The Documentary Episodes Available now
World Book Café: Dublin
Authors Naoise Dolan and Caitriona Lally on living and writing in Dublin
Late 1950s-1960s—Black Music in Europe
7/9 Congolese rumba recorded in Brussels, Algerian chaabi in Paris and Notting Hill Carnival
August in Minsk
A summer of protest in Belarus recorded by Minsk journalist Ilya Kuzniatsou
Veteran on the tracks—Rulebreakers
2/5 The handbook for train hopping American hobo culture and the man behind the guide
Red State refugees
Can refugees save the small, conservative town of Cactus, Texas?
Black music in Europe: After 1945—Black Music in Europe
6/9 The music of Ambrose Campbell, Sterling Betancourt MBE, and calypso star Lord Kitchener
How I disappear—Rulebreakers
1/5 The phenomenon of disappearance is rooted in Japanese culture. Meet those who disappear
Vaccines, money and politics—Vaccines, Money And Politics
2/2 What will it really take to vaccinate the world against Covid 19?
Stitching souls
Maria Margaronis sews and hears the stories of Gee’s Bend's historic quilters
Black music in Europe: 1939-45—Black Music in Europe
5/9 Nazi propaganda jazz, black American trumpet stars in Paris, and Caribbean swing bands