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Overcoming nerves and politics to sing on the top stages

South African soprano Golda Schultz had an unlikely start to her career

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‘Fear cannot be your editor’ Lessons of a defiant journalist

From violent revolutionaries to corrupt politicians, Gustavo Gorriti tackled them all

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The boy who hid from Nazis in the woods, part 1

Maxwell Smart survived the Holocaust by living in a makeshift bunker on the forest floor

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The boy who hid from Nazis in the woods, part 2

Maxwell Smart survived the Holocaust by living in a makeshift bunker on the forest floor

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Outlook Mixtape: we want your stories!

We love these stories, sent in by listeners. And we're always on the lookout for more...

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Africa’s first priest to declare HIV-positive status

Rev. Canon Gideon Byamugisha is Africa's first priest to publicly reveal his HIV status

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One mother's lasting love, faith and fight for change

Mina Smallman campaigns to end violence against women after the murder of her daughters

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On the ropes: The battle for Kellie Maloney

Kellie Maloney managed boxing champion Lennox Lewis. But their success masked a secret

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Parrot power: The woman who revealed birds are not bird-brained

Irene Pepperberg and her parrot Alex transformed our understanding of bird intelligence

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Outlook Mixtape: Busting HIV stigma and a power parrot

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Love, grief, and an AI chatbot

Joshua created an AI simulation of his deceased fiancée to help him deal with his loss

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How my 'Sandpit monster' became an urban myth

After a scare in a swamp, Ron Gollobin told people he’d bumped into a monstrous creature

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My grandfather was the biggest mass murderer in history

Kai Hoss discovered his grandfather had been the head of the Auschwitz concentration camp

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Finding joy in Persian food after fleeing my homeland

Cooking Iranian dishes helped rebuild Atoosa Sepehr after she left an unhappy marriage

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Outlook Mixtape: AI conversations and a ‘Sandpit Monster’

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When my football league fell apart, so did I

Soccer player Lisa Wrightsman got sober and found her way back to the beautiful game

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Books set me free but being a writer in Sudan put me in jail

Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin is the first ever novelist to have his books banned in Sudan

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Sing Sing prison theatre group: How acting gave us a future

A band of inmates in a maximum security prison find freedom and healing in performance

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'Drop your guns and go to school'

How the horrors of war inspired a musician’s calls for peace

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Outlook Mixtape: On stage and pitch – theatres of change

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The Holocaust survivor who became a TikTok star

Remembering the courage and determination of Lily Ebert

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The bullet that ended our friendship

Paul Rousseau was accidentally shot in the head by his best friend and flatmate

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The fraud: Holding the powerful to account, with accounting

A passion for bookkeeping led Jim Mitzelfeld to break the biggest story of his career

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Joy 2.0: From retired teacher to battle rapper

When Joy France hit 50, she decided to try new things - and became a rapper

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Outlook Mixtape: It’s never too late to be a battle rapper – or a TikTok star

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The cricket star who learned to fly

Ricky Ellcock’s rollercoaster life as a fast bowler and airline pilot

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After doomsday: I outgrew a cult and became a professor

When the world fails to end Jerald Walker is left searching for something to believe in

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Why I built a media empire in Afghanistan

Saad Mohseni saw news from Afghanistan being ignored – and wanted to change things

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A trunk, forgotten films and my mother’s pioneering legacy

Nina Collins on her celebrated film maker mother Kathleen

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Outlook Mixtape: Secret worlds and second lives

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