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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Welcoming Ukraine's refugees
Sat 12 Mar 2022
The UN says war in Ukraine has created Europe's fasting growing refugee crisis since WW2
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World of Wisdom: Changing expectations
Sat 12 Mar 2022
How do we learn to adapt when life does not turn out the way we planned?
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Tough Love’ in San Francisco
Thu 10 Mar 2022
A lethal drugs crisis is changing politics in one of America’s most permissive cities
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The shutdown: Elections
Wed 9 Mar 2022
Why do internet shut downs happen during elections and what is the impact on democracy?
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World of Wisdom: Living with losing the one you love
Sat 5 Mar 2022
How do we overcome the feelings of guilt and grief that can arise when a loved one dies?
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India's living dead
Thu 3 Mar 2022
Lal Bihari - the farmer who discovered he was dead when he was very much alive
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The shutdown: Misinformation
Wed 2 Mar 2022
India has been responsible for more shutdowns each year than any other country. Why?
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Inside the world's biggest humanitarian warehouse
Tue 1 Mar 2022
The men and women helping to run Unicef's central distribution hub in Copenhagen
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Ukraine
Sun 27 Feb 2022
We hear ordinary Ukrainians as they prepare for war and try to live as normal
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World of Wisdom: Self-confidence
Sat 26 Feb 2022
Can self-love help us to believe in ourselves more and trust our own abilities?
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Jobfished
Tue 22 Feb 2022
How people were hired to work for a successful design agency but the whole thing was fake
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Word of Wisdom: Overcoming betrayal
Sat 19 Feb 2022
When someone we trust betrays us, the feelings can be corrosive. How might we move on?
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Italy’s hidden sins
Thu 17 Feb 2022
How Italy has failed to confront the scourge of clerical sex abuse
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Women building peace: Colombia
Sun 13 Feb 2022
Has the 2016 peace accord delivered on its promises to help women?
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World Wide Waves '22: The sounds of community radio
Sat 12 Feb 2022
Radio stations around the world keeping traditions alive
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Coronavirus: Protesting truckers
Sat 12 Feb 2022
We hear from people impacted by the truckers' protest in Ottawa
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Nato’s role in the Ukraine crisis
Sat 12 Feb 2022
Ros Atkins looks at the western military alliance’s influence in global politics
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World of Wisdom: Regrets
Sat 12 Feb 2022
Have you ever looked back at your past and thought – I wish I hadn’t done that?
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Ukraine’s frontline bakery revisited
Thu 10 Feb 2022
Lucy Ash catches up with a warzone bakery comforting people in an east Ukrainian town
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Women building peace: Ethiopia
Sun 6 Feb 2022
The challenges of helping communities caught in Ethiopia's brutal war
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The Winter Olympics
Sat 5 Feb 2022
Who hear from two skiers from Peru and Lebanon who will be competing in Beijing.
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Joe Rogan, Spotify and Covid
Sat 5 Feb 2022
Ros Atkins looks at the Spotify misinformation controversy
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World of Wisdom:The passion for life
Sat 5 Feb 2022
When we seem to have lost some of the passion for life, how do we re-engage?
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Dangerous liaisons in Sinaloa
Thu 3 Feb 2022
The impact of Mexican 'narco cultura' on the women of Sinaloa
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Pakistan's long game
Tue 1 Feb 2022
Owen Bennett-Jones examines the long game Pakistan played in the US defeat in Afghanistan