1026 Episodes

  1. Revelations from El Salvador that healed my family

    Published: 11/5/2020

  2. 'She came back to the clinic dancing'

    Published: 11/4/2020

  3. Painting for our lives

    Published: 11/2/2020

  4. The celestial treasure hunters

    Published: 10/31/2020

  5. The stay-at-home mum who became a bodybuilding star

    Published: 10/29/2020

  6. I set up a radio station for aliens

    Published: 10/28/2020

  7. On the frontline against chemical warfare

    Published: 10/27/2020

  8. The black child raised by white supremacists

    Published: 10/26/2020

  9. Adventures of the of the bootleg-busting brothers

    Published: 10/24/2020

  10. The Guatemalan grandparents storming the disco

    Published: 10/22/2020

  11. Half a rotten apple: growing up in 70s China

    Published: 10/21/2020

  12. A dangerous obsession

    Published: 10/20/2020

  13. The space genius who needed a guide to life on earth

    Published: 10/19/2020

  14. The downfall of "The Screamers"

    Published: 10/17/2020

  15. The actor who’s been saying the same lines for 32 years

    Published: 10/15/2020

  16. Farming and Phil Collins taught me about love

    Published: 10/14/2020

  17. The black reverend who bought a Ku Klux Klan shop

    Published: 10/13/2020

  18. Abducted in war, saving lives in peace

    Published: 10/12/2020

  19. Why I didn’t make a sound for 12 years

    Published: 10/10/2020

  20. Sarajevo Siege - the band that drowned out the bombs

    Published: 10/8/2020

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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