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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Archaeology and war
Sat 31 Jan 2026
A Russian archaeologist has been imprisoned for his dig in occupied Crimea
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ICE in Minnesota
Sat 31 Jan 2026
How life has changed since Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrived
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Jesus in a shop doorway
Fri 30 Jan 2026
A former addict and gangster turns his past into a life of faith
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Hungary: The alternative to Orban
Thu 29 Jan 2026
Can opposition leader Peter Magyar challenge Viktor Orban?
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Shepherd's Eye In The Sky
Wed 28 Jan 2026
Bola Mosuro meets the nomadic herders feeding Africa and fighting climate change
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Nigeria: Killings, land and cattle
Tue 27 Jan 2026
Inside a conflict that鈥檚 fuelled controversial claims of 鈥淐hristian genocide鈥�
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Mrinalini Mukherjee: Hemp sculptures
Mon 26 Jan 2026
Indian sculptor Mrinalini Mukherjee and her delicate hemp sculptures
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US foreign policy in five doctrines
Sun 25 Jan 2026
From the Monroe Doctrine to Trump, we look back at five big US foreign policy shifts
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Living in Greenland
Sat 24 Jan 2026
What is it like to live in Greenland as the world debates your future?
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Daughters of thunder
Fri 23 Jan 2026
The transformative work and faith of black female pastors in the American south
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Bonus: Introducing: The History Bureau
Wed 21 Jan 2026
If journalism is the first draft of history, what happens if that turns out to be flawed?
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Greece: Rescuers on trial
Tue 20 Jan 2026
The aid workers put on trial for people-smuggling after saving migrants from drowning
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Black girlhood in photos and writing
Tue 20 Jan 2026
Sisters Salamishah and Scheherazade Tillet鈥檚 photos and words on the lives of Black girls
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New elements
Sun 18 Jan 2026
The search for element 120 begins at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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Kenyans lured to Russia's frontline
Sat 17 Jan 2026
The promise of a good job has tricked some into fighting in the war in Ukraine
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Stories from the New Silk Road: The Bering Sea
Thu 15 Jan 2026
The China-Russia-US tensions in the Bering Sea and China鈥檚 push for wider influence
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Putin's foreign fighters
Tue 13 Jan 2026
Why are young men from around the world risking their lives fighting for Russia?
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The Netherlands: 10 new cities?
Mon 12 Jan 2026
The Netherlands is experiencing a housing crisis. Could 10 new cities be the answer?
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Bianca Raffaella: A world of blurred vision
Mon 12 Jan 2026
Sahar Zand meets partially sighted painter Bianca Raffaella in her studio in Margate
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Looking for No Man's Land
Sun 11 Jan 2026
Is there anywhere left on Earth that is unaffected by humans?
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Taraneh: Iran's defiant actress
Sat 10 Jan 2026
Why has a documentary about Taraneh Alidoosti been watched by millions in Iran?
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Life in Venezuela
Sat 10 Jan 2026
How has life changed for Venezuelans after the detention of Nicolas Maduro?
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Living side by side: Morocco鈥檚 Jews and Muslims
Fri 9 Jan 2026
How two Abrahamic faiths in Morocco have embraced peaceful coexistence
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Returned to sender
Thu 8 Jan 2026
The self-titled 'Message In a Bottle Hunter', who hunts for bottles on beaches all over
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World Questions - Greenland
Wed 7 Jan 2026
Jonny Dymond chairs a debate about the future of Greenland.
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Persian poetry and politics
Wed 7 Jan 2026
How poetry is used by Persian-speaking leaders to build legitimacy
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South Africa and the fight against TB
Tue 6 Jan 2026
Why South Africa's global impact in the fight against tuberculosis is under threat.
