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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Indonesian Journeys Aceh
Fri 6 Mar 2009
Anita Barraud explores how peace and democracy is working in Aceh, a region that has...
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Public Places Private Lives
Wed 4 Mar 2009
Trafalgar Square is a must-see destination on any tourist map of the UK.
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Public Places Private Lives
Wed 4 Mar 2009
Trafalgar Square is a must-see destination on any tourist map of the UK.
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Third Agers - Part One
Mon 2 Mar 2009
What is it really like to be old? In this four part series, Jane Little meets Third to...
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Assignment: Kenya Reconciliation
Thu 26 Feb 2009
It's a year since Kenya's political rivals signed a power-sharing agreement to end the...
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Indonesian Journeys - Jakarta
Tue 24 Feb 2009
In the run up to the Indonesian elections in April, Anita Barraud travels to four of a...
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Fresh Start - Part Three
Mon 16 Feb 2009
Lucy Ash looks at a successful prison reform scheme in Kansas that is turning crack...
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Beatles in the USSR
Fri 13 Feb 2009
As Beatlemania swept throughout the world in 1964, it seemed unable to penetrate the...
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Fresh Start - Part Two
Fri 6 Feb 2009
Lucy Ash looks at why allowing prisoners to raise puppies has proved to be a way of...
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The Wildlife Smugglers
Fri 6 Feb 2009
Worldwide, the illegal trade in wildlife is worth up to $25 billion US a year.
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Assignment - Children for Sale
Thu 5 Feb 2009
Nadene Ghouri goes undercover to expose the trade in children by some charities in the...
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The Bicycle Diaries - part three
Fri 30 Jan 2009
This three-part series looks at the impact the bicycle has had on people's lives.
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Fresh Start - Part One
Fri 30 Jan 2009
As prison numbers in Britain continue to soar, what can be done to stop criminals In...
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Assignment - A City Divided
Thu 29 Jan 2009
At the end of last year, violent clashes broke out in Jos in central Nigeria after a...
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The Legacy of George W Bush - Part Two
Mon 26 Jan 2009
Justin Webb explores the domestic and international legacies of President George W as...
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The Bicycle Diaries - part two
Fri 23 Jan 2009
This three-part series looks at the impact the bicycle has had on people's lives.
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Human Rights and Wrongs at the UN
Tue 20 Jan 2009
Is the UN's Human Rights Council fulfilling its role to protect the most vulnerable or...
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The Bicycle Diaries - part one
Fri 16 Jan 2009
This series features three portraits of the use of the bicycle around the world.
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The Legacy of George W Bush - Part One
Thu 15 Jan 2009
Justin Webb explores the domestic and international legacies of President George W as...
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Obama: Professor President
Tue 13 Jan 2009
Kwame Anthony Appiah is one of America鈥檚 leading public intellectuals.
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The Pardon Game
Thu 8 Jan 2009
A US president has a constitutional and inalienable right to grant pardons. Bush.
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Brand Cuba - part two
Mon 5 Jan 2009
On 1st January 2009, Cuba marks the 50th anniversary of its revolution.
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The Story of Braille
Fri 2 Jan 2009
Peter White tells the story of Louis Braille, the founder of Braille, and the story in...
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Brand Cuba part one
Mon 29 Dec 2008
In Brand Cuba, Allan Little analyses some of the factors that have kept Cuba alive in...
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Too Many Santas
Boxing Day 2008
Throughout much of the Christian world Christmas is the time when Santa Claus 鈥� a is...
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Assignment In Exile
Christmas Day 2008
There are more than 10 million Palestinians living around the world, more than half of...
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Return to White Horse Village part three
Tue 23 Dec 2008
While China's economy has boomed over the past 30 years, many of its 700 million have...
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Timeline part three
Fri 19 Dec 2008
Timeline is the programme where the past sheds light on recent events though use of...
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Assignment A Return to Helmand
Thu 18 Dec 2008
Last year our correspondent Jill McGivering reported from Helmand Province in southern...
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Return to White Horse Village part two
Wed 17 Dec 2008
While China's economy has boomed over the past 30 years, many of its 700 million have...
