1026 Episodes

  1. The lawyer, the chemical giant, and the contaminated water

    Published: 6/15/2020

  2. The teenager who survived the Manchester bombing

    Published: 6/13/2020

  3. Wrongfully convicted of murdering my parents

    Published: 6/12/2020

  4. Voyage to the bitter deep

    Published: 6/10/2020

  5. My powerful sideburns and other beard stories

    Published: 6/9/2020

  6. The forbidden marriage and the legal loophole

    Published: 6/8/2020

  7. Heavy Metal's Groundbreaking Grandma

    Published: 6/6/2020

  8. How do you deal with coronavirus in a war zone?

    Published: 6/4/2020

  9. The cookbook that became a lifeline

    Published: 6/3/2020

  10. My part in a historic hostage rescue

    Published: 6/2/2020

  11. Behind the doors of the lockdown museums

    Published: 6/1/2020

  12. The Australian who woke up speaking Mandarin

    Published: 5/30/2020

  13. Students by day and hostage negotiators by night

    Published: 5/28/2020

  14. The weird world I was warned to keep secret

    Published: 5/27/2020

  15. My search for my sister, the "keeper of memories"

    Published: 5/26/2020

  16. The woman in lockdown with 70 spiders

    Published: 5/25/2020

  17. How I created the first Chinese Superman character

    Published: 5/21/2020

  18. The refugee lawyer prosecuting IS war crimes

    Published: 5/20/2020

  19. Beyond the bushfires: a koala doctor's story

    Published: 5/19/2020

  20. Wynton Marsalis: the making of a jazzman

    Published: 5/18/2020

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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