Outlook - The man behind the 'leap of the century'

.sc-c-sounds-nav { position: relative; } .sc-c-sounds-nav__menu-button { display: none; } .sc-c-sounds-nav__items { max-height: 500px; visibility: visible; position: static; } .sc-c-sounds-nav__overlay { display: none; } @media screen and (max-width: 659px) { .sc-c-sounds-nav__wrapper { padding-bottom: 0px; } .sc-c-sounds-nav__wordmark-link { padding-bottom: 18px; } }

Sounds home page

91热爆
Music
Podcasts
My Sounds

Outlook - The man behind the 'leap of the century' - 91热爆 Sounds

Outlook

The man behind the 'leap of the century'The man behind the 'leap of the century'

Released On: 30 Oct 2024

Available for over a year

Bob Beamon smashed world records at the 鈥�68 Olympics, then wondered: what next?

More episodes

Programme Website

Coming Up Next

听
now playing
Outlook
The man behind the 'leap of the century'
Bob Beamon smashed world records at the 鈥�68 Olympics, then wondered: what next?
40 mins
Outlook
How I got a seat at the Good Friday Agreement
Monica McWilliams overcame misogyny to take her place at Northern Ireland鈥檚 peace talks
40 mins
Outlook
Outlook Mixtape: Negotiating peace and a jaw-dropping leap
Your bonus edition with the stories we love this week
40 mins
Outlook
How my mysterious childhood became a best-selling novel
Trent Dalton discovered he was on the fringe of one of Australia鈥檚 hugest crime stories
40 mins
Outlook
I became a cycling champion 鈥� but I was booed
From a broken bike to British champion 鈥� Maurice Burton had to battle his way to the top
40 mins
Outlook
A kidnap, a betrayal, and a letter that tore open the past
Alegra鈥檚 earliest memory is being abducted. At 40, she comes to understand what happened
40 mins
Outlook
The Lijadu Sisters: Nigeria鈥檚 twin Afropop pioneers
Yeye Taiwo Lijadu and her twin Kehinde daringly sang songs of protest in 1970s Nigeria
40 mins
Outlook
Outlook Mixtape: Rocky paths and fearless futures
Your bonus edition with the stories we love
40 mins
Outlook
Saving New York's African burial ground
Peggy King Jorde on doing the right thing for some of the first Africans in North America
40 mins
Outlook
Saved by goats after my fall from the sacred mountain
When he slid off a 40-metre cliff in the jungle, Morgan Segui thought he was sure to die
40 mins
Outlook
Making sense of a childhood hidden from apartheid
Milisuthando Bongela grew up under apartheid but didn't realise until it was over
40 mins
Outlook
The long climb back
Climbing took a beloved friend of Gus Taylor鈥檚 but ultimately also gave Gus his life back
40 mins
Outlook
Outlook Mixtape: Goats to the rescue and the Afropop twins
Your bonus edition with the stories we love this week
40 mins
Outlook
I could never paint my teenage son 鈥� until I lost him
Artist Alison Lapper on painting Parys, her late, 鈥榯oo beautiful鈥� teenage son
40 mins
Outlook
Bringing my mother tongue to the music industry
Bolivian Luzmila Carpio was stopped from singing in Quechua, but she fought to be heard
40 mins
Outlook
Bernhard Schlink: Forbidden love and a dangerous escape
The famed author of The Reader risked it all to get his girlfriend out of East Berlin
40 mins
Outlook
The journalist who took down a billion-dollar company
Dan McCrum investigated a story at Wirecard that had him fearing for his safety
40 mins
Outlook
Outlook Mixtape: The tip-off, a seagull, and a lover鈥檚 escape
Your bonus edition with the stories we love this week
40 mins
听

Cymraeg
Gaeilge
骋脿颈诲丑濒颈驳

Contacts, Privacy and Information
Help with Signing In
Newsletter