The Documentary Podcast Podcast
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.
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.
From Australia's relationship with China, to Turkey's sinkhole problem, to understanding the behaviour of dictators, we go beyond the headlines.
Each week, all year round, we bring you the stories shaping our world. From the personal voices behind the headlines to perspectives on faith and spirituality and how work and money impact our lives. Discover how people find solutions to global problems and look at the world through the lens of its media.
Powered by the BBC World Service’s global network, The Documentary Podcast is about the people living the story – helping you see the world with greater clarity.
Episodes to download
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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
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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