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Past and present members of TSWI join Jonathan to talk about their favourite all-time interviews and how they capture something essential about the show's spirit.

A man from a prominent Shia family in Iraq converts to Christianity and is nearly killed. A man in China fakes health documents to save his wife's life. And a Hollywood producer survives a car crash and is now making movies again.

The “Ex” Files. A former London banker spills the beans, and bile, on investment banks. An ex-ballerina in Italy on starving herself to get roles. A former security guard in California recounts the threats he got from colleagues. And a former neo-Nazi on joining, and then leaving, the far right in Germany.

The “Ex” Files. A former London banker spills the beans, and bile, on investment banks. An ex-ballerina in Italy on starving herself to get roles. A former security guard in California recounts the threats he got from colleagues. And a former neo-Nazi on joining, and then leaving, the far right in Germany.

A man in North Carolina spends 13 years on death row but was innocent. A woman with cancer learns to laugh at herself. And a photographer in Germany takes photos of dead people to get over his fear of dying.

A woman escapes the Taliban and constraints of her own family to become a fashion model. A boy escapes Kabul and now creates landmine detectors. And a romance writer who doesn't care what the world thinks of her, and her 400 million books.

A man felt like a failure until he met with a sex coach. A sex coach explains her career choice. And a legendary sexologist argues that we’re still getting sex all wrong, even today.

A Canadian writer on the frustrations and humour of going blind. A Brazilian plastic surgeon on what she will, and won't, do to help her patients. An Indian inventor who nearly lost his marriage when he tried to create affordable sanitary napkins. And an Australian doctor-in-training whose bedside manner is a constant challenge: he has Asperger Syndrome.

A propaganda poet from North Korea sees Kim Jong-il wearing elevator shoes then flees the country. A musician celebrates his Congolese roots. And a writer from Afghanistan who risked his life to liberalize his country now drives a cab in Canada.

A Dutch woman nearly becomes an unwitting terrorist bomber. A budding lawyer in Toronto gets picked up by the police for a crime he never committed. A Ugandan ex-officer throws eggs at his president to make a point. And an Irish journalist recounts being incarcerated, wrongly, for internet fraud. A victim of identity theft, she struggles to clear her name.

A man who tests how true your 'true love' really is, a young man with Down's Syndrome searching for love, the Italian founder of 'The Ugly Club', a woman in London and her 'toy boys', and a gay man in the Netherlands on the meaning of Bruckner and latex underwear.

You see a tense situation developing. It looks bad, but you're not sure. When do you take a stand? Today's guests all have their own stories about taking a stand: from Nigeria, the US, Russia, Palestine and Kenya.

An Australian man whose blood donations have saved over two million babies, a woman who helped make the joyful reunion of former child soldiers and their families possible and a gang member in London turns his life around after a photographer takes pictures of him.

A Rwandan mother flees the 1994 genocide on foot, with her infant son in tow. An Australian girl riding a panicked horse heading for the highway sings a song to it and saves her life. A Polish neo-Nazi skinhead in Poland discovers his Jewish roots and turns to a rabbi for guidance and friendship.

Featuring Brother Colm O'Connell, the mild missionary monk in Kenya who is one of the most successful track coaches of all time. We meet an Afghan female boxer with Olympic dreams. Our show's editor explains how he came to understand the meaning of victory and a runner from Western Sahara forced to compete by the Moroccan government recounts a moment of rebellion.

A Tunisian escapes prison and runs 35 kilometres to be with his wife who's about to give birth. A young Dutch woman reveals how she became a prostitute – and then a recruiter – for so-called "Loverboys". And a mother of a "Loverboy" victim relives her fight to get her daughter back.

A Korean woman raised in the US finds out she isn't who she thought she was. An adopted man in the UK decides never to find out who his biological father is. And a man in Palestine discovers that he may have been switched at birth with another baby.

How an immigration official stopped detainees from killing themselves. How an Indian woman is now thriving after an acid attack damaged her face. And how a gay Palestinian man has finally found his real home.

An elderly Belgian woman says she wants to stay in her village even though she's pretty well the only person left. A woman gets her bike stolen in Amsterdam and goes out on a police sting to get it back. A bookseller in Jerusalem has discussions between Palestinians and Israelis but authorities want him out. A small farmer in Paraguay takes on big agro and his country's president. And a man in Warsaw gets his neighbourhood to clean itself up.

A teacher in the UK turns around a problem class, only to get fired. A teacher in Mexico sings songs to keep her class calm during a shooting. And a South African journalist believes that her ancestors may be calling her to become a sangoma, or traditional healer. But it's a calling she’d rather not heed.