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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Stockfish
Tue 28 Nov 2017
How did stockfish - cod that is dried in Norway鈥檚 cold air - became a Nigerian staple?
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The Tula Toli Massacre
Thu 23 Nov 2017
The chilling story of a massacre of Rohingya muslims in a small village in Myanmar
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Blind Man Roams the Globe: Christchurch
Wed 22 Nov 2017
Life in Christchurch, New Zealand, as it recovers from two earthquakes
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Europe's Illiberal Democrats: Poland
Tue 21 Nov 2017
Is Poland sliding towards autocracy or just on a different, democratic path?
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The Judgement on Mladic
Thu 16 Nov 2017
Mark Urban examines the impact General Mladic had on the lives of thousands of people
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Blind Man Roams the Globe: Berlin
Wed 15 Nov 2017
The sounds and smells of Berlin experienced through the senses of a blind man
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Europe's Illiberal Democrats: Hungary
Tue 14 Nov 2017
Hungary is becoming an "illiberal democracy". Is that its right, or a slide to autocracy?
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Remembering Solidarity
Fri 10 Nov 2017
Five Solidarity members reflect on the movement that ended communist rule in Poland
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Namibia鈥檚 Missing Millions
Thu 9 Nov 2017
David Grossman on Namibia鈥檚 missing tax millions revealed in the Paradise Papers
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The Invisible Hand of Donald Trump
Thu 9 Nov 2017
Martin Wolf of the Financial Times examines the economic impact of President Donald Trump
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The Last Kamikazes
Tue 7 Nov 2017
The indoctrination of Japan鈥檚 World War Two suicide pilots told by the last survivors
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Trump Re-Elected
Sat 4 Nov 2017
Donald Trump鈥檚 election win revisited - could he do it again in 2020?
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The Lost Children of ISIS
Thu 2 Nov 2017
Searching for captive children still lost after the retreat of so-called Islamic State
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Before I Go
Wed 1 Nov 2017
Four people share their life-affirming experience of living with a terminal illness
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The Red and the White: Retribution
Tue 31 Oct 2017
The story of the Red Terror in the North of Russia nearly 100 years ago
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AKA Mystery Island
Sat 28 Oct 2017
A tiny South Pacific island hosts 25,000 cruise ship tourists a month but at what cost?
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Sweden鈥檚 Child Migrant Mystery
Thu 26 Oct 2017
Why do asylum-seeking children in Sweden withdraw from the world & how can they recover?
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Nigeria: Shooting it Like a Woman
Wed 25 Oct 2017
Nigerian director Tope Oshin celebrates women film-makers currently reinventing Nollywood
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The Red and the White: Britain鈥檚 Arctic Prison
Tue 24 Oct 2017
How foreign troops incarcerated Russians on 'Death Island' in the White Sea
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A New Church for the Red State
Sun 22 Oct 2017
How a reforming priest brought revolution to Russia鈥檚 Orthodox Church
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Zanzibar: Spirits and Psychiatry
Thu 19 Oct 2017
The mentally-sick in Zanzibar turn to profiteering exorcists for treatment
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C-Section Brazil
Wed 18 Oct 2017
Brazil is the caesarean capital of the world. What is behind this C-section 鈥渆pidemic鈥�?
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The Red and the White: Intervention
Tue 17 Oct 2017
The story of a forgotten war fought by Western troops in Arctic Russia at the end of WW1
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I Speak Navajo
Sat 14 Oct 2017
"Growing up and not speaking the language, I felt this loss or this void"
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Behind Closed Doors: Solutions to Domestic Abuse in Indonesia
Thu 12 Oct 2017
Indonesia has just conducted its first ever national survey on domestic violence
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Behind Closed Doors: Solutions to Domestic Violence in Peru
Wed 11 Oct 2017
Rates of domestic violence in the Peruvian Andes are particularly high
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Behind Closed Doors: Solutions to Domestic Abuse in Kenya
Tue 10 Oct 2017
Unity is a village without men set up by Samburu women in response to domestic abuse
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Pakistani Media in the UK
Thu 5 Oct 2017
Manveen Rana uncovers hate speech and sectarianism in the UK's Urdu media
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Che Today
Tue 3 Oct 2017
Five decades after his death, how important is El Che for young Cubans today?
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The Silent Forest - Part Two
Sun 1 Oct 2017
How the locals of Thailand and Myanmar are resisting the destruction of their forests
