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Love in the time of revolution, part 1
Pepe and Lucía: the guerrilla lovers who became the leaders of Uruguay
When they were younger, José Pepe Mujica and Lucía Topolansky separately joined…
2 years, 3 months ago
An author, his cellmate, and a new beginning
When award-winning author Alex Wheatle was sentenced to nine months in prison at the age of 18, he thought his life was over.
Alex had been born in L…
2 years, 3 months ago
Scams and poetry in Moscow’s underbelly
Eric Ngalle is now a poet and academic in the Welsh capital of Cardiff, but it's his experiences as a people-trafficked teenager that inspire much of…
2 years, 3 months ago
Introducing Amazing Sport Stories
Sport but not as you know it. A brand new sports storytelling podcast.
Imagine being stranded in the “death zone” on one of the world’s highest mounta…
2 years, 3 months ago
Unmasking my best friend
Reality TV producer Johnathan Walton found himself in a plot he couldn't have dreamt up.
It all started when a woman helped him when he was locked ou…
2 years, 3 months ago
Becoming Gamal, part 2: Behind the badge
Gamal Turawa has lived many lives - but never fitted in.
First as a black British boy adopted into a white family, then hoodwinked by his father and e…
2 years, 4 months ago
Becoming Gamal, part 1: Magic and misadventure
Gamal Turawa has lived many lives - but never fitted in
As the first openly gay black officer in London's Metropolitan Police, he struggled to find hi…
2 years, 4 months ago
The fisherman and the 'spy whale'
Joar Hesten's mission to save a whale rumoured to have escaped from the Russian navy.
Norwegian Joar Hesten was fishing for cod in the Arctic when he …
2 years, 4 months ago
Brazil's loneliest fan and his footballing fairytale
Tiago Rech went viral when he was the only supporter in the stands at his club's game.
In 2012 Tiago Rech was the only fan at a big away match for his…
2 years, 4 months ago
Love, Loss and 'Project 22'
Fleur Pierets and Julian Boom wanted to wed in every country that allowed gay marriage.
After falling in love at first sight, the artist couple planne…
2 years, 5 months ago