Lives Less Ordinary

Have you ever locked eyes with a stranger and wondered, "What’s their story?" Step into someone else’s life and expect the unexpected. Extraordinary stories from around the world.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02s5rx7

Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 36m. Bisher sind 473 Folge(n) erschienen. .

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 10 days 21 hours 43 minutes

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Why I didn’t make a sound for 12 years


Marie McCreadie on her agony becoming mute at 13 and her shock and joy learning the cause


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 October 10, 2020  26m
 
 

Sarajevo Siege - the band that drowned out the bombs


How do you get Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson to play in a warzone?


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 October 8, 2020  39m
 
 

We found our baby on the subway


The couple who adopted a baby they found abandoned in a New York station


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 October 7, 2020  39m
 
 

My ancestors changed the lives of slaves in the US


Nettie Washington Douglass unites the bloodlines of two ex-slaves who became iconic names


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 October 6, 2020  22m
 
 

Ice Prince: The making of a Nigerian hip hop star


How personal loss and violent conflict shaped the career of Panshak Zamani aka Ice Prince


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 October 5, 2020  29m
 
 

I discovered my dad was a best-selling sex writer


Dying of Alzheimer's, Ira Alterman asked his daughter to help him write his final books


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 October 3, 2020  26m
 
 

"This is what a barrister looks like"


Alexandra Wilson is the young black woman changing the face of Britain’s legal system


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 October 1, 2020  35m
 
 

Surviving a chemical attack by a doomsday cult


How a bag leaking sarin in Tokyo led Atsushi Sakahara to seek answers from a cult member


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 September 29, 2020  21m
 
 

My ancestors were both slaves and slave owners


How a black Victorian footballer led Malik Al Nasir to discover his own complex history


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 September 28, 2020  21m
 
 

Vietnam's first family of rock ‘n’ roll


How a bunch of pre-teen kids became the biggest rock 'n' roll band in wartime Saigon


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 September 26, 2020  26m