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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Zanzibar: Spirits and Psychiatry
Thu 19 Oct 2017
The mentally-sick in Zanzibar turn to profiteering exorcists for treatment
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C-Section Brazil
Wed 18 Oct 2017
Brazil is the caesarean capital of the world. What is behind this C-section “epidemic”?
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The Red and the White: Intervention
Tue 17 Oct 2017
The story of a forgotten war fought by Western troops in Arctic Russia at the end of WW1
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I Speak Navajo
Sat 14 Oct 2017
"Growing up and not speaking the language, I felt this loss or this void"
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Behind Closed Doors: Solutions to Domestic Abuse in Indonesia
Thu 12 Oct 2017
Indonesia has just conducted its first ever national survey on domestic violence
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Behind Closed Doors: Solutions to Domestic Violence in Peru
Wed 11 Oct 2017
Rates of domestic violence in the Peruvian Andes are particularly high
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Behind Closed Doors: Solutions to Domestic Abuse in Kenya
Tue 10 Oct 2017
Unity is a village without men set up by Samburu women in response to domestic abuse
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Pakistani Media in the UK
Thu 5 Oct 2017
Manveen Rana uncovers hate speech and sectarianism in the UK's Urdu media
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Che Today
Tue 3 Oct 2017
Five decades after his death, how important is El Che for young Cubans today?
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The Silent Forest - Part Two
Sun 1 Oct 2017
How the locals of Thailand and Myanmar are resisting the destruction of their forests
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The Fish that Ate Florida
Sat 30 Sep 2017
Why some people want to eradicate the lionfish from Florida's waters
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Africa’s Billion Pound Migrant Trail
Thu 28 Sep 2017
Africa’s migrant trade is among the most lucrative. Can it ever be stopped?
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Making the Grade
Wed 27 Sep 2017
The global expansion of British music exams, and its very modern challenges
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The Avocado Wall
Tue 26 Sep 2017
The amazing success story of the avocado in the US as a case study for the future trade
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The Silent Forest - Part One
Sun 24 Sep 2017
The communities of rainforests of South-east Asia resisting destruction of their forests
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Life After Life
Sat 23 Sep 2017
How thousands of Americans given life sentences as children now have a chance of freedom
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Panama's Vanishing Islands
Thu 21 Sep 2017
Panama’s idyllic islands are threatened by a rising sea, but one community has a plan
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Forever Young
Wed 20 Sep 2017
Meet the self-experimenters and scientists trying to add years to our lives
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My First Period
Tue 19 Sep 2017
Periods are a taboo in many places but for some in Tanzania first periods are celebbrated
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Beats, Rhymes and Justice: Hip Hop on Rikers Island
Sun 17 Sep 2017
Behind the bars of New York’s notorious jail, Rikers Island, inmates are learning to rap
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Starting from Scratch in Uganda
Wed 13 Sep 2017
How do you make a new home in the African bush with a machete, rope and plastic?
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The Flying Colombians
Wed 13 Sep 2017
We join the world’s cyclists on the gruelling Vuelta a Colombia race
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The Gardeners of Kabul
Tue 12 Sep 2017
Meeting the people with a passion for flowers in a city of conflict
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Seeking Refuge in Houston
Sun 10 Sep 2017
Following storm Harvey, what are the challenges facing Houston’s diverse population?
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Lonely in Lagos
Fri 8 Sep 2017
Poet and broadcaster Wana Udobang speaks with lonely and isolated people in the city
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Bulgaria on a Cliff Edge
Thu 7 Sep 2017
What’s it like to live in the country with the fastest-shrinking population in the world?
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The Hundred Million Dollar Question - Part Two
Wed 6 Sep 2017
What’s the best way to spend $100 million to fix one of humanity’s problems?
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Die Klassen: Die Trennung
Tue 5 Sep 2017
A Syrian father and daughter in Berlin and their struggle to reunite with family
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The Hundred Million Dollar Question - Part One
Wed 30 Aug 2017
What’s the best way to spend $100 million to fix one of humanity’s problems?
