Life Changing
By BBC Radio 4
In this series Dr Sian Williams talks to people who have lived through extraordinary events that have set their lives on an entirely different course.
This podcast is all about the human experience, how people deal with obstacles that turn their lives upside down. The journeys are not always straightforward and there are often some remarkable discoveries along the way.
Would you like to appear on the podcast? Do you have an extraordinary story to tell? We'd love to hear from you: [email protected]
Latest episode
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Finding a Voice
A young mother faces life without her voice. -
Introducing Lives Less Ordinary
Step into someone else’s life and expect the unexpected. Extraordinary personal stories -
Missing the bus
An English boy goes from homelessness in LA's Skid Row to Basketball stardom. -
Buried Trauma
A grandmother's final recognition and relief from a long buried childhood trauma. -
Hostage Survival
A hostage survivor explains why survival is the first step on a long road. -
Introducing the new series of Life Changing
Dr Sian Edwards looks forward to another series of extraordinary stories. -
The crocodile, the twins and the bond that saved them
Georgia and Melissa are swimming in a Mexican lagoon, when one of them is dragged under. -
'I will make amends'
In 1988 experienced medical doctor Tony answers a call for help — it nearly breaks him. -
Excluded
Marginalised his whole life, aged 24, Tier demands a reckoning with the education system. -
Chérie
Su’s in a race against time to finally meet her birth mother, on the last day of her life.