Alan Dein searches for the stories that connect us in a changing world.
Published on Tuesday, 29th December 2020.
Alan Dein searches for the stories that connect us in a changed world.
Published on Tuesday, 22nd December 2020.
Published on Tuesday, 15th December 2020.
Alan Dein searches for the stories that connect us in a changed world. New series.
Published on Monday, 14th December 2020.
Alan Dein talks to people around the world about the challenges of family life in lockdown
Published on Monday, 11th May 2020.
Alan connects with people around the world, looking to the day they restart their lives.
Published on Friday, 17th April 2020.
Alan Dein connects with people around the world seeking calm during the pandemic.
Published on Wednesday, 15th April 2020.
Alan Dein connects with individuals whose lives have shifted in the coronavirus pandemic.
Published on Wednesday, 1st April 2020.
Born in one place, living in another? Highs and lows of feeling different from the rest.
Published on Friday, 13th September 2019.
Alan Dein hears from a single mother in Venezuela and a Sri Lankan personal trainer.
Published on Friday, 6th September 2019.
Alan Dein speaks to a young gay man in China and a woman in Egypt troubled by extremism
Published on Wednesday, 4th September 2019.
Malibu - heaven on earth - but when disaster comes what rises from the ashes?
Published on Tuesday, 26th March 2019.
Alan Dein speaks to strangers around the world about life on and off the road.
Published on Tuesday, 19th March 2019.
Alan Dein connects with strangers across the world, exploring the question of identity.
Published on Tuesday, 12th March 2019.
Alan Dein connects with strangers across the world, exploring what it means to belong.
Published on Tuesday, 5th March 2019.
Alan Dein connects with strangers around the world to hear how art has changed their lives
Published on Saturday, 16th December 2017.
Alan Dein connects with strangers around the world, each with a story of exile.
Published on Saturday, 9th December 2017.
Alan Dein encounters random strangers online and hears extraordinary stories of tolerance.
Published on Saturday, 2nd December 2017.
Alan Dein connects with random strangers each, in their own way, isolated.
Published on Monday, 27th November 2017.
Alan Dein talks to people in Korea, Uganda and India about parental expectations.
Published on Saturday, 18th November 2017.
Alan Dein travels the world via the internet, talking to people surviving against the odds
Published on Saturday, 11th November 2017.
Alan Dein talks to his Facebook friends across America about the election of Donald Trump.
Published on Sunday, 13th November 2016.
Alan Dein hears the real-life dramas of strangers in Nepal, Panama and Tanzania.
Published on Tuesday, 19th July 2016.
Alan Dein tells the moving story of 3 years in the life of Hank and Norma from Arkansas.
Published on Monday, 11th July 2016.
Alan Dein hears from a man in Pennsylvania accused of bewitching and killing his wife.
Published on Wednesday, 6th July 2016.
Alan Dein embarks on a new series of nocturnal conversations with random strangers online.
Published on Monday, 27th June 2016.
Alan Dein explores dependency, hearing from people from Ireland, Australia and Singapore.
Published on Friday, 13th March 2015.
Alan Dein connects with the world online to hear surprising stories of personal identity.
Published on Friday, 6th March 2015.
A girl who has to decide between education and virtue tells Alan Dein her story.
Published on Friday, 27th February 2015.
Alan Dein speaks to people who, through choice or circumstance, are going it alone.
Published on Wednesday, 1st October 2014.
People from Russia, Ukraine and Pakistan grapple with issues of identity.
Published on Wednesday, 24th September 2014.
Stories of relationships under pressure in Arkansas, Ghana and Slovakia.
Published on Wednesday, 17th September 2014.
Ordinary Egyptians share their stories of the recent tumultuous events.
Published on Saturday, 9th November 2013.
Alan hears from a nurse awaiting injured troops, and an Icelander finds paradise in a pool
Published on Saturday, 2nd November 2013.
Alan Dein hears the story of Bryan and Anna, who met using Google Translate.
Published on Saturday, 26th October 2013.
Alan talks to a Saudi woman and Russian man yearning to escape from oppressive regimes.
Published on Saturday, 19th October 2013.
Alan Dein hears stories from Peru, Canada and Israel about the power of belief.
Published on Wednesday, 29th May 2013.
Alan Dein hears a moving story of widowhood from 60-year-old Jennie in the Australian bush
Published on Wednesday, 22nd May 2013.
Ghanaian healer, injured dance teacher and barrister left for dead in a pool of blood.
Published on Wednesday, 15th May 2013.
Gunfight in Cairo, a nervous French woman and a Brazilian man's troubled love affair.
Published on Wednesday, 8th May 2013.
Alan Dein connects with a man shot by a sniper during the Lebanese civil war.
Published on Wednesday, 27th June 2012.
Alan connects with a man conducting his relationship entirely through Google Translate.
Published on Wednesday, 20th June 2012.
Alan connects with a 66-year-old Texan widow and an 18-year-old poker player in London.
Published on Wednesday, 13th June 2012.
Alan 'meets' a car-jacked man in Caracas and an Iranian evading government eavesdropping.
Published on Monday, 9th January 2012.
Alan connects with a snowbound single mum and hears stories of thwarted love online.
Published on Tuesday, 3rd January 2012.
