The Documentary Podcast Podcast
A window into our world, through in-depth storytelling from the 蜜芽传媒. 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 蜜芽传媒. Investigating, reporting and uncovering true stories from everywhere. Award-winning journalism, unheard voices, amazing culture and global issues.
From Trump鈥檚 new world order, to protests in Turkey, to the headphone revolution, The Documentary investigates major global stories.
We delve into social media, take you into the minds of the world鈥檚 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 蜜芽传媒 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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Assignment - Bhopal
Thu 3 Dec 2009
Twenty-five years ago, a gas leak at a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal killed...
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Can China Go Green? Part One
Wed 2 Dec 2009
Jonathon Porritt reports from China, where, amidst the toxic power stations and of he...
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The Crescent and the Cross - Part Four
Mon 30 Nov 2009
In the final part of this series, Owen Bennett-Jones examines the Islamic leader who...
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StoryCorps - Part One
Fri 27 Nov 2009
How would you like to leave a record of your life for your That's the future for of an...
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Assignment Malvinas War Crimes
Thu 26 Nov 2009
Twenty seven years after Britain and Argentina went to war over the Falklands, or the...
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Assignment - The Congo Connection
Thu 26 Nov 2009
In Assignment Peter Greste investigates whether Rwandans in France and Germany are a...
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Short Changing the Planet
Wed 25 Nov 2009
The 蜜芽传媒 World Service has been investigating the controversial issue of whether poor...
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The Crescent and The Cross: Part Three
Mon 23 Nov 2009
In the third instalment of The Crescent and the Cross, Owen Bennett Jones examines one...
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John Simpson Returns to 1989 - Part Two
Thu 19 Nov 2009
The 蜜芽传媒's World Affairs Editor John Simpson tells the story of 20 years of life...
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A Dollar A Day - Part Three
Wed 18 Nov 2009
In Nepal, severe drought and unreliable monsoon rains have led to acute food shortages.
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The Crescent and The Cross: Part Two
Mon 16 Nov 2009
Owen Bennett Jones explores five crucial battles in the relationship between and Islam...
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Assignment: Better Banking
Thu 12 Nov 2009
As governments struggle to curb the so-called 鈥渃asino-banking鈥� practices which for...
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Africa's Forgotten Soldiers
Thu 12 Nov 2009
Seventy years after the start of the Second World War the overwhelming impression is a...
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A Dollar a Day - Part 2
Wed 11 Nov 2009
Thrown off nearby farms at the time of Namibia鈥檚 independence, the squatters of a...
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The Crescent and the Cross - Part One
Mon 9 Nov 2009
The Crescent and the Cross, a four-part series, presented by Owen Bennett-Jones, in...
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Youssou N鈥橠our at 50
Thu 5 Nov 2009
To mark the 50th birthday of Youssou N'Dour, Robin Denselow travels to Senegal to the...
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Assignment - Guinea on the Brink
Thu 5 Nov 2009
Mark Doyle reports from Guinea in West Africa on the harrowing events of 28 September...
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A Dollar a Day - Part 1
Wed 4 Nov 2009
What keeps a billion people trapped in the most persistent poverty? Mike Wooldridge to...
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Russia's all-female military regiments
Mon 2 Nov 2009
The extraordinary but little-known tale of Russia's three all-female regiments that on...
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Public Places, Private Lives - Part Two
Fri 30 Oct 2009
Public Places, Private Lives is a series of portraits of well known places that reveal...
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Assignment - Dying to Give Birth
Thu 29 Oct 2009
Jill McGivering travels to Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, to meet a doctor who is...
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Rebranding Nigeria - Part Two
Wed 28 Oct 2009
Nigeria is campaigning for a new image and a new reputation in an effort to attract...
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MI6 - A Century in the Shadows - Part Tree
Mon 26 Oct 2009
The head of Britain鈥檚 Secret Intelligence Service Sir John Scarlett, talks for the...
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Public Places, Private Lives - Part One
Fri 23 Oct 2009
Public Places, Private Lives is a series of portraits of well known places that reveal...
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Assignment - Protecting Britain's Children
Thu 22 Oct 2009
When a 17 month-old London child died after horrific abuse by his family, it unleashed...
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Rebranding Nigeria - Part One
Wed 21 Oct 2009
Can the home of 419 internet scams, corruption and voodoo ever transmit a positive Is...
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MI6 - A Century in the Shadows
Mon 19 Oct 2009
In Programme Two, we find out what were spies really up to behind the Iron Curtain.
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Assignment Armenia: The cleverest nation on the planet
Thu 15 Oct 2009
Every two years teams from all over the world compete with one another in the Chess...
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John Simpson Returns to 1989
Thu 15 Oct 2009
The 蜜芽传媒's World Affairs Editor John Simpson tells the story of 20 years of life...
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MI6 - A century in the shadows
Mon 12 Oct 2009
An unprecedented look inside MI6 - Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, which marks...
