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Extraordinary Senses: The Attack that Made Me a Maths Genius

Jason Padgett was a party animal before a vicious attack turned him into a maths prodigy

• 41 mins

Extraordinary Senses: Amputee Who Could Touch Again

Dennis Aabo Sørensen was the first amputee to feel touch through a prosthetic

• 18 mins

Extraordinary Senses: The Cyborg Who Hears in Colour

Neil Harbisson underwent a controversial surgery to allow him to hear colour

• 19 mins

Extraordinary Senses: Smelling Things That Don't Exist

Alix Fox says certain emotions and locations elicit phantom smells

• 16 mins

Rescued by a Cruise Ship in a Hurricane

Edward Potter's fishing boat sank during Hurricane Irma

• 21 mins

The Corrupt Cop and The Innocent Man

How one man’s lies led to the wrongful conviction of 62 people and an unlikely friendship

• 24 mins

Extraordinary Senses: The Chef Who Couldn't Taste

Grant Achatz was running a famous restaurant when he was diagnosed with tongue cancer

• 26 mins

I Learned My Mum's Identity via SMS

It would take My Huong decades to uncover the truth about her birth family in Vietnam

• 40 mins

The Volunteer Who Caught a Killer

Therese Tang is a volunteer with Missing People Sweden

• 26 mins

My Road Trips with Martin Luther King

How a white teenager accidentally became the personal chauffeur to a civil rights leader

• 18 mins

Cutting Stars’ Hair and Overcoming Addiction

Former drug addict Chris McMillan on how he created Jennifer Aniston’s iconic hairstyle

• 23 mins

Addicted to My Son's Addiction

The American father and son whose struggle with addiction inspired the film Beautiful Boy

• 26 mins

Discovering I’d Been Sterilised

Navajo woman Jean Whitehorse learned she’d been sterilised when her appendix was removed

• 23 mins

A Sister's Search for Justice

Stefano Cucchi died after he was arrested. Ilaria Cucchi wanted the truth

• 23 mins

One of the ‘Most Dangerous People’ in the World

The tobacco industry saw campaigning doctor Judith Mackay as a serious threat

• 15 mins

The Pop Star with a Prison Past

Nathi Mankayi spent four years in a South African prison. He’s now a music sensation

• 17 mins

Escape From Abu Ghraib

The dramatic life of a scientist who refused to build an atomic bomb for Saddam Hussein

• 26 mins

Police killed our sons, together we seek justice

Maria Hamilton and Doretha Lock were united by the shooting of their sons in the US

• 22 mins

Breaking the Silence on Domestic Abuse

Maria Maidana has spoken out about her experience of abuse to help others in Argentina

• 18 mins

The Transgender Boxer Making History

Patricio Manuel is the first professional transgender boxer in the United States

• 17 mins

The Making of a Fashion Icon

André Leon Talley went from a modest life in North Carolina, to Vogue magazine

• 16 mins

My Life as a Millennial Yoruba Priestess

Omitonade’s world of deities, divination, and mobile phones

• 26 mins

The Story of My Face Transplant

Cameron Underwood's operation united him with the mother of his donor and his surgeon

• 81 mins

A Sex Tape was Used to Silence Me

Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova was blackmailed after investigating corruption

• 20 mins

The Mountaineers Breaking Race Barriers

Rosemary Saal was part of the first all African-American team to climb Denali

• 15 mins

Making Contact with a Remote Tribe

The Indian anthropologist who made friendly contact with a remote Sentinelese tribe

• 14 mins

Sewing to Survive

The Cambodian child dressmaker who achieved her fashion dreams

• 22 mins

The North Korean Diver and the Octopus

Park Myongho defected from North Korea and now spends his days diving for octopuses

• 20 mins

What Stopped Me from Becoming a Killer

Hyppolite Ntigurirwa saw his father killed in the Rwandan genocide. He wanted revenge

• 19 mins

Using a Tampon Nearly Killed Me

Lauren Wasser lost both her legs after suffering a rare case of toxic shock syndrome

• 20 mins