Death Row
Susan Kigula led a choir, got a degree and changed Ugandan law as she waited to be hanged
31 Jul 2021,26 mins
'Horses saved my life' - how a boy from West Philly made polo history
A chance discovery catapulted Kareem Rosser into the elite world of polo.
29 Jul 2021,40 mins
The 80s song that brought back my memories
A car accident wiped all of Thomas Leeds' memories and he had to start again
28 Jul 2021,40 mins
I was the sole survivor of a plane crash at the age of 11
Stranded on a mountain, a young Norman Ollestad had to find a way to survive alone
27 Jul 2021,40 mins
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