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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The Mapuche 鈥� fighting for their right to heal
Thu 26 Nov 2020
The Mapuche battle to get respect for their approach to healthcare in southern Chile
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Don't Log Off: Resilience
Wed 25 Nov 2020
Alan Dein connects with individuals whose lives have shifted in the coronavirus pandemic
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100 Women: The mushroom woman
Mon 23 Nov 2020
How Chido Govera's curiosity with mushrooms helped feed her family and other growers
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Coronavirus: Mental and physical toll
Sat 21 Nov 2020
Three women in Latin America talk about how coronavirus has affected their societies
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Martinique: The poisoning of paradise
Thu 19 Nov 2020
The historic link between slavery and the toxic contamination of a Caribbean island
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The five-day election
Wed 18 Nov 2020
Voters talk about waiting for results of the unusually protracted US presidential election
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Obesity crisis In Thai temples
Tue 17 Nov 2020
Why are Buddhist monks in Thailand more obese than the population at large?
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Blood lands
Sun 15 Nov 2020
The frenzied attack in a farmhouse that left two dead and a South African town divided
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The burning scar
Thu 12 Nov 2020
Investigating a palm oil giant buying vast areas of Asia鈥檚 largest remaining rainforest
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India's missing children
Tue 10 Nov 2020
Rajini Vaidyanathan searches for one of the many Indian children trafficked into slavery
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US election: Divided nation
Sat 7 Nov 2020
Voters from across the country share their thoughts and feelings about the election
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Sicily鈥檚 prisoner fishermen
Thu 5 Nov 2020
Eighteen Sicilian fishermen are in jail in Benghazi, accused of fishing in Libya鈥檚 waters
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Missing and murdered: America鈥檚 forgotten native girls
Tue 3 Nov 2020
The shocking violence against Native American women
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US election: Race and policing
Sat 31 Oct 2020
Conversations with serving officers, Black Lives Matter protesters and former Neo-Nazis
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US election: Socially distant
Thu 29 Oct 2020
Two socially distanced views of the pre-election political landscape of America
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China's rocket man
Tue 27 Oct 2020
What does a pioneering scientist's story reveal about China and America?
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US election: Trucking and farming
Sat 24 Oct 2020
Truck drivers and farmers talk about the past four years of Trump presidency
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The British and their fish
Thu 22 Oct 2020
Grimsby, the once-mighty UK fishing port that hopes Brexit will bring a renaissance
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A perfect match
Tue 20 Oct 2020
The inequalities in US healthcare exposed through a deeply personal story
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The TikTok election
Sun 18 Oct 2020
Sophia Smith Galer finds out how TikTok could influence the outcome of the US election
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The Response USA: The return
Sat 17 Oct 2020
Americans consider how their lives have changed since the election of Donald Trump
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US election: Losing your job
Sat 17 Oct 2020
People across America talk about losing their jobs during the pandemic
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Dyslexia: Into adulthood
Tue 13 Oct 2020
Stella Sabin looks at the continuing impact of dyslexia in adult life
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Spitfire stories
Sun 11 Oct 2020
How a WW2 icon was made, piece by piece, against all odds. With historian Victoria Taylor
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US election: Testing positive for Covid-19
Sat 10 Oct 2020
Americans discuss President Trump's Covid-19 diagnosis
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Portland, prisons and white supremacy - part two
Thu 8 Oct 2020
How the death of a black teenager highlighted America鈥檚 struggle with white gang violence
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Dyslexia: Language and childhood
Tue 6 Oct 2020
Toby Withers explores how you can be dyslexic in one language, but not in another
