Podcast Episodes

Coming up in the new season of Lives Less Ordinary

A heads-up on some of the extraordinary stories to look forward to from September - from a long-lost son, to the sole survivor of a plane crash, to Afghanistan’s answer to Bruce Lee. We're back with …

Published on 4 months ago

Hold Fast! 8. Our duty is done

As the Avontuur draws closer to Hamburg and its final port of call, the crew begin to reflect on what they’ve been through and what awaits them in their lives back on land.

Narrated by Siobhán McSwee…

Published on 4 months ago

Hold Fast! 7. I want to hug a cow

After 188 days without setting foot on land, the Avontuur finally arrives in Horta, in the Azores. But it's by no means certain whether the crew will be able to get off the ship.

Narrated by Siobhán …

Published on 4 months ago

Hold Fast! 6. Unicorn poo

As the crew of the Avontuur fight their way out of the Gulf of Mexico and battle a hurricane that delays their journey back across the Atlantic, ship’s cook Giulia faces the spectre of food and gas s…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Hold Fast! 5. No better mirror than the sea

The crew of the Avontuur begin to wonder whether they will ever be able to get off the ship. As they become resigned to their new life of being completely confined to the ship, things become increasi…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Hold Fast! 4. Taking the biscuit

Unable to step off the ship, tensions are rising amongst the crew of the Avontuur and coping mechanisms begin to emerge. When the dry store is raided and boxes of biscuits go missing, ship’s cook Giu…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Hold Fast! 3. The world as you know it no longer exists

In the middle of the Atlantic, the crew of the Avontuur receive a satellite email with news from land that throws everything they’d been counting on to the winds. Their mission and schedule are in di…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Hold Fast! 2. I didn’t know the sea was so big

The Avontuur begins the second leg of its journey, setting out from Tenerife to cross the Atlantic. At work in the galley preparing breakfast, ship’s cook Giulia Baccosi learns that the night watch n…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Hold Fast! 1. Signs from the universe

15 people, 188 days at sea, one extraordinary ship: how the Avontuur was locked out at sea during the Covid-19 pandemic.

What would you do if your world shrunk to 300 square metres, and you had no say…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

My way out of the woods

A corporate high-flyer ended up living in a forest after a spiral of debt, shame and secrecy.

After avoiding a mounting debt to his landlord, Australian Mic Whitty’s life started to crumble. Instead o…

Published on 5 months ago