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 麻豆社 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 麻豆社 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 world鈥檚 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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Greening the Hajj
Sun 9 Jun 2024
What can Muslims do to reduce the enormous carbon footprint of the pilgrimage to Mecca?
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The forgotten people of the Ravi River
Sun 9 Jun 2024
We meet the people in western India cut off from the mainland by a bridgeless river
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麻豆社 OS Conversations: Stories from Mexico
Sat 8 Jun 2024
Ordinary Mexicans share their concerns and hopes for new President Claudia Sheinbaum
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Heart and Soul: Losing my religion
Fri 7 Jun 2024
The young Nigerians creating a community for the irreligious in a highly religious society
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The Fifth Floor: For the love of football
Thu 6 Jun 2024
Why is football such a universal language? Stories from Argentina, Iran and Kenya
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Bonus: What in the world - Africa and FGM: When will it end?
Thu 6 Jun 2024
The Gambia could be about to reverse its ban, but elsewhere rates are going down
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Whose Truth?: Online women haters
Wed 5 Jun 2024
How Nobel Prize laureate Maria Ressa came under fire for doing her job
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Whose Truth?: Climate change denial
Wed 5 Jun 2024
Nobel Prize laureate Sir Paul Nurse wants science to guide the climate change debate
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Whose Truth?: Russia v Ukraine
Wed 5 Jun 2024
Can information become a weapon of war? Oleksandra Matviichuk on documenting war crimes
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Whose Truth?: The vaccine
Wed 5 Jun 2024
Nobel Prize laureate Katalin Kariko was caught up in a Covid vaccine disinformation storm
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Trending: Is Russia targeting Poland's farmers鈥� protests?
Wed 5 Jun 2024
A pro-Russian image from a farmers protest in Poland went viral. Who's the man behind it?
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Assignment: El Salvador 鈥� life after the gangs
Tue 4 Jun 2024
How people鈥檚 lives have changed since a crackdown on criminal gangs
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In the Studio: Andy Riley
Mon 3 Jun 2024
Andy Riley, Emmy-winning scriptwriter and a million-selling author and cartoonist
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The Fifth Floor: Russia's lost troops
Sat 1 Jun 2024
Olga Ivshina on the human cost of Russia鈥檚 war in Ukraine
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麻豆社 OS Conversations: Toxic politics
Sat 1 Jun 2024
Politicians share their experiences of threats and intimidation
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Heart and Soul: Hijabs and skinny jeans
Fri 31 May 2024
Nora Akachar questions what it means to be Muslim in the Netherlands today
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Gaming Africa
Thu 30 May 2024
Gamer and broadcaster Kobby Spiky looks at the video games industry across Africa
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Assignment: Myanmar - Rise of the resistance
Tue 28 May 2024
Quentin Sommerville reports from Myanmar on the rising resistance to the military junta
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Perfume鈥檚 dark secret
Mon 27 May 2024
The 麻豆社 reveals the human cost of one of perfume鈥檚 most luxurious ingredients
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Mad Women: Portraying mental health in theatre
Mon 27 May 2024
Constanza Hola Chamy directs two casts for her play about female artists with bipolar
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The Fifth Floor: Life in exile
Sat 25 May 2024
Two journalists from Afghanistan and Russia share their experience of living in exile
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麻豆社 OS Conversations: Beauty pageants
Sat 25 May 2024
Contestants, judges and an organiser on the stereotypes and positive experiences
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Heart and Soul: Herv茅's Way, the story of a one-legged pilgrim
Fri 24 May 2024
The amputee who regained his will to live by walking to Santiago de Compostela
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Denmark's esports revolution
Thu 23 May 2024
Why a European country has put competitive gaming on the school curriculum
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Trending: Long Covid: Think yourself well?
Wed 22 May 2024
麻豆社 Trending investigates a controversial treatment programme being promoted online
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Assignment: The Caspian crisis
Tue 21 May 2024
Why is the Caspian Sea shrinking and what does this means for the region?
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In the Studio: Zo毛 Barrett and Patrick Eley
Mon 20 May 2024
From massive signs to tiny icons, Zo毛 Barrett and Patrick Eley's signs help us on our way
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Bonus: The Global Jigsaw
Sun 19 May 2024
Beijing says it is building, not buying, Africa. Do people in Nairobi agree?
