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 mixed beat
Sat 10 Jul 2021
Nora Fakim takes a look at mixed identity and how it’s evolving over generations
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Coronavirus: Refusing the vaccine
Sat 10 Jul 2021
We hear from countries struggle with vaccine hesitancy among their populations
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Missing from Manhattan
Thu 8 Jul 2021
As America’s biggest city emerges from the pandemic, Lucy Ash asks what’s changed
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Bats: Friend or foe?
Tue 6 Jul 2021
They are both feared and revered but what can we learn about bats?
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Two Smiley Faces
Sun 4 Jul 2021
How emojis have come to define us, and what they tell us about global communication.
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Coronavirus: Face masks
Sat 3 Jul 2021
We hear from Israel, Italy and Russia as the debate around mask-wearing continues
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The runaway maids of Oman
Thu 1 Jul 2021
Tricked, abused and trapped in a foreign land. Who will rescue the African maids of Oman?
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Guru: Who knew what and when?
Tue 29 Jun 2021
Ishleen Kaur investigates abuse allegations at a yoga organisation she once called home
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Coronavirus: Survivor's guilt
Sat 26 Jun 2021
We hear how some Covid-19 survivors are struggling with guilt
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Nigeria’s kidnapped children
Thu 24 Jun 2021
How armed gangs are inflicting terror upon schools in northern Nigeria
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Guru: A dark legacy
Tue 22 Jun 2021
Ishleen Kaur investigates abuse allegations at a yoga organisation she once called home
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The life of Kenneth Kaunda
Sun 20 Jun 2021
Celebrating the life and legacy of Kenneth Kaunda, the first President of Zambia
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Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Sat 19 Jun 2021
The Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion that caused the largest environmental disaster
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Women in Iran
Sat 19 Jun 2021
Three young Iranian women discuss their lives, their families and their futures
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Syria’s decade of conflict: The many colours of Raqqa
Thu 17 Jun 2021
How Syria's secret photographer worked and survived under every force in the conflict
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Guru: Living a lie
Tue 15 Jun 2021
Allegations of abuse at the Sivananda Yoga, one of the world’s most revered yoga schools
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When Kissinger went to China
Sat 12 Jun 2021
How Henry Kissinger's secret to trip China 50 years ago changed the Cold War
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Syria’s decade of conflict: Islamic State’s most wanted
Thu 10 Jun 2021
The astonishing story of a group of young men who chose to resist so-called Islamic State
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Bonus: The Lazarus Heist Episode 1
Sat 5 Jun 2021
Introducing our new original podcast. Here’s episode 1: Hacking Hollywood. #LazarusHeist
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Coronavirus: The Olympics
Sat 5 Jun 2021
Doctors in Tokyo discuss their concerns about the Olympics going ahead in July
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Syria’s decade of conflict: Syria's secret library
Thu 3 Jun 2021
The story of a library in a besieged Syrian town which was a lifeline to the community
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Globalisation in reverse
Tue 1 Jun 2021
Karishma Vaswani in conversation with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
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The Tulsa tragedy that shamed America
Sat 29 May 2021
Alvin Hall tells the story of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
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Hip-hop and healing: Commemorating Tulsa
Sat 29 May 2021
How the local community is using art and music to commemorate the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
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Coronavirus: Getting Covid after vaccination
Sat 29 May 2021
Two people talk about how they got Covid-19 after being fully vaccinated.
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Syria’s decade of conflict: The battered champions of Aleppo
Thu 27 May 2021
Lina Sinjab and Tim Whewell on a how civil war split friends from a Syrian football team
