The Documentary Podcast Podcast
Hear the voices at the heart of global stories. Where curious minds can make sense of the world. Home of the best documentaries from the BBC World Service.
Hear the voices at the heart of global stories. Where curious minds can uncover hidden truths and make sense of the world. Home of the best documentaries from the BBC World Service.
From the impact of drought on crops, tourism and trade, to Africa's first film city, to the Romanian teenagers who built a DIY internet...we go beyond the headlines.
Each week we look at the stories shaping our world and hear voices connecting people from across the globe, asking how news stories are shaping their lives. We also follow spiritual journeys, examine the world through the lens of its media and focus on solutions to global problems.
Episodes to download
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A choice of horrors
Sat 18 Mar 2023
After the disastrous war in Iraq, should the West ever intervene in foreign conflicts?
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Asian-Americans
Sat 18 Mar 2023
A family discusses escaping Vietnam by boat and the reality of the American dream
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Killer drug: The Mexico connection
Thu 16 Mar 2023
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid killing thousands of Americans – it is made in Mexico
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The boat smugglers
Wed 15 Mar 2023
How boats used in migrant Chanel crossings are sourced and the huge profits being made
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Somebody is watching me
Tue 14 Mar 2023
How misogyny and tech have made South Korea the digital sex crime capital of the world
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Life after the earthquakes
Sat 11 Mar 2023
Survivors and volunteers in Turkey and Syria on the challenges one month on
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Ireland’s Urban Horses
Thu 9 Mar 2023
The young working class Irish people keeping horses in urban areas.
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The long haul of long Covid
Tue 7 Mar 2023
The challenge for scientists globally in finding a treatment for long Covid
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Nigeria's battle against bandits
Thu 2 Mar 2023
Fighting the powerful criminal gangs terrorising rural Nigeria
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Flying Seagulls: Child's play
Tue 28 Feb 2023
The travelling project bringing circus and play to marginalised kids around the world
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No place like 'Nam
Sat 25 Feb 2023
Meet the Vietnam war veterans who have decided to leave the USA and retire to Vietnam
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Women and the war in Ukraine
Sat 25 Feb 2023
We speak to Ukrainian women about how Russia's invasion has impacted their lives
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The Parallel Universe of Russia’s War
Thu 23 Feb 2023
How were Russians persuaded to support a war against their closest neighbour Ukraine?
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Fishrot: Clear waters, murky dealings
Tue 21 Feb 2023
How journalists in Namibia and Iceland broke an epic corruption scandal, all about fish
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Nigeria elections
Sat 18 Feb 2023
Nigerians discuss issues that are important to them in this month's elections
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On the frontline of Brexit
Thu 16 Feb 2023
David Baker assesses the impact of Brexit in Northern Ireland.
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America's first black bank
Tue 14 Feb 2023
Szu Ping Chan looks at the the history and collapse of The Freedman’s Bank and its legacy
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World Wide Waves '23: The sounds of community radio
Sat 11 Feb 2023
How Rumphi FM in Malawi and Inuit radio in Canada are supporting marginalised communities
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The earthquake in Turkey and Syria
Sat 11 Feb 2023
We hear from people in Turkey and Syria since the earthquake struck the region on Monday
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The great German sausage crisis
Thu 9 Feb 2023
Who is going to make the sausages in Germany if no-one wants to be a butcher?
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The travelling speech therapist
Tue 7 Feb 2023
Speech therapist Mary Weinder travels to the Turks & Caicos islands to teach children
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Living with power cuts
Sat 4 Feb 2023
We hear from people who experience regular power interruptions
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Uruguay’s Cash Cow
Thu 2 Feb 2023
How does Uruguay’s beef industry compete with their neighbours and climate change threats
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The Night Witches of World War Two
Tue 31 Jan 2023
The all-female Soviet combat unit which terrorised German forces using wooden biplanes
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A short history of sadness
Sat 28 Jan 2023
Author Helen Russell explores a history of gloom, and how different cultures tackle it
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Iran Protests: Tales from the frontline
Thu 26 Jan 2023
Why did people take to the streets, risking arrest and a barrage of bullets?
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The Black Book
Sat 21 Jan 2023
Why was the Black Book, a chronicle of the Nazi extermination of Soviet Jews banned?