Warning: This programme contains descriptions of mental and sexual abuse which you may find distressing.

In the 1970s child sexual abuse was rarely talked about and for some people, barely understood. So when a trusted member of the community called Bob Berchtold inveigled himself into the Broberg family's lives, becoming like a second father to their three girls, nothing seemed out of place. Berchtold went on to kidnap 12-year-old Jan Broberg, twice, brainwashing her with an elaborate conspiracy that aliens were in charge and the world would end unless she had a baby with him. Decades on, Jan and her mother Mary Ann talk frankly to Jo Fidgen about how the abuser fooled the whole family - and how they eventually rebuilt their lives.

This interview contains themes of child sexual abuse which may be difficult and triggering to hear.

Details of organisations offering information and support for victims of child sexual abuse are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline

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Presenter: Jo Fidgen

Producer: Sophie Eastaugh

Picture: Jan Broberg as a child with her abuser Bob Berchtold

Credit: Courtesy Jan Broberg

T La Rock grew up in New York's Bronx and is seen by many as a pioneer of the Hip Hop music genre. He became the first artist to be recorded by Def Jam records and performed around the world, but that all came to a halt when he was attacked and left with 70% memory loss. Struggling to recover, he ended up in a Jewish nursing home where he found an unlikely group of supporters who helped him to perform again. Jo Fidgen spoke to him in 2018.

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Presenter: Jo Fidgen

Producer: Katy Takatsuki

Image: 'T La Rock'

Credit: Stijn Coppens

Jason Rezaian was the Washington Post's bureau chief in Tehran. But a tongue-in-cheek campaign to bring avocados to the country caught the attention of the authorities and landed him in Iran's most notorious prison. Jason wrote a book about his experience called Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison. This episode was first released on 4th April 2019.

Presenter: Emily Webb

Producer: Maryam Maruf

Image: Jason Rezaian

Credit: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Getty Images

When the Islamic State group seized control of Mosul in 2014, the local historian Omar Mohammed made a promise to himself and his city: document everything, trust no one. He created the anonymous blog Mosul Eye and risked his life to secretly report the daily atrocities committed by the militants. He lived next door to a senior IS commander and sometimes even went incognito as a baker, grocer or taxi driver just to get more information. It was work that could get him killed and no one knew he was Mosul Eye – not even his mother. But soon, the double life that Omar was leading began taking its toll. Would his cover get blown?

Presenter: Emily Webb

Producer: Maryam Maruf and Andrea Kennedy

Picture: Omar Mohammed

Credit: International Festival of Journalism

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When skipper Kevin Escoffier’s boat broke in half during a storm during the famous Vendée Globe sailing race, he found himself drifting in a life raft, alone at sea. He sent out one text message before his phone died, it said: I am sinking. This is not a joke. MAYDAY. His competitor Jean Le Cam received his distress signal and changed course find him. But when he arrived it was getting dark and there was no sign of Kevin...

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Presenter: Emily Webb

Producer: Laura Thomas

Picture: Kevin Escoffier's rescue

Credit: Marine Nationale / Défense

Shirazee is a Beninese musician who's had to hustle hard for success. Born Paolo Prudencio, he experienced a violent robbery, a freak casino win, and a stint of homelessness, before establishing himself as a musician in New York. Now he's got a music deal, and he's even collaborating with the British musician Sting. Shirazee spoke to Outlook's Emily Webb.

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Presenter: Emily Webb

Producer: Harry Graham and Deiniol Buxton

Photo: Shirazee

Credit: Emmanuel Agbeble

Nick and Diane Marson's flight was diverted after the 9/11 attacks. In the wake of one of the darkest periods in modern history, they met each other and found love on a remote island. Their story inspired the musical Come From Away. This interview was first broadcast in 2019.

Karl-Heinz Martens is a retired German postman who had a very unusual beat - he delivered thousands of letters to a 600-year-old tree known as Bridegroom's Oak. They were love letters, written by people in the hope that a potential partner might read them and reply. This interview was first broadcast in 2018.

Meg and Elena were living oceans apart in Canada and Russia when they met in an online chatroom. Elena's family in Russia couldn't accept that she was in love with a woman so the couple came up with a daring escape plan. They decided to sail tens of thousands of kilometres across the open seas even though they didn't have the skills or experience for such a challenge. This interview was first broadcast in 2018.

How love blossomed in a recording studio between two Italian dub artists who provide the voices for George Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer. Francesco Pannofino and Emanuela Rossi reveal the secrets of their success in front of and behind the microphone. This interview was first broadcast in 2019.

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Presenter: Emily Webb

Producers: Saskia Edwards, Harry Graham, Katy Davis, Maryam Maruf

Picture: A wedding party underneath the Bridegroom's Oak, circa 1900

Credit: Archiv TI Eutin

Opetaia Foa'i grew up in Samoa surrounded by the island's rhythms, sounds and songs. But surviving wasn't easy and his family moved to the city of Auckland in New Zealand. As he grew up in this new environment he began to look into his roots and started to make music about his voyager ancestors. It caught the eye of producers at Walt Disney Animation Studios who wanted him to co-write the music for their upcoming movie Moana, about a Pacific Island teenager trying to save her community. Opetaia Foa'i made sure the smash hit movie stayed true to Pacific culture - writing the soundtrack's lyrics in Samoan and Tokelauan and turning to his daughter Olivia Foa'i to sing.

Although we couldn't include the music from the movie in this podcast, if you'd like to hear this interview in its full musical glory, you can listen to the original episode on BBC Sounds, just search for Moana: the Polynesian family behind the smash hit songs.

Olivia has a new solo album out called Candid.

Presenter: Emily Webb

Producers: June Christie & Mariana Des Forges

Picture: Opetaia and Olivia Foa'i at the Disney premiere of Moana

Credit: Supplied by Julie Foa'i

As a child Patricia Pérez would accompany her grandmother on incredible adventures in Chile's Atacama Desert. There they would search for unique herbs and plants by day and sleep in caves at night. Her grandmother would sell the herbs they found in markets and Patricia is now taking that tradition one step further. She started a company called La Atacameña and the herbs she forages are being used by five star hotels, a chocolate company and a restaurant that has been named one of the best in the world.

With music from Inti-Illimani.

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Picture: Patricia Pérez foraging

Credit: Isidora Pérez

Kathrine Switzer is a US runner whose dream - back in 1967 - was to be allowed to run a marathon. Back then there was a belief that women were physically incapable of doing such long distances, and it could even be dangerous for their health. Kathrine was 20 when she signed up for the world famous Boston Marathon using only her initials, but when she was spotted by race official Jock Semple he attacked her, outraged that a woman was running in the men-only event. Photos of that moment went across the world, and changed Kathrine’s life and the future of the sport. She went on to campaign for women’s official inclusion in the Boston Marathon in 1972, helped create the first women’s road race, and was instrumental in making the women’s marathon an official Olympic event in 1984.

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Presenter: Jo Fidgen

Producer: Rebecca Vincent

Picture: Kathrine Switzer is accosted by race official Jock Semple at the 1967 Boston Marathon

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