The Documentary Podcast Podcast
A window into our world, through in-depth storytelling from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½. Investigating, reporting and telling true stories from everywhere. Award-winning journalism and global issues.
A window into our world, through in-depth storytelling from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½. Investigating, reporting and uncovering true stories from everywhere. Award-winning journalism, unheard voices, amazing culture and global issues.
From Trump's new world order, to war in Sudan, to the legacy of football icon Mo Salah, The Documentary investigates major global stories.
We delve into social media, take you into the minds of the world's most creative people and explore personal approaches to spirituality. Every week, we also bring together people from around the globe to discuss how news stories are affecting their lives.
A new episode most days, all year round. From our ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service teams at: Assignment, Heart and Soul, In the Studio, OS Conversations, The Fifth Floor and Trending.
Episodes to download
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Lesia Khomenko: Art and war
Today
Artist Lesia Khomenko has been documenting how the war has transformed Ukrainian society
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Will a fugitive oligarch sway Moldova’s election?
Saturday
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ goes undercover, exposing a disinformation campaign ahead of Moldova’s election.
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Charlie Kirk and free speech
Saturday
Kirk’s supporters and other activists discuss the future for freedom of speech in the US
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Digital Dolittles: Talking to the animals?
Friday
Technology allows new ways of listening to the animals. Will we become digital Dolittles?
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The social lives of bacteria
Wednesday
The microscopic dramas of bacterial loners, crowd-lovers, backstabbers and do-gooders
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Faith on the Russia-Ukraine frontline
Wednesday
We hear from military chaplains and priests on both sides of the war in Ukraine
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Kenya: A Battle For Gen Z
Last Tuesday
Protests, abductions, defiance - the young people caught in a struggle for Kenya
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Jon Foreman: Art that goes out with the tide
Last Monday
Land Artist Jon Foreman takes us behind the scenes of his new sculpture
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Who's behind Europe's largest rare book heist?
Sat 13 Sep 2025
How hundreds of Russian rare books disappeared from libraries across Europe
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Would you want to live until 150?
Sat 13 Sep 2025
We hear what it is like to live to an old age and what experts say on longevity
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Tequila with the bat man
Thu 11 Sep 2025
One conservationist's mission to protect bats and Mexico’s iconic tequila and mezcal
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Selling misleading fertility hope
Wed 10 Sep 2025
We investigate the science behind fertility supplements being promoted online
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My blessed boy: The millennial saint
Wed 10 Sep 2025
How teenager Carlo Acutis became the world’s first Millennial Saint
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MAST: Architecture on water
Mon 8 Sep 2025
Copenhagen architecture studio MAST specialises in building on water
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Kharkiv: Love in a warzone
Sun 7 Sep 2025
Why one woman chose to live under fire in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv – for love
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Colombia's cocaine submarines
Sat 6 Sep 2025
How Colombian drug cartels are using new methods to boost their revenues
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Grey divorce
Sat 6 Sep 2025
The personal impact of separating later in life and how it also affects adult children
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Germany's timber detectives
Thu 4 Sep 2025
A group of German scientists tackling illegal deforestation
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Floods hit Texas, then came the cloud talk
Wed 3 Sep 2025
Did cloud seeding trigger the Texas floods? No, but that didn’t stop the online rumours
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Galicia’s wild horses in peril
Tue 2 Sep 2025
Europe’s largest herd of wild horses, in north-west Spain, is under threat. Why?
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Paul McCartney: Beatles and beyond
Sun 31 Aug 2025
Sir Paul McCartney from The Beatles and his legacy hosted by The Bangles’ Susanna Hoffs
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Scammed, robbed, traumatised – life after war for Russian soldiers
Sat 30 Aug 2025
Vladimir Putin promised soldiers a hero's welcome, but their reality is quite different
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Surviving the floods in Pakistan
Sat 30 Aug 2025
Victims of flooding share their stories of survival and rescue
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Digitally preserving Armenia’s Christian heritage
Fri 29 Aug 2025
How drones and lasers are helping to digitally preserve Armenia’s ancient churches
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Student Predator: Surviving Zhenhao Zou
Wed 27 Aug 2025
A window into our world. Investigating and reporting true stories from everywhere.