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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In the Studio: France's Rugby World Cup kit
Mon 28 Aug 2023
Ahead of the Rugby World Cup in France, we follow the creation of the home team's new kit
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麻豆社 OS Conversations: Migrating from Africa
Sat 26 Aug 2023
Professional and unskilled men and women discuss why they want to leave the continent
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Heart and Soul: 60 years since 鈥業 have a dream鈥�
Fri 25 Aug 2023
The legacy of one of the 20th Century's defining speeches
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Belize's blue bond
Thu 24 Aug 2023
Can a financial deal with a conservation charity save Belize's economy?
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Back to school: Supporting neuro-divergent students through LARP
Wed 23 Aug 2023
Live-action role-playing (LARPing) is no longer just the world of Dungeons & Dragons
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In the Studio: Nicola Benedetti
Mon 21 Aug 2023
Nicola Benedetti starts her new job running an organisation and commissioning new works
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The famine at the edge of the ocean
Sun 20 Aug 2023
Journalist Raissa Ioussouf meets the people worst affected by Madagascar's famine
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麻豆社 OS Conversations: The fires in Hawaii
Sat 19 Aug 2023
Losing the family home and volunteers respond to the disaster
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Heart and Soul: German, soldier, Jew
Fri 18 Aug 2023
Confronting the challenges modern Jewish soldiers face serving in the German military
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Zimbabwe's worker exodus
Thu 17 Aug 2023
Why tens of thousands of Zimbabweans are fleeing their country to work in the West
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Did big tech know I was gay before I did?
Tue 15 Aug 2023
What do big tech recommendations mean for LGBTQ people around the world?
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In the Studio: Christopher and Tammy Kane
Mon 14 Aug 2023
The brother-and-sister fashion design duo unveil their first-ever disco
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The Engineers: Lunar exploration
Sun 13 Aug 2023
Space engineers discuss their return to the moon and what that entails
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麻豆社 OS Conversations: Football in Saudi-Arabia
Sat 12 Aug 2023
Fans, journalists and a rising star in Saudi women鈥檚 football share their experiences
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Heart and Soul: Moscow vicar returns home
Fri 11 Aug 2023
Rev Malcolm Rogers extraordinary story of faith and diplomacy
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When Wagner came home
Thu 10 Aug 2023
The fear stalking Russia as ex-convicts from the Wagner mercenary group return home
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Female founders: Green tech in the blue economy
Wed 9 Aug 2023
The women developing solar tech to reduce the environmental impact of fishing in SE Asia
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Inside Afghanistan's secret schools
Tue 8 Aug 2023
Sana Safi find out how teenage girls are getting around the Taliban ban on education
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In the Studio: Ajay Chowdhury
Mon 7 Aug 2023
Ajay Chowdhury writes his latest crime fiction novel using artificial intelligence tools
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Beats, rhymes and life: Hip-hop at 50
Sun 6 Aug 2023
DJ and writer Lynn茅e Denise reflects on hip-hop as it marks its 50th year
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麻豆社 OS Conversatioms: Living through a coup
Sat 5 Aug 2023
Friends in Niger share their experiences of the recent coup
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Heart and Soul: Online spiritual communities
Fri 4 Aug 2023
The millennials exploring big spiritual questions, outside of traditional religion
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Returning to Romania
Thu 3 Aug 2023
With 20% of its population living abroad, the Romanian government wants its diaspora back
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A billion batteries
Tue 1 Aug 2023
The US teens and children campaigning for used batteries to be recycled
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Invading the past: Russia and science fiction
Tue 1 Aug 2023
Catherine Merridle explores Russian science fiction in the age of Putin
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In the Studio: Sophie Hannah
Mon 31 Jul 2023
Follow author Sophie Hannah as she completes her third Hercule Poirot novel
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Women writing Zimbabwe
Sun 30 Jul 2023
Tawanda Mudzonga explores why Zimbabwe has produced so many renowned women writers
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麻豆社 OS Conversations: Women in sport
Sat 29 Jul 2023
Sportswomen and commentators discuss being female in a male dominated profession.
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Botswana: Living with elephants
Thu 27 Jul 2023
The battle to keep the peace between people and elephants in northern Botswana
