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 return to Paradise
Thu 19 Jan 2023
Survivors rebuild a town destroyed by one of the worst wildfires in California's history
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What do you think you are? Part two
Tue 17 Jan 2023
Are animals 'sentient' beings? Sue Armstrong reports on the latest scientific evidence
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The price of citizenship
Sat 14 Jan 2023
What does it mean to be a citizen? Is it about belonging, or about convenience?
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Covid in China
Sat 14 Jan 2023
We speak to people in China and Chinese abroad about the country's Covid policy
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Saving children from the mafia
Wed 11 Jan 2023
Why an Italian judge is taking kids away from Mafia families
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What do you think you are?: Part one
Tue 10 Jan 2023
The scientific evidence that animals are not only conscious but also have a sense of self
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Kids who care
Tue 3 Jan 2023
Oritsé Williams hears from children who are unpaid carers for family members
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Women pro surfers: Battling the waves
Sat 31 Dec 2022
How women surfers fought the sexism of the 1970s to create the first pro-surf world tour
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Hope for Alzheimers
Sat 31 Dec 2022
Three people caring for loved ones with Alzheimers share their experiences and challenges
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Escape from the Taliban: Point of no return
Thu 29 Dec 2022
Sana Safi returns to the story of two Afghan women judges trying to escape the Taliban
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Fighting 'fat-phobia' in Brazil
Thu 29 Dec 2022
The Brazilian city passing laws to fight discrimination against people who are obese
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Ukrainians at Christmas
Christmas Eve 2022
Ukrainians at home and abroad reflect on the turmoil of the past year
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Spain's flamenco on the edge
Thu 22 Dec 2022
Can Spain's most iconic live music and dance recover from the pandemic?
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Sweden's green power struggle
Tue 20 Dec 2022
The indigenous Sami people who say carbon-cutting technology is harming their way of life
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The World Service is 90
Mon 19 Dec 2022
Calling the world since 1932. Meet the journalists and hear the treasured archive
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Hungary’s Power Dilemma
Thu 15 Dec 2022
The nuclear power plant in Hungary being built by Russia; will the Ukraine war stop it?
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Asylums of Japan: Makiko's story
Mon 12 Dec 2022
What is being done to change Japanese attitudes toward mental health?
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Living in space
Sat 10 Dec 2022
Human beings will soon be living in space - but who will go and what will it be like?
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California's cannabis reparations
Thu 8 Dec 2022
Giving communities targeted in the 'war on drugs' a share in the legal cannabis boom
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India: Our trains, electric
Tue 6 Dec 2022
India aims to have electrified the entirety of its rail network by the end of 2023
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Being LGBT
Sat 3 Dec 2022
Lesbians and gay men, including a rabbi, bishop and a Buddhist, share their experiences.
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Cold-calling Siberia
Thu 1 Dec 2022
How has Putin's war against Ukraine affected one remote city in Siberia?
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Tribal justice
Tue 29 Nov 2022
The legal battle that could transform life for Native Americans in the US
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The reluctant millionaires
Sat 26 Nov 2022
Abigail Disney meets an unusual group of millionaires who are demanding to pay more tax
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Power cuts in Ukraine
Sat 26 Nov 2022
Ukrainians discuss the impact of power shortages on their lives and work