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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North Korea's celebrity defectors
Thu 26 Mar 2020
How North Korean defectors have become a hugely valuable commodity in South Korea
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Indonesia: Not cool to date
Thu 26 Mar 2020
Saying no to dating is part of a growing ultraconservative social movement in Indonesia
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The importance of Jurgen Klopp
Tue 24 Mar 2020
Becky Milligan presents a profile of Jurgen Klopp, manager of Liverpool Football Club
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New York Stories with Joe Pascal
Sun 22 Mar 2020
Joe Pascal meets Darryl McDaniels of the legendary rap group Run-DMC
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Ireland’s housing hunger
Thu 19 Mar 2020
How young people in Ireland are facing a huge housing crisis
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Behind the Hong Kong protests
Sun 15 Mar 2020
What is motivating the demonstrators on the city’s streets – and their opponents?
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The trees that bleed
Thu 12 Mar 2020
Illegal logging of the endangered rosewood tree is decimating forests in Casamance
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She2He2She
Tue 10 Mar 2020
Nele and Ellie identified as transmen in their teens. Both are now reidentifying as female
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Introducing 13 Minutes to the Moon Season 2
Mon 9 Mar 2020
Jump on-board a doomed mission to the Moon. Apollo 13: the extraordinary story
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Something In The Air?
Thu 5 Mar 2020
Cabin crew claim toxic air is harming them, but airlines say there’s no proven link
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The Detransitioners: He2She2He
Tue 3 Mar 2020
Transgender journeys of people who transitioned and then returned to their birth gender
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Beats, rhymes and justice: Hip-hop on Rikers Island - Part two
Sun 1 Mar 2020
MC and producer Ryan Burvick and the inmates learning to rap in Rikers Island jail
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Confessions of a mafia boss
Thu 27 Feb 2020
Dominic Casciani gets exclusive access to a former mafia boss turned prosecution witness
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Don't log off - part two
Wed 26 Feb 2020
People in Afghanistan, the Philippines, Sierra Leone and beyond explore what unites them
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Houston, we have a new criminal justice system
Tue 25 Feb 2020
Can new judges transform Houston’s criminal justice system?
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Beats, rhymes and justice: Hip-hop on Rikers Island - Part one
Sun 23 Feb 2020
MC and producer Ryan Burvick and the inmates learning to rap in Rikers Island jail
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Riding the Motel 22: Homeless in California
Thu 20 Feb 2020
California’s homeless take a ride on the ‘Motel 22’
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Don't log off: Part one
Wed 19 Feb 2020
Using social media, Alan Dein connects with strangers across the world seeking fulfilment
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Crossing Divides: The exchange
Tue 18 Feb 2020
Cattle farmers from the USA and South Africa share perspectives
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Gospel meets hip-hop
Sun 16 Feb 2020
Award-winning UK rapper Guvna B explores the ‘gospel hip-hop’ music genre
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Reinventing Miss America
Sat 15 Feb 2020
How can beauty pageants adapt in the wake of the #MeToo movement?
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El Salvador: the story of Karla Turcios
Thu 13 Feb 2020
A woman is murdered in El Salvador every 3 days. Karla Turcios was one of them
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Life on the line
Sun 9 Feb 2020
What is life like for the billions of people who live along earthquake fault lines?
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Tony's Freehold Grill: Politics on the side
Sat 8 Feb 2020
The 2020 US Presidential campaign as it unfolds over the countertop of a New Jersey diner
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Panic in Bulgaria
Thu 6 Feb 2020
“They’re coming for our children”: How fear of social workers has gripped Bulgaria
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Vanuatu’s stolen generation
Wed 5 Feb 2020
Thousands of boys and young men were kidnapped and taken to work on sugar plantations
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Polygamous marriage in modern Malaysia
Tue 4 Feb 2020
All sorts of Muslims, some very dynamic and modern, are embracing polygamy in Malaysia
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Colombia’s new cocaine war
Thu 30 Jan 2020
Michael Buchanan gets rare access to Colombia’s cocaine producers and smugglers