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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The Response: Coronavirus - Lockdown tales from Brazil, Germany and Australia
Tue 5 May 2020
Listeners from different countries offer their unique perspectives on a global crisis
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Coronavirus Global Conversations: Remembering medics who have died from Covid-19
Sun 3 May 2020
Losing loved ones on the frontline, coping during 40-day lockdown and hospital chaplains
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Spain’s care home nightmare
Thu 30 Apr 2020
Why did so many people die in just one elderly care home in Madrid?
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Universal Basic Income: Alaska style
Wed 29 Apr 2020
Every citizen gets an annual dividend from the state’s oil fund. Mark Whitaker reports
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Who cares
Tue 28 Apr 2020
The foreign care workers who look after Britain’s elderly and disabled people
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Coronavirus Global Conversations - Care home workers and Covid-19 vaccine volunteers
Sun 26 Apr 2020
Coronavirus Global Conversations is a place to talk about the impact of the disease
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Don't log off - part four
Sat 25 Apr 2020
Alan Dein connects with individuals whose lives have shifted in the coronavirus pandemic
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Saving Zimbabwe’s forests
Thu 23 Apr 2020
Honey bees, cow dung and mulch; how a company in Zimbabwe is preventing deforestation
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China and the virus
Wed 22 Apr 2020
Has the epidemic weakened or strengthened the grip of China’s Communist Party?
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In search of the quarter-life crisis
Tue 21 Apr 2020
Are millennials across the world being hit by a mid-20s crisis?
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The Response: Coronavirus - Lockdown tales from Riyadh, Hangzhou and Accra
Tue 21 Apr 2020
Listeners across the globe share their experiences of lockdown and the coronavirus crisis
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Togetherness: Coronavirus Global Conversations - Dealing with grief
Sun 19 Apr 2020
Losing loved ones, getting married in a lockdown and the risk to black Americans
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Personal finance for the pandemic
Sat 18 Apr 2020
As coronavirus spreads people are worrying about their money as well as their health
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Don't log off - part three
Sat 18 Apr 2020
Alan Dein connects with individuals whose lives have shifted in the coronavirus pandemic
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Chile: An education for all
Thu 16 Apr 2020
Students and teachers in Chile demand an end to inequality in education
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What we can do with our waste
Tue 14 Apr 2020
Two very different uses for everyday waste in Paraguay and Sweden
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Togetherness: Coronavirus Global Conversations
Sun 12 Apr 2020
A place to talk about the impact of the disease on you, your family and your communities
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Coronavirus and Europe
Sat 11 Apr 2020
The challenges posed by and the consequences of the outbreak of Covid-19 in Europe
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Women of the World
Sat 11 Apr 2020
Kim Chakanetsa talks to the acclaimed authors Isabel Allende and Edna O’Brien
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Don't log off - part two
Sat 11 Apr 2020
Alan Dein connects with individuals whose lives have shifted in the coronavirus pandemic
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Extreme measures
Thu 9 Apr 2020
Can extremists who murder people like Jack Merritt ever be de-radicalised?
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Melbourne: The sounds of the city
Tue 7 Apr 2020
Peter White, blind since birth, explores Melbourne through the sounds he hears.
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Togetherness: Coronavirus Global Conversations
Sun 5 Apr 2020
Coronavirus Global Conversations is a place to talk about the impact of the disease.
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Germany's refugee teachers
Sat 4 Apr 2020
As Germany struggles with a teacher shortage, can refugee teachers fill the gap?
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Don't Log Off
Sat 4 Apr 2020
Alan Dein connects with individuals whose lives have shifted in the coronavirus pandemic
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The man who died for trees
Thu 2 Apr 2020
A mystery killing has shocked Romania as the fight over its ancient forests turns deadly
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Miami: The sounds of the city
Tue 31 Mar 2020
Peter White, blind since birth, explores Miami through the sounds he hears
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Ethiopia and Eritrea: Rebirth at the border
Mon 30 Mar 2020
What does the future hold on either side of the Ethiopia-Eritrea border?
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North Korea's celebrity defectors
Thu 26 Mar 2020
How North Korean defectors have become a hugely valuable commodity in South Korea
