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.
Episodes to download
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Deep Waters: The hidden world of global shipping
Mon 10 Apr 2023
Bulk carriers are the unseen porters of the world, even during war and pandemic
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OS Conversations: Guns in America
Fri 7 Apr 2023
Experiences of dealing with the aftermath of a shooting
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Heart and Soul: Clergy in cartel land
Thu 6 Apr 2023
Meet the young men preparing to join the most dangerous priesthood in the world
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Being gay in Africa
Sat 1 Apr 2023
We hear accounts of what it's like to be LGBT in different parts of Africa
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Heart and Soul: Purity to nudity
Fri 31 Mar 2023
How nudity is helping Gwen heal from purity culture鈥檚 teachings about the female body
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Finland鈥檚 uneasy relationship with its neighbour
Thu 30 Mar 2023
How has Finland managed its relationship with its unpredictable neighbour, Russia?
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Deep Waters: The hidden world of global shipping
Tue 28 Mar 2023
Bulk carriers are the unseen porters of the world even during war and pandemic
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Iraqis and the consequences of the Iraq War
Sat 25 Mar 2023
Iraqis at home and abroad on the continuing consequences of the US-led invasion
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My hijab or my sport
Fri 24 Mar 2023
Salimata faces a choice between her hijab and competing in the sport she loves
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Killer drug: Fentanyl in the US
Thu 23 Mar 2023
The synthetic opioid that鈥檚 destroying thousands of lives in southern California
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Blind faith: Do genetic eye disease 鈥榯reatments' work?
Wed 22 Mar 2023
Ramadan Younes investigates the world of genetic eye disease 鈥榯reatments鈥�
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Can technology save democracy?
Tue 21 Mar 2023
Is technology eroding democracy or can it reconnect citizens to their governments?
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A choice of horrors
Sat 18 Mar 2023
After the disastrous war in Iraq, should the West ever intervene in foreign conflicts?
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Asian-Americans
Sat 18 Mar 2023
A family discusses escaping Vietnam by boat and the reality of the American dream
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Killer drug: The Mexico connection
Thu 16 Mar 2023
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid killing thousands of Americans 鈥� it is made in Mexico
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The boat smugglers
Wed 15 Mar 2023
How boats used in migrant Chanel crossings are sourced and the huge profits being made
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Somebody is watching me
Tue 14 Mar 2023
How misogyny and tech have made South Korea the digital sex crime capital of the world
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Life after the earthquakes
Sat 11 Mar 2023
Survivors and volunteers in Turkey and Syria on the challenges one month on
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Ireland鈥檚 Urban Horses
Thu 9 Mar 2023
The young working class Irish people keeping horses in urban areas.
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The long haul of long Covid
Tue 7 Mar 2023
The challenge for scientists globally in finding a treatment for long Covid
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Nigeria's battle against bandits
Thu 2 Mar 2023
Fighting the powerful criminal gangs terrorising rural Nigeria
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Flying Seagulls: Child's play
Tue 28 Feb 2023
The travelling project bringing circus and play to marginalised kids around the world
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No place like 'Nam
Sat 25 Feb 2023
Meet the Vietnam war veterans who have decided to leave the USA and retire to Vietnam
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Women and the war in Ukraine
Sat 25 Feb 2023
We speak to Ukrainian women about how Russia's invasion has impacted their lives
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The Parallel Universe of Russia鈥檚 War
Thu 23 Feb 2023
How were Russians persuaded to support a war against their closest neighbour Ukraine?
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Fishrot: Clear waters, murky dealings
Tue 21 Feb 2023
How journalists in Namibia and Iceland broke an epic corruption scandal, all about fish
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Nigeria elections
Sat 18 Feb 2023
Nigerians discuss issues that are important to them in this month's elections
