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The mortician, the "werewolf" and the keeper of brains
Alexandra Morton-Hayward unlocks the secrets of the human brain but her own betrays her.
Every night Ally Morton-Hayward has a headache so painful it…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
José Mujica: Guerilla, president and occasional romantic
Remembering the former president of Uruguay: José 'Pepe' Mujica. He started life as a flower farmer on the outskirts of Montevideo. As a young man he…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
The true story behind Brazil’s Oscar winner, I’m Still Here
Marcelo Rubens Paiva was 11 when armed men came and took his father away. Brazil was under a military dictatorship at the time. Marcelo's father was …
10 months ago
The blind Holocaust survivor who caught a fugitive Nazi
Lothar Hermann found out his neighbour was ‘architect of the Holocaust’ Adolf Eichmann.
Lothar Hermann’s German-Jewish family perished in the Holocaus…
10 months, 1 week ago
Searching for green in a concrete world
Kwesia X grew up in south-east London, surrounded by busy roads and tower blocks. As a teenager her mental health spiralled after a member of her fam…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Painting faces in search of myself and my mum
Juano Diaz was taken in to care aged six, his mother was battling alcoholism and he wasn't being cared for. But Juano missed his mum and with no phot…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
The former wrestler who wants your brain
Former Harvard athlete Chris Nowinski turned World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) star after a reality TV show catapulted him into the world of profes…
11 months ago
Swimming blind: my journey to self-acceptance
From Paralympic pools to the English Channel, Melanie Barratt took on the toughest swim of her life — laying to rest her demons, and honouring her be…
11 months, 1 week ago
The painful secret I hid from my twin
After a terrible motorbike accident 18-year-old Alex Lewis was left with no memory of his previous life. The only person he could remember was Marcus…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Introducing Dear Daughter
A bonus episode from Dear Daughter - the award-winning podcast from the BBC World Service. You can find more episodes by searching for 'Dear Daughter…
11 months, 2 weeks ago