Hold Fast! 6. Unicorn poo
Lives Less Ordinary
BBC
4.7 • 885 Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2025
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
As the crew of the Avontuur fight their way out of the Gulf of Mexico and battle a hurricane that delays their journey back across the Atlantic, ship’s cook Giulia faces the spectre of food and gas shortages with ingenuity and a determination to get back home.
Narrated by Siobhán McSweeney Produced by Christina Hardinge Sound and music by Noémie Ducimetière Artwork by Joe Magee Narration written by Laura Thomas For Lives Less Ordinary, the series producer is Laura Thomas and the editor, Munazza Khan.
Lives Less Ordinary is a podcast from the BBC World Service that brings you the most incredible true stories from around the world. Each episode a guest shares their most dramatic, moving, personal story. Listen for unbelievable twists, mysteries uncovered, and inspiring journeys - spanning the entire human experience. Step into someone else’s life and expect the unexpected.
Got a story to tell? Send an email to liveslessordinary@bbc.co.uk or message us via WhatsApp: 0044 330 678 2784
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| 0:00.0 | My Christmas Mix is pure 90s festive nostalgia. |
| 0:05.1 | You know, the Christmas songs you listen to on repeat. |
| 0:08.0 | Ho! Ho! Ho! No, no, no. |
| 0:11.5 | I'm all about the big hitting Christmas anthems. |
| 0:14.4 | Come on, guys. What about those tunes that really slay? |
| 0:17.6 | It's Christmas kitchen disco season, surely. |
| 0:20.4 | Give me hip-hop Christmas bangers every day. Those Christmas tracks that are straight out of Lapland. |
| 0:24.9 | Get all kinds of Christmassy. Just search Christmas music on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:31.2 | Coming up on lives less ordinary, hold fast continues. |
| 0:36.5 | It was quite clear that it wasn't a joke, and we don't have any B plan for this. |
| 0:45.1 | Worst case scenario, we get stuck at sea and we can't land anywhere, and we will have to go through some severe rationing. |
| 0:54.6 | This is the extraordinary story of sailing cargo ship, the Avantour, and its crew of 15, |
| 1:01.5 | on a wind-powered mission to transport olive oil, cacao, coffee and rum between Europe and Central America. |
| 1:10.0 | But before they even make it halfway, |
| 1:12.6 | everything their counting on is thrown to the winds. |
| 1:17.3 | I'm Chauvin McSweeney, |
| 1:19.4 | and you're listening to Lives Less Ordinary Presents. |
| 1:23.9 | Hold Fast. |
| 1:26.2 | From the BBC World Service |
| 1:27.8 | Episode |
| 1:31.0 | Episode 6 |
| 1:31.6 | Unicorn Pooh |
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