Extraordinary Lives

Mike is a paedophile hunter. When we first met Mike in 2020, he would pose as 12-year-old children to try and entrap men online. Mike’s vigilante work saw him catch and confront offenders across the country. This time, Mike opens up about his own trauma that first led him to paedophile hunting and why he’s now quit the work for good. Warning: this episode covers some difficult and disturbing subje...

Jono Lancaster was born with Treacher Collins Syndrome. It’s a rare condition that means his face looks a little different to others. The condition caused Jono’s parents to abandon him at birth and for Jono to face bullying and torment growing up. We hear what happened when Jono reached out to his birth parents years later and how he eventually found the strength to love his face. Extraordinary Li...

In 2008, Sean Langan was captured by the Taliban whilst making a television documentary. He spent 12 weeks being held hostage in one of the most dangerous places on the planet. We hear how close Sean came to being killed and the difficult decisions he had to make along the way. Extraordinary Lives is a podcast from the team behind LADbible’s Minutes With. You can watch all of our videos here - htt...

Neil Woods spent fourteen years undercover infiltrating the UK’s biggest drugs gangs. He penetrated dangerous organisations across the country, living alongside the most notorious gang members. Neil talks us through the split-second decisions that stopped his cover being blown, plus why he thinks drugs decriminalisation is how we solve climate change. Extraordinary Lives is a podcast from the team...

Sweet Anita is one of the UK’s biggest Twitch streamers with 1.9m followers. Anita has Tourette’s syndrome but wasn’t diagnosed until she was 27 years old, after repeatedly being ignored by doctors and family. Anita describes the impact that Tourette’s has had on her life and tells us about the darker side of her online fame. Extraordinary Lives is a podcast from the team behind LADbible’s Minutes...

In this episode, we sit down with Aimen Dean - a former terrorist turned British spy. Aimen joined Al-Qaeda in the late 90s but soon had a change of heart. We hear how he was recruited by the British intelligence services and sent back to Afghanistan to spy on the world's most dangerous terrorist organisation, through 9/11 and the London bombings, before he was eventually exposed. Extraordinary Li...

This is Extraordinary Lives: The Minutes With Podcast.  In this episode, we talked to former international drug smuggler, Chet Sandhu.  Chet smuggled hundreds of thousands of pills across Europe in the 90s, paying off airport security with porn magazines. But he was eventually caught and did time in Europe’s most dangerous prison. You can find out more about Chet here: https://www.amazon.com/Self-...

Craig Harrison was a highly-trained British Army sniper, who’s best-known for once holding the world record for the longest kill. Craig was used to taking out Taliban machine gunners but his exceptional career took its toll, pushing him to the very brink. Warning: this episode contains some graphic descriptions and discussion of suicidal feelings. Extraordinary Lives is a podcast from the team beh...

Extraordinary Lives is a new podcast from the team behind LADbible’s Minutes With. In this series, we’ll be speaking to remarkable people - who each have a unique story to tell.  Spies, terrorists, hackers, gangsters, killers, people with particular conditions, and those who’ve lived unreal experiences. These are the stories that resonated the most with LADbible’s audience when they were originall...