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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The President and the Press
Sat 14 Jan 2017
A history of how the White House and the press corps learned how to live with each other.
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Siege at the Holey Artisan Bakery
Thu 12 Jan 2017
One night of terror at Dhaka's Holey Artisan Bakery in July 2016.
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Beyond the Pitch
Sat 7 Jan 2017
Dramatic and poignant tales exploring how Africa鈥檚 football and politics are bedfellows
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Poland: Behind the Black Protests
Thu 5 Jan 2017
Women in Poland are angry with their government and with the Catholic church
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City of the Future
Tue 3 Jan 2017
Dealing with immigration, an exploding population, and a divide between rich and poor
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The Woman who Exposed Russian Doping
Sat 31 Dec 2016
Yuliya Stepanova revealed the use of performance enhancing drugs by Russian athletes
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The Year Everything Changed
Tue 27 Dec 2016
How the way the world is shaped and reported on changed fundamentally in 2016
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A Song for Syria
Christmas Day 2016
How music has become a crucial source of comfort and resilience for refugees in Lebanon
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Punk Art and Protest in Malaysia
Thu 22 Dec 2016
Street artist Reza captured public dissatisfaction when he caricatured the PM as a clown
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Sex Mountain
Wed 21 Dec 2016
Why did Indonesians flock to a remote mountain shrine to have sex with strangers?
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Burn Slush! The Reindeer Grand Prix
Tue 20 Dec 2016
Faster Rudolph! Competitive reindeer-racing is a popular sport across the Arctic Circle
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The Polygon People
Sun 18 Dec 2016
The story and legacy of the vast Soviet nuclear test site in Kazakhstan, The Polygon
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The Sunni Traditionalists: Islam, People and Power Boxset
Fri 16 Dec 2016
The battle of ideas that accompanied the Arab uprisings
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The Salafis: Islam, People and Power Boxset
Fri 16 Dec 2016
Disputes in Islam鈥檚 most misunderstood sect - the Wahhabis, also known as Salafis
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The Islamists: Islam, People and Power Boxset
Fri 16 Dec 2016
Why the Muslim Brotherhood has fractured since the Arab uprisings
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The Shia: Islam, People and Power Boxset
Fri 16 Dec 2016
The debate within Shi鈥檌sm about the role of Islam in government
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Reflections: Islam, People and Power Boxset
Fri 16 Dec 2016
Safa Al Ahmad chairs a discussion about the role of Islam in politics in the Arab world
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Woman Found Dead by the Lake Shore
Fri 16 Dec 2016
The Kafkaesque story of the brutal killing of a woman found dead by a lake in Sweden
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India's Silent Terror
Thu 15 Dec 2016
Protecting cows has now become the focus of armed Hindu vigilante groups.
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Tito's Tourist Crisis
Tue 13 Dec 2016
Tito's career is wrecked now that so many of Egypt鈥檚 hotels have closed
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Cricket, Colour and Quotas in South Africa
Thu 8 Dec 2016
Black sporting talent is still struggling to break through into South Africa's top teams.
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What My Parents Taught Me
Wed 7 Dec 2016
When Louisa Smith was eight, her father, a Vietnam veteran, dealt with an armed attacker
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Naija Sexual Desires
Wed 7 Dec 2016
Breaking taboos by exploring sex and female sexuality in conservative Nigeria
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Trolls, 'the Devil', and Death
Mon 5 Dec 2016
How President Duterte's 'war on drugs' is playing out in real life
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Life, Death and Cheerleading
Sat 3 Dec 2016
The inspirational cheerleading grandmothers of Arizona who refuse to act their age
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Albania's Cannabis Boom
Thu 1 Dec 2016
Linda Pressly and Albana Kasapi investigate the 'Green Gold' rush in the Balkan nation
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Interview with the CIA Director, John Brennan
Wed 30 Nov 2016
The 蜜芽传媒鈥檚 Security Correspondent, Gordon Corera interviews the CIA Director, John Brennan
