The Documentary Podcast Podcast
A window into our world, through in-depth storytelling from the 麻豆社. Investigating, reporting and telling true stories from everywhere. Award-winning journalism and global issues.
A window into our world, through in-depth storytelling from the 麻豆社. Investigating, reporting and uncovering true stories from everywhere. Award-winning journalism, unheard voices, amazing culture and global issues.
From China鈥檚 state-backed overseas spending, to on the road with Canada鈥檚 Sikh truckers, to the frontline of the climate emergency, we go beyond the headlines.
Every week, we take you into the minds of the world's most creative people and explore personal approaches to spirituality. And we bring together people from around the globe to discuss how news stories are affecting their lives.
A new episode most days, all year round. From our 麻豆社 World Service teams at: Assignment, Heart and Soul, In the Studio, OS Conversations and The Fifth Floor.
Episodes to download
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Chimp Smuggling
Wed 1 Feb 2017
The illegal trade in baby chimpanzees, exported as pets or to private zoos
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Atom Man
Tue 31 Jan 2017
Former US Secretary of Defence William J Perry on nuclear security in our changing world
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The Rise of RB Leipzig
Fri 27 Jan 2017
RB Leipzig, the saviour of a city or the unacceptable commercial face of football?
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A Little Bit Pregnant
Wed 25 Jan 2017
The proposed abortion reform that has divided Malawian society
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The Friday Game
Tue 24 Jan 2017
Far from family, a group of Indian migrants in Dubai become brothers on the cricket pitch
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Talking Sport - 90 Years of Commentary
Sun 22 Jan 2017
The 90th anniversary of the 麻豆社鈥檚 first radio football commentary in 1927
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After Obama Care 鈥� Health under Trump
Thu 19 Jan 2017
What will new President Trump do about healthcare in the United States?
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Trump Tweet by Tweet
Wed 18 Jan 2017
What do Donald Trump鈥檚 tweets tell us about America's next president?
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The President and the Press
Sat 14 Jan 2017
A history of how the White House and the press corps learned how to live with each other.
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Siege at the Holey Artisan Bakery
Thu 12 Jan 2017
One night of terror at Dhaka's Holey Artisan Bakery in July 2016.
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Beyond the Pitch
Sat 7 Jan 2017
Dramatic and poignant tales exploring how Africa鈥檚 football and politics are bedfellows
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Poland: Behind the Black Protests
Thu 5 Jan 2017
Women in Poland are angry with their government and with the Catholic church
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City of the Future
Tue 3 Jan 2017
Dealing with immigration, an exploding population, and a divide between rich and poor
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The Woman who Exposed Russian Doping
Sat 31 Dec 2016
Yuliya Stepanova revealed the use of performance enhancing drugs by Russian athletes
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The Year Everything Changed
Tue 27 Dec 2016
How the way the world is shaped and reported on changed fundamentally in 2016
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A Song for Syria
Christmas Day 2016
How music has become a crucial source of comfort and resilience for refugees in Lebanon
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Punk Art and Protest in Malaysia
Thu 22 Dec 2016
Street artist Reza captured public dissatisfaction when he caricatured the PM as a clown
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Sex Mountain
Wed 21 Dec 2016
Why did Indonesians flock to a remote mountain shrine to have sex with strangers?
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Burn Slush! The Reindeer Grand Prix
Tue 20 Dec 2016
Faster Rudolph! Competitive reindeer-racing is a popular sport across the Arctic Circle
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The Polygon People
Sun 18 Dec 2016
The story and legacy of the vast Soviet nuclear test site in Kazakhstan, The Polygon
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The Sunni Traditionalists: Islam, People and Power Boxset
Fri 16 Dec 2016
The battle of ideas that accompanied the Arab uprisings
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The Salafis: Islam, People and Power Boxset
Fri 16 Dec 2016
Disputes in Islam鈥檚 most misunderstood sect - the Wahhabis, also known as Salafis
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The Islamists: Islam, People and Power Boxset
Fri 16 Dec 2016
Why the Muslim Brotherhood has fractured since the Arab uprisings
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The Shia: Islam, People and Power Boxset
Fri 16 Dec 2016
The debate within Shi鈥檌sm about the role of Islam in government
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Reflections: Islam, People and Power Boxset
Fri 16 Dec 2016
Safa Al Ahmad chairs a discussion about the role of Islam in politics in the Arab world
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Woman Found Dead by the Lake Shore
Fri 16 Dec 2016
The Kafkaesque story of the brutal killing of a woman found dead by a lake in Sweden
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India's Silent Terror
Thu 15 Dec 2016
Protecting cows has now become the focus of armed Hindu vigilante groups.
