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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The Fake Paralympians: 2. Caught
Tue 24 Aug 2021
Some of the gold-medal-winning team are recognised back home - and they're not disabled
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A bad business
Sat 21 Aug 2021
Twenty years after the collapse of Enron, how difficult is it to commit corporate fraud?
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World of Wisdom: Bereavement and acceptance
Sat 21 Aug 2021
Dr Shefali Tsabary offers guidance to a man who has lost his mother and his sister
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India's living dead
Thu 19 Aug 2021
Lal Bihari - the farmer who discovered he was dead when he was very much alive
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The Fake Paralympians: 1. Gold
Tue 17 Aug 2021
Team captain Ray is genuinely disabled - and going to Sydney is beyond his wildest dreams
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World of Wisdom: Self-help for the spirit
Fri 13 Aug 2021
Sister Dang Nghiem, Dr Shefali Tsabary and Eckhart Tolle offer advice on wellbeing
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What鈥檚 Killing Israel鈥檚 Arabs?
Thu 12 Aug 2021
The violent crime wave afflicting Arab communities in Israel
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Hiroshima successors
Tue 10 Aug 2021
As memories of the atomic bomb fade, an unusual practice keeps survivors鈥� stories alive
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Two smiley faces: Episode six
Sat 7 Aug 2021
How emojis have come to define us, and what they tell us about global communication
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OS Conversations: Olympic golden moments
Sat 7 Aug 2021
We speak to athletes who won gold at the Tokyo Games
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Malta and the El Hiblu 3
Thu 5 Aug 2021
The story of how three teenage refugees ended up being accused of terrorism in Malta.
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Africa鈥檚 vaccine ambitions
Tue 3 Aug 2021
The effort to make vaccine manufacturing in Africa a home grown industry
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Two smiley faces: Episode five
Sun 1 Aug 2021
How emojis have come to define us, and what they tell us about global communication
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Beijing: Beyond the masks
Sat 31 Jul 2021
Liyang Liu explores her home city Beijing in the wake of the pandemic
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Rebuilding Beirut鈥檚 village in a city
Thu 29 Jul 2021
Can Beirut鈥檚 unique Karantina district survive after the blast that rocked the city?
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A tale of two Tokyos
Tue 27 Jul 2021
Ken Nishikawa and Nick Luscombe take inspiration and hope from the Tokyo Olympics of 1964
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Two smiley faces: Episode four
Sun 25 Jul 2021
How emojis have come to define us, and what they tell us about global communication
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The road to rock'n'roll
Sat 24 Jul 2021
How a network of black performance venues in a segregated USA shaped music history
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Dangerous liaisons in Sinaloa
Thu 22 Jul 2021
The impact of Mexican 'narco cultura' on the women of Sinaloa...
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Lex Gillette: A leap in the dark
Tue 20 Jul 2021
Paralympian Lex Gillette and guide coach Wesley go for Gold in 2021
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Two smiley faces: Episode three
Sun 18 Jul 2021
How do the Unicode Consortium decide what is included in the official emoji keyboard?
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China in slogans
Sat 17 Jul 2021
How Communist Party slogans reveal a turbulent century of Chinese history
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Breaking through
Sat 17 Jul 2021
How breaking went from the inner city streets of New York City to the Olympic Games
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Coronavirus: England Unlocking
Sat 17 Jul 2021
Reflecting the conversations ahead of the lifting of legal Covid restrictions
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Finding Grace
Wed 14 Jul 2021
James Clayton on a new technique for solving cold case murders using ancestry websites
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Sporting heroines of history
Tue 13 Jul 2021
Paralympian Tanni-Grey Thompson explores the role of women in sport through history
