Lives Less Ordinary

Lives Less Ordinary

Introducing a new season of five remarkable true stories in which love rises above prejudice, waits decades, crosses oceans and survives war. From India to Italy, Syria to the Bahamas, and the UK to the US, these are unforgettable stories that reveal how love can survive against the odds, heal old wounds and transform lives forever.

Lives Less Ordinary is a podcast from the BBC World Service that brings you the most incredible true stories from around the world. 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. Step into someone else’s life and expect the unexpected. Got a story to tell? Send an email to liveslessordinary@bbc.co.uk 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

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The secrets of a slave ship in an Alabama swamp

The secrets of a slave ship in an Alabama swamp

Journalist Ben Raines went in search of a sunken ship with a dark history.A phone call out of the blue had set him on his hunt for the Clotilda, an American vessel that had illegally transported ensla...

26 Joulu 202240min

Searching for my sister, the "keeper of memories"

Searching for my sister, the "keeper of memories"

Nakuset blocked out painful memories of being removed from her indigenous Canadian familyNakuset only goes by one name and it means "The Sun" in her indigenous Canadian culture. Born into an abusive h...

19 Joulu 202223min

Guns, guards, snarling dogs: a child migrant’s story

Guns, guards, snarling dogs: a child migrant’s story

Javier Zamora travelled alone from El Salvador to the US when he was just nine years old.He had been living with relatives after his parents migrated to the US, but longed to be in his mother’s arms. ...

12 Joulu 202256min

The Palestinian tapes, part 2

The Palestinian tapes, part 2

In 2020, Mo’min Swaitat unearthed a treasure trove of lost Palestinian music in an abandoned building. Out of thousands of dusty cassettes there was one that caught his eye: a bright yellow tape, comp...

5 Joulu 202234min

The Palestinian tapes, part 1

The Palestinian tapes, part 1

Mo’min Swaitat unearthed a vast trove of forgotten Palestinian music. Not only did it hold long-lost recordings of his own Bedouin family, but also a mysterious yellow cassette of protest songs set to...

28 Marras 202233min

I hit puberty, then burned down my family home

I hit puberty, then burned down my family home

At 18 Nikki Owen set fire to the family home – and she didn’t know why. Nikki awaited trial in solitary confinement, but her father searched for answers in medical science, and started working on a ...

21 Marras 202242min

He knocked on my door and said: 'I believe you'

He knocked on my door and said: 'I believe you'

How the friendship of a stranger helped Betsy Sailor when she needed it most. Betsy was living alone at university in the late 1970s when a man broke into her apartment and raped her at knifepoint. H...

14 Marras 202248min

My father’s hidden crimes

My father’s hidden crimes

Analía’s father was accused of being a government torturer — he said it was a lie.A phone call turned Analía Kalinec’s comfortable life upside down. Her father was accused of crimes committed during t...

7 Marras 202235min

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