The Documentary Podcast Podcast
Hear the voices at the heart of global stories. Where curious minds can uncover hidden truths and make sense of the world. Documentary storytelling from the ΒιΆΉΙη 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 of documentary storytelling from the ΒιΆΉΙη World Service.
From conflict in the Middle East to the advance of AI, to the front line of the climate emergency, we go beyond the headlines. Each week we dive into the minds of the worldβs most creative people, take personal journeys into spirituality and connect people from across the globe to share how news stories are shaping their lives.
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Introducing: The Interface - What goes on in TikTok's Farlands?
Today
TikTokβs Farlands turns doomscrolling into horror, and AI detectors changing how we write
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Trine Hahnemann: mixing cookery and hygge
Monday
Trine Hahnemann on mixing cookery with the concept of hygge
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Introducing: The Food Chain - Rethinking the potato
Sunday
The rise, fall and return of one of the world's most popular foods
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Finding soldier Tom
Saturday
A prisoner of war hid from the Nazis for 2 years, but after the war he disappeared.
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The missionary soldier
Friday
A self-described missionary soldier on faith, fear, and the cost of going towards gunfire
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The Black Power Station: I rap what I like
Last Thursday
The young South African hip-hop artists translating hardship into hope
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Italyβs migrant fruit pickers
Last Tuesday
Why Italyβs anti-immigration government is issuing thousands of visas for migrant workers
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Embargo and the Cuban spirit
Sat 30 May 2026
Can the spirit of the revolution in Cuba survive the increased pressure from the US?
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Responding to Ebola
Sat 30 May 2026
Tackling the latest outbreak and what it is like to catch the disease
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Jamaicaβs sacred heartbeat
Fri 29 May 2026
Jamaicaβs revivalists preserve faith, healing, and identity through sacred traditions
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Manosphere messiahs: Kenya
Fri 29 May 2026
The real-world impact of the global manosphere in Kenya including influencer Andrew Kibe
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Manosphere messiahs: Mexico
Thu 28 May 2026
The real-world impact of the global manosphere including Mexican influencer El Temach
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SΓ£o Paulo's carnival competition
Wed 27 May 2026
Join SΓ£o Paulo samba school Γguia de Ouro as they prepare for carnival 2026
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Sierra Leone: The diamond that saved a thousand lives
Tue 26 May 2026
In 2017, five men found the third largest diamond ever unearthed in West Africa
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Sydney fireworks, the return
Mon 25 May 2026
Behind the scenes of Sydney's new year fireworks display designed by Foti Fireworks
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The Sarkozy affair
Sun 24 May 2026
The rise and fall of Nicolas Sarkozy and why this story is gripping France
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AI farewells for Russiaβs dead soldiers
Sat 23 May 2026
Families of killed Russian soldiers are paying for AI goodbye videos
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Life in a volcano danger zone
Sat 23 May 2026
People who live and work near volcanos talk of the danger and why it's worth it
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Fighting for the children of Chernobyl
Fri 22 May 2026
Adi Roche, whose faith inspired a lifetime helping children affected by the disaster
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When Shiraz calls
Thu 21 May 2026
Intimate conversations of two Iranian sisters - one in the UK, the other in Iran
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Introducing: Focus on Africa - Electric vehicles: fixing Africa's fuel crisis?
Wed 20 May 2026
Fuel prices continue to rise, could electric vehicles provide relief?
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Victim or Accomplice? The Story of Jeffrey Epsteinβs Pilot Girlfriend
Tue 19 May 2026
Was Nadia Marcinko - a model, then a pilot - a victim, or accomplice, of Epstein?
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Thomas Keneally: Whatβs next for the Schindlerβs List author?
Mon 18 May 2026
Schindler's List author Thomas Keneally on writing into his tenth decade
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Introducing: CrowdScience - What keeps the universe in balance?
Sun 17 May 2026
What keeps the stars burning? And is the universe in balance?
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How Belarus silenced its free press
Sat 16 May 2026
Belarus has crushed press freedom with jail terms for journalists and their readers
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Hantavirus nearly killed me
Sat 16 May 2026
βI died for 11 minutesβ β whatβs it like to be infected with hantavirus?
