1026 Episodes

  1. The lightning bolt that made me a music maestro

    Published: 4/15/2020

  2. Why I dive on my birthday

    Published: 4/14/2020

  3. I believe my dog’s nose saved my life

    Published: 4/13/2020

  4. Literary SOS

    Published: 4/11/2020

  5. The NYC doctor hiding his fear fighting Covid-19

    Published: 4/9/2020

  6. Why I thought my baby had devil’s eyes

    Published: 4/8/2020

  7. How to home-school: Lessons from Bolivia and Alaska

    Published: 4/7/2020

  8. Coming out made me a world-class rugby referee

    Published: 4/6/2020

  9. The school teacher who couldn’t read

    Published: 4/4/2020

  10. My patients fought Aids, I fought the system

    Published: 4/2/2020

  11. My Fiancé – Jamal Khashoggi

    Published: 4/1/2020

  12. Inside the mind of a teenage neo-Nazi

    Published: 3/31/2020

  13. My life as a frontline doctor in Afghanistan

    Published: 3/30/2020

  14. How I turn prisoners into violin virtuosos

    Published: 3/28/2020

  15. I fled North Korea for playing the wrong song

    Published: 3/26/2020

  16. Crowns and controversy at Miss World 1970

    Published: 3/25/2020

  17. My close encounters with Escobar’s hippos

    Published: 3/24/2020

  18. How to thrive in isolation

    Published: 3/23/2020

  19. The violin maker's salvation

    Published: 3/21/2020

  20. My love letter ticket out of Venezuela

    Published: 3/19/2020

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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