Podcast Episodes

I save chimpanzees and they've saved me

Stany Nyandwi's rescued chimpanzees helped him through war and loneliness.

As a young boy Stany made money selling sugarcane and worked as a 'houseboy' for families in Burundi's capital city Bujumbura…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

Who is this kneeling man?

My search for the truth about my father and Martin Luther King’s assassination.

Leta McCollough Seletzky grew up knowing that her father was the ‘kneeling man’, photographed tending to the head wound …

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

How I survived a pirate hijack

Marine engineer Chirag Bahri was trapped for eight gruelling months on a chemical tanker.

Chirag loved his job working in the engine rooms of huge commercial ships. But in May 2010, while sailing thro…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

Love, war, and the cutting room floor

Mariam and Mohammed are Yemeni filmmakers who turned the lens on their own relationship.

Mariam Al-Dhubhani and Mohammed Al-Jaberi's love story started in friendship, and it didn't take long before th…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

Love, war, and the cutting room floor

Mariam and Mohammed are Yemeni filmmakers who turned the lens on their own relationship. Mariam Al-Dhubhani and Mohammed Al-Jaberi's love story started in friendship, and it didn't take long before t…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

He was almost a mass shooter – an act of kindness stopped him

Aaron Stark now works to raise awareness around why mass attacks happen.

Aaron had a chaotic and violent childhood, and by the time he was a teenager he was homeless, angry and traumatised. At his low…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

Teenage dreams on the Indian Ocean

At the age of 13 Laura Dekker fought for her right to sail solo around the world.

Laura comes from a family of sailing enthusiasts, and her father taught her the ropes early. By 11 years old she was s…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

'Don't anger the monster', part 2

Rowena Chiu was kept silent for 20 years by former film boss Harvey Weinstein. Rowena thought that speaking up about her alleged sexual assault by Weinstein would end up with him in court. But instea…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

'Don't anger the monster', part 1

Rowena Chiu on surviving the Hollywood sexual predator Harvey Weinstein.

Rowena was just 24 when she became an assistant to Weinstein at his film company. She knew he was a difficult boss, but nothing…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Sugar sandwiches and smarts: a poor kid's fairytale ending

Raised by addicts, Dr Katriona O'Sullivan defied the odds to become a university lecturer.

Her parents were addicted to heroin, she was neglected and not fed. But for the care she received from two i…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago