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'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 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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Searching for hope as a hostage in Gaza
Fri 10 Oct 2025
How being held captive in Gaza tested Israeli hostages and their families.
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Global dancefloor: Saigon
Thu 9 Oct 2025
Young Vietnamese in Ho Chi Minh City are changing perceptions through music and fashion
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The biker gang 鈥榮ecuring鈥� deadly Gaza aid sites
Wed 8 Oct 2025
How did an anti-Islamic biker gang end up running security at GHF aid sites?
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Bolivia鈥檚 Cholitas 鈥� From Outcasts to Icons
Tue 7 Oct 2025
How Bolivian women are reclaiming their cultural heritage
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Stephen Jones鈥� hats: A party on your head
Mon 6 Oct 2025
From the new wave club scene to the catwalk, Stephen Jones on the enduring appeal of hats
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Nuclear tensions in the Middle East
Sun 5 Oct 2025
The narratives and the doctrines built on ever-growing suspicions and fears
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The Kremlin鈥檚 reporter
Sat 4 Oct 2025
Pavel Zarubin is a journalist following President Putin's every move
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Conversations from a year in Gaza and Israel
Sat 4 Oct 2025
People in Israel and Gaza share their experiences of the past year of the war
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Orthodoxy or death: The fight for Mount Athos
Fri 3 Oct 2025
Nikos Papanikolaou meets monks at the heart of a rift in Eastern Orthodox Christianity
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Powering Nigeria
Thu 2 Oct 2025
Can Nigeria solve its electricity crisis and power a more reliable future?
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Deepfaking disability
Wed 1 Oct 2025
We investigate how creators are deepfaking disability to fuel the AI adult industry
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Haitians living in fear in the Dominican Republic
Tue 30 Sep 2025
How Haitians in the Dominican Republic are being targeted for expulsion
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Emilia Wickstead: London Fashion Week
Mon 29 Sep 2025
Next spring's collection from New Zealand designer Emilia Wickstead
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Bonus: The Global Story
Sun 28 Sep 2025
Can Apple cut ties with China? Apple has pledged $600bn to return manufacturing to the US
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Social media influencers and politics
Sat 27 Sep 2025
Food, fashion and politics - how social media influencers are shaping global politics
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Living with the threat of drone attacks
Sat 27 Sep 2025
Ukrainians living with the threat of drone attacks
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Finding my Sikh faith against the odds
Fri 26 Sep 2025
A British Sikh鈥檚 journey from gambling addiction and shame to ultimate spiritual renewal
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Bonus. 13 Minutes Presents: The Space Shuttle
Thu 25 Sep 2025
Can Nasa build the most complex flying machine in space history?
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Goodreads鈥� 鈥榰nfair鈥� rating problem
Wed 24 Sep 2025
How 鈥榰nfair鈥� Goodreads ratings are leaving writers and readers mystified
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鈥楢 new foe鈥�: Conscripting women in Denmark
Tue 23 Sep 2025
18-year-old girls in Denmark are facing the draft, as the military boosts its numbers.
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Lesia Khomenko: Art and war
Mon 22 Sep 2025
Artist Lesia Khomenko has been documenting how the war has transformed Ukrainian society
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Will a fugitive oligarch sway Moldova鈥檚 election?
Sat 20 Sep 2025
The 蜜芽传媒 goes undercover, exposing a disinformation campaign ahead of Moldova鈥檚 election.
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Charlie Kirk and free speech
Sat 20 Sep 2025
Kirk鈥檚 supporters and other activists discuss the future for freedom of speech in the US
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Digital Dolittles: Talking to the animals?
Fri 19 Sep 2025
Technology allows new ways of listening to the animals. Will we become digital Dolittles?
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The social lives of bacteria
Wed 17 Sep 2025
The microscopic dramas of bacterial loners, crowd-lovers, backstabbers and do-gooders
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Faith on the Russia-Ukraine frontline
Wed 17 Sep 2025
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
Tue 16 Sep 2025
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
Mon 15 Sep 2025
Land Artist Jon Foreman takes us behind the scenes of his new sculpture
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Decoding China鈥檚 doublespeak
Sun 14 Sep 2025
How the Chinese Communist Party gets lost in translation
