BBC World Service - The Documentary Podcast

Candela: The Lives of Cuban Women

Five ordinary Cuban women on their lives, their passions and their struggles

Meet the women in India working in jobs traditionally done by men

Public employee one day, enemy of the state the next. The post coup reality in Turkey.

How country music became a powerful form of expression for Australia’s Aboriginal peoples

A post-election view of the US presidential race from the perspective of the winning side

In Mississippi in 2008, 15-year-old Tobias dreamt of being a policeman. Did he succeed?

Acclaimed percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie explores the evolution of musical rhythm

How the Bamboo Club in Bristol, England, became a lifeline for a victimised community

There’s a shortage of criminals in the Netherlands. What are the Dutch doing about it?

Listeners' stories of incidents and actions that proved to be a turning point in life