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 BBC 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 BBC 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’s 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 Texas Tank: A Prison Radio Station Changing Lives
Wed 7 Sep 2022
A radio station at a Texan prison is creating community and changing inmates' lives
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Samburu: The fight against child marriage
Tue 6 Sep 2022
Lisa-Marie Misztak meets Josephine Kulea, a Samburu woman fighting against child marriage
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The floods in Pakistan
Sat 3 Sep 2022
Locals and family members abroad share their concerns and urgent needs
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Global Britain after Boris Johnson
Sat 3 Sep 2022
What has Boris Johnson's tumultuous premiership meant for Britain's standing in the world?
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What next for School no 20?
Thu 1 Sep 2022
What’s it like to be a teenager in Ukraine? School leavers in Chernihiv tell it how it is
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What are we searching for? Part 2
Tue 30 Aug 2022
What do people search for online in the world’s major conflict zones?
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Ukrainians six months on since the start of war
Sat 27 Aug 2022
The personal toll on families of Europe's biggest armed conflict since World War Two
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Lacrosse: Reclaiming the Creator’s game
Thu 25 Aug 2022
Why lacrosse is much more than just a game for Native Americans
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What are we searching for? Part 1
Tue 23 Aug 2022
What do people search for online in the world’s major conflict zones?
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How things are done in Odesa
Sat 20 Aug 2022
A fiercely independent city living through a time of war
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OS Conversations: One year of the Taliban
Sat 20 Aug 2022
Afghans discuss what it’s like to live under Taliban control
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Afghan Stars now
Tue 16 Aug 2022
A year on from the Taliban takeover, Sahar Zand talks to prominent Afghan musicians
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Bonus podcast: The Bomb
Sat 13 Aug 2022
The man who stole the atomic bomb. This is season 2, episode 1: A grave matter
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After the ‘narco president’: Rebuilding hope in Honduras
Wed 10 Aug 2022
When the president stands accused of drug trafficking, what hope is there?
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Inheritors of partition
Tue 9 Aug 2022
Kavita Puri marks the 75th anniversary of the division of the Indian subcontinent
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Women's football
Sat 6 Aug 2022
Female footballers and commentators on the challenges and progress within their fields
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My granny the slave
Wed 3 Aug 2022
Claire Hynes goes on a personal journey to uncover the story of her enslaved ancestor
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Fighting wildfires
Sat 30 Jul 2022
US firefighters discuss one of the most dangerous jobs in the world
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Birmingham’s grassroots heroes
Tue 26 Jul 2022
Exploring what the idea of ‘commonwealth’ means to Birmingham's grassroots sports heroes.
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Nursing matters
Tue 19 Jul 2022
In Zambia there is still only 13 nurses per 10,000 people, compared to 175 in Switzerland
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Sri Lanka crisis
Sat 16 Jul 2022
People across Sri Lanka describe how the crisis has affected their lives
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The man who came back from the dead
Thu 14 Jul 2022
How one man survived to bear witness to one of the worst atrocities of the war in Ukraine
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Shrimps, saris and guns
Tue 12 Jul 2022
The village women in Bangladesh taking on the global shrimp industry to protect their land
