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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Panama's Vanishing Islands
Thu 21 Sep 2017
Panama’s idyllic islands are threatened by a rising sea, but one community has a plan
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Forever Young
Wed 20 Sep 2017
Meet the self-experimenters and scientists trying to add years to our lives
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My First Period
Tue 19 Sep 2017
Periods are a taboo in many places but for some in Tanzania first periods are celebbrated
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Beats, Rhymes and Justice: Hip Hop on Rikers Island
Sun 17 Sep 2017
Behind the bars of New York’s notorious jail, Rikers Island, inmates are learning to rap
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Starting from Scratch in Uganda
Wed 13 Sep 2017
How do you make a new home in the African bush with a machete, rope and plastic?
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The Flying Colombians
Wed 13 Sep 2017
We join the world’s cyclists on the gruelling Vuelta a Colombia race
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The Gardeners of Kabul
Tue 12 Sep 2017
Meeting the people with a passion for flowers in a city of conflict
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Seeking Refuge in Houston
Sun 10 Sep 2017
Following storm Harvey, what are the challenges facing Houston’s diverse population?
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Lonely in Lagos
Fri 8 Sep 2017
Poet and broadcaster Wana Udobang speaks with lonely and isolated people in the city
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Bulgaria on a Cliff Edge
Thu 7 Sep 2017
What’s it like to live in the country with the fastest-shrinking population in the world?
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The Hundred Million Dollar Question - Part Two
Wed 6 Sep 2017
What’s the best way to spend $100 million to fix one of humanity’s problems?
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Die Klassen: Die Trennung
Tue 5 Sep 2017
A Syrian father and daughter in Berlin and their struggle to reunite with family
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The Hundred Million Dollar Question - Part One
Wed 30 Aug 2017
What’s the best way to spend $100 million to fix one of humanity’s problems?
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South America in the South Atlantic
Tue 29 Aug 2017
Exploring the often overlooked connections between the Falkland Islands and South America
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Counting Babies in Niger
Thu 24 Aug 2017
Niger has the highest fertility rate in the world and the government wants to change that
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Going Green in the Oil State
Wed 23 Aug 2017
Why are climate change sceptics in Republican Texas embracing renewable energy?
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Venezuela - A Week In The Life Of A Country In Chaos
Sat 19 Aug 2017
Examining the divided nation in the run-up to the recent Constituent Assembly vote
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Romania’s Webcam Boom
Thu 17 Aug 2017
Inside Romania’s live, web-camming world – the engine of the online sex industry
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Partion Voices: Aftermath
Wed 16 Aug 2017
Witnesses recall the aftermath of partition as former British territories were divided.
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Partition Voices: Division
Tue 15 Aug 2017
Kavita Puri hears the untold stories of those who witnessed India’s partition in 1947.
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Pakistan, Partition and The Present, Part Two
Wed 9 Aug 2017
Has Pakistan has lived up to the vision of its founder, Mohammad Ali Jinnah?
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Pakistan, Partition and the Present - Part One
Tue 8 Aug 2017
The mass migration of 1947 and what that version of events says about the country now
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Last Call from Aleppo
Thu 3 Aug 2017
In besieged East Aleppo a terrified mother of three makes one last desperate phone call
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Hadraawi: The Somali Shakespeare
Wed 2 Aug 2017
Somali life and culture through the work of poet Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame 'Hadraawi'
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Being Bisexual
Tue 1 Aug 2017
Openly bisexual journalist Nichi Hodgson explores what it means to be bisexual
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Inside Transgender Pakistan
Mon 31 Jul 2017
Pakistan's Hijra, or third gender, community shun a new emerging transgender identity
