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 Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç 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’s 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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Sweden's green power struggle
Tue 20 Dec 2022
The indigenous Sami people who say carbon-cutting technology is harming their way of life
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The World Service is 90
Mon 19 Dec 2022
Calling the world since 1932. Meet the journalists and hear the treasured archive
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Hungary’s Power Dilemma
Thu 15 Dec 2022
The nuclear power plant in Hungary being built by Russia; will the Ukraine war stop it?
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Asylums of Japan: Makiko's story
Mon 12 Dec 2022
What is being done to change Japanese attitudes toward mental health?
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Living in space
Sat 10 Dec 2022
Human beings will soon be living in space - but who will go and what will it be like?
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California's cannabis reparations
Thu 8 Dec 2022
Giving communities targeted in the 'war on drugs' a share in the legal cannabis boom
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India: Our trains, electric
Tue 6 Dec 2022
India aims to have electrified the entirety of its rail network by the end of 2023
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Being LGBT
Sat 3 Dec 2022
Lesbians and gay men, including a rabbi, bishop and a Buddhist, share their experiences.
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Cold-calling Siberia
Thu 1 Dec 2022
How has Putin's war against Ukraine affected one remote city in Siberia?
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Tribal justice
Tue 29 Nov 2022
The legal battle that could transform life for Native Americans in the US
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The reluctant millionaires
Sat 26 Nov 2022
Abigail Disney meets an unusual group of millionaires who are demanding to pay more tax
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Power cuts in Ukraine
Sat 26 Nov 2022
Ukrainians discuss the impact of power shortages on their lives and work
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Trouble in Taiwan?
Thu 24 Nov 2022
What do Taiwanese people think about the increased rhetoric from China in recent months?
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Which country should I play for?
Tue 22 Nov 2022
How mixed heritage players decide which country to represent in international football
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Qatar and the fall of Fifa
Sat 19 Nov 2022
Alex Capstick investigates the controversial bidding process for the Qatar World Cup
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The health wagon
Sat 19 Nov 2022
On the road with the oldest mobile clinic in the Appalachian mountains of Virginia
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Qatar World Cup
Sat 19 Nov 2022
We hear conversations about the football and the politics surrounding Qatar 2022
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China's accidental activists
Thu 17 Nov 2022
The women battling the Chinese state after their loved ones were jailed as dissidents
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Black Roots: DeFord Bailey and country music in Nashville
Wed 16 Nov 2022
The story of African-American ‘Harmonica Wizard’ DeFord Bailey and country music
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Colombia's life-saving pop song
Tue 15 Nov 2022
How a message hidden inside a pop song saved the lives of soldiers in captivity
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Living with climate change
Sat 12 Nov 2022
We bring together people who have escaped wildires, floods and hurricanes
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Black Roots: Arnold Shultz and bluegrass in Kentucky
Wed 9 Nov 2022
Rhiannon Giddens uncovers the life of fiddler and guitarist Arnold Shultz
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The weather changers
Tue 8 Nov 2022
What is weather modification, does it really work and if so, is it problem free?
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America’s Dropbox Babies
Thu 3 Nov 2022
America’s Safe Haven laws for new-born babies – an alternative to abortion?
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Black Roots: Frank Johnson, Joe Thompson and the fiddle in North Carolina
Wed 2 Nov 2022
Rhiannon Giddens explores the lives of black fiddlers Frank Johnson and Joe Thompson
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