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First broadcast: on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service East Asia
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Arno Michaelis was a white supremacist and the lead singer of a rock band who sang racist songs but in 2012 he turned his back on his past and now works to improve race relations. Show more
27 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean
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Mahmoud Abushgewa, the champion boxer who defied Gaddafi and paid a heavy price; stories of living and working in some of the world's coldest and most remote regions. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service East Asia
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Aqeela Asifi is the Afghan teacher who set up a school in Pakistan's Kot Chandana refugee camp. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service East Asia
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Jennifer Klinec travelled to Iran to learn cookery but ended up meeting her husband. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service Australasia
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Stories about Sound. Including, the pianoman of the Ukrainian frontline, a sound recordist from the slums of Kenya, and how to learn to talk with Jazz music. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC World ServiceLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service South Asia
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In the '80s Alexandra Stein was living in San Francisco and was very involved in political activities. But she got in with a group that controlled every aspect of her life. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service South Asia
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A year ago today, Islamist gunmen stormed into French magazine Charlie Hebdo and shot 11 people dead. Journalist Philippe Lancon was hit in the face, hands and arm but survived. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
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Two stories of men whose lives were changed by horses. Then they used horses to change the world. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
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The vet saving zoo animals in war zones and the convicted drug-trafficker who beat the odds to become a lawyer Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
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The family that spent years searching for golden treasure on the sea bed and two Indian women wrestlers going for the glory of a gold medal. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean
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An extraordinary story of friendship: Margot Van Sluytman not only forgave, but became close friends with the man who murdered her father. Show more
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Jo Fidgen talks to three women growing up in the shadow of their fathers. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean
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Zimbabwean Tonderai Chavhanga grew up in poverty but became a record-breaking Springbok. Show more
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Alex Hanscombe explains how he's overcome the trauma of seeing his mum, Rachel Nickell, murdered in front of him in a London park when he was two-years-old. Show more
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Harry ran 5km and swam through a crocodile infested river after suffering burns to 49% of his body. Show more
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Souad Mekhennet has spent 20 years covering Islamic inspired extremism. She managed to gain the extremists' trust partly because her background is similar to some of theirs. Show more
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Cynthia Cheroitich, who hid from gunmen for two days, Zero Freitas' five million record collection, Nobel Peace Prize nominee Victor Ochen on employing his brother's kidnapper Show more
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How Arhe Hamednaca went from a child soldier in Eritrea to a politician in Sweden. Show more
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Dr Ahmad Sarmast runs a music school in Kabul. He told Jo Fidgen about a Taliban suicide bomb that took place during a performance, killing one and impairing his own hearing. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service Online
Sex change boxing star; Fleeing Communist East Germany in hot air balloon; Afghan musician defies Taliban; From Eritrean child soldier to Swedish MP; Cape Town's animal sound man Show more
