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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Introducing 13 Minutes to the Moon Season 2
Mon 9 Mar 2020
Jump on-board a doomed mission to the Moon. Apollo 13: the extraordinary story
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Something In The Air?
Thu 5 Mar 2020
Cabin crew claim toxic air is harming them, but airlines say there鈥檚 no proven link
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The Detransitioners: He2She2He
Tue 3 Mar 2020
Transgender journeys of people who transitioned and then returned to their birth gender
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Beats, rhymes and justice: Hip-hop on Rikers Island - Part two
Sun 1 Mar 2020
MC and producer Ryan Burvick and the inmates learning to rap in Rikers Island jail
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Confessions of a mafia boss
Thu 27 Feb 2020
Dominic Casciani gets exclusive access to a former mafia boss turned prosecution witness
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Don't log off - part two
Wed 26 Feb 2020
People in Afghanistan, the Philippines, Sierra Leone and beyond explore what unites them
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Houston, we have a new criminal justice system
Tue 25 Feb 2020
Can new judges transform Houston鈥檚 criminal justice system?
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Beats, rhymes and justice: Hip-hop on Rikers Island - Part one
Sun 23 Feb 2020
MC and producer Ryan Burvick and the inmates learning to rap in Rikers Island jail
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Riding the Motel 22: Homeless in California
Thu 20 Feb 2020
California鈥檚 homeless take a ride on the 鈥楳otel 22鈥�
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Don't log off: Part one
Wed 19 Feb 2020
Using social media, Alan Dein connects with strangers across the world seeking fulfilment
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Crossing Divides: The exchange
Tue 18 Feb 2020
Cattle farmers from the USA and South Africa share perspectives
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Gospel meets hip-hop
Sun 16 Feb 2020
Award-winning UK rapper Guvna B explores the 鈥榞ospel hip-hop鈥� music genre
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Reinventing Miss America
Sat 15 Feb 2020
How can beauty pageants adapt in the wake of the #MeToo movement?
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El Salvador: the story of Karla Turcios
Thu 13 Feb 2020
A woman is murdered in El Salvador every 3 days. Karla Turcios was one of them
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Life on the line
Sun 9 Feb 2020
What is life like for the billions of people who live along earthquake fault lines?
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Tony's Freehold Grill: Politics on the side
Sat 8 Feb 2020
The 2020 US Presidential campaign as it unfolds over the countertop of a New Jersey diner
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Panic in Bulgaria
Thu 6 Feb 2020
鈥淭hey鈥檙e coming for our children鈥�: How fear of social workers has gripped Bulgaria
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Vanuatu鈥檚 stolen generation
Wed 5 Feb 2020
Thousands of boys and young men were kidnapped and taken to work on sugar plantations
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Polygamous marriage in modern Malaysia
Tue 4 Feb 2020
All sorts of Muslims, some very dynamic and modern, are embracing polygamy in Malaysia
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Colombia鈥檚 new cocaine war
Thu 30 Jan 2020
Michael Buchanan gets rare access to Colombia鈥檚 cocaine producers and smugglers
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Survival and revival in the Torres Strait
Wed 29 Jan 2020
The islanders fighting to save their home and their language
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South Korea鈥檚 hope in hell
Tue 28 Jan 2020
The personal stories of students and young people struggling with the pressure to succeed
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The remarkable resistance of Lilo
Sun 26 Jan 2020
Lilo and Erich Gloeden hid Jews from the Nazis in wartime Berlin
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Finland's race to go carbon neutral
Thu 23 Jan 2020
The Finnish fisherman who believes he has a solution to climate change
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Greenland: Why music matters
Sun 19 Jan 2020
Kate Molleson explores music鈥檚 place on the world鈥檚 largest island
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Ayahuasca: Fear and healing in the Amazon
Thu 16 Jan 2020
Psychedelic plants, the spiritual tourism backlash - and sexual abuse
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