BBC World Service - The Documentary Podcast

The Fish that Ate Florida

Why some people want to eradicate the lionfish from Florida's waters

Africa’s migrant trade is among the most lucrative. Can it ever be stopped?

The global expansion of British music exams, and its very modern challenges

The amazing success story of the avocado in the US as a case study for the future trade

The communities of rainforests of South-east Asia resisting destruction of their forests

How thousands of Americans given life sentences as children now have a chance of freedom

Panama’s idyllic islands are threatened by a rising sea, but one community has a plan

Meet the self-experimenters and scientists trying to add years to our lives

Periods are a taboo in many places but for some in Tanzania first periods are celebbrated

Behind the bars of New York’s notorious jail, Rikers Island, inmates are learning to rap