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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Power cuts in Ukraine
Sat 26 Nov 2022
Ukrainians discuss the impact of power shortages on their lives and work
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Trouble in Taiwan?
Thu 24 Nov 2022
What do Taiwanese people think about the increased rhetoric from China in recent months?
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Which country should I play for?
Tue 22 Nov 2022
How mixed heritage players decide which country to represent in international football
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Qatar and the fall of Fifa
Sat 19 Nov 2022
Alex Capstick investigates the controversial bidding process for the Qatar World Cup
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The health wagon
Sat 19 Nov 2022
On the road with the oldest mobile clinic in the Appalachian mountains of Virginia
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Qatar World Cup
Sat 19 Nov 2022
We hear conversations about the football and the politics surrounding Qatar 2022
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China's accidental activists
Thu 17 Nov 2022
The women battling the Chinese state after their loved ones were jailed as dissidents
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Black Roots: DeFord Bailey and country music in Nashville
Wed 16 Nov 2022
The story of African-American ‘Harmonica Wizard’ DeFord Bailey and country music
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Colombia's life-saving pop song
Tue 15 Nov 2022
How a message hidden inside a pop song saved the lives of soldiers in captivity
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Living with climate change
Sat 12 Nov 2022
We bring together people who have escaped wildires, floods and hurricanes
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Black Roots: Arnold Shultz and bluegrass in Kentucky
Wed 9 Nov 2022
Rhiannon Giddens uncovers the life of fiddler and guitarist Arnold Shultz
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The weather changers
Tue 8 Nov 2022
What is weather modification, does it really work and if so, is it problem free?
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America’s Dropbox Babies
Thu 3 Nov 2022
America’s Safe Haven laws for new-born babies – an alternative to abortion?
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Black Roots: Frank Johnson, Joe Thompson and the fiddle in North Carolina
Wed 2 Nov 2022
Rhiannon Giddens explores the lives of black fiddlers Frank Johnson and Joe Thompson
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The bleak reality behind the red light district
Sat 29 Oct 2022
Stories of sexual exploitation and human trafficking in Amsterdam's red light district
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The UK’s cost of living
Sat 29 Oct 2022
Rishi Sunak is made UK Prime Minister, as people continue to struggle to buy essentials
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Svalbard’s climate change fight
Thu 27 Oct 2022
Svalbard is estimated to be heating at six times the global average
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The scramble for rare earths, part 2
Tue 25 Oct 2022
Is Russia's interest in Ukraine motivated by the huge mineral deposits there?
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Recaptive number 11,407
Tue 25 Oct 2022
Poet Raymond Antrobus traces the lost story of a deaf man freed from slavery
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The Brain Drain
Thu 20 Oct 2022
The ‘brain drain’ of doctors from developing countries to work in the UK
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The scramble for rare earths, part 1
Wed 19 Oct 2022
Misha Glenny discovers why the future of the world depends on rare earth metals
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Ojousan power
Tue 18 Oct 2022
Young women of Japan are starting a gender revolution. Akiko Toya finds out how
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Russians going to war
Sat 15 Oct 2022
How the war with Ukraine is creating rifts among Russian families and producing exiles
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