1026 Episodes

  1. I still believe I'm lucky even after breaking my neck

    Published: 11/18/2021

  2. Harvard Law School’s first Deafblind graduate

    Published: 11/17/2021

  3. Hostage: A spider, starvation and solitude in the desert

    Published: 11/15/2021

  4. The Holocaust survivor who became a TikTok star

    Published: 11/10/2021

  5. 'Love finds a way' - a bond that overcame decades of separation

    Published: 11/9/2021

  6. 'Honour' made my father a murderer

    Published: 11/8/2021

  7. The medical textbook that inspired me to flee my homeland

    Published: 11/4/2021

  8. The man and the shark

    Published: 11/3/2021

  9. Cooking for my mother helped her share a hidden history

    Published: 11/1/2021

  10. I found my son 32 years after he was kidnapped

    Published: 10/30/2021

  11. Miss Pat: The Chinese-Jamaican matriarch of reggae

    Published: 10/28/2021

  12. People used to stare at me. I fight back with my paintbrush

    Published: 10/27/2021

  13. "I'm a fighter": The Dalit lawyer taking on the caste system

    Published: 10/25/2021

  14. Ice Prince: The making of a Nigerian hip hop star

    Published: 10/23/2021

  15. The secret that nearly destroyed our marriage

    Published: 10/21/2021

  16. The locked-in boy and the brain experiment

    Published: 10/20/2021

  17. The spy who pretended to be homeless

    Published: 10/19/2021

  18. ‘Born lucky’: Escaping the Khmer Rouge

    Published: 10/18/2021

  19. The uncomfortable truth hidden in my DNA

    Published: 10/16/2021

  20. The man who (re)painted the Mona Lisa

    Published: 10/14/2021

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Lives Less Ordinary is a podcast from the BBC World Service that brings you the most incredible true stories from around the world. Step into someone else’s life and expect the unexpected. Each episode a guest shares their most dramatic, moving, personal story. Listen for unbelievable twists, mysteries uncovered, and inspiring journeys - spanning the entire human experience. Our guests come from every corner of the globe: from Burundi to Beverly Hills, New Zealand to North Korea, Rajasthan to Rio. And their stories can be about anything: tales of survival, humour, resilience and intrigue. From the mind-blowing account of the Japanese man trapped in his own reality TV show, to the Swedish women rescued from lions by a tin of spam. It’s life’s wild side, in stereo. Lives Less Ordinary is brought to you by the team behind Outlook, the home of true life storytelling on BBC World Service radio for nearly 60 years. Got a story to tell? Send an email to [email protected] or message us via WhatsApp: 0044 330 678 2784 You can read our privacy notice here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5YD3hBqmw26B8WMHt6GkQxG/lives-less-ordinary-privacy-notice