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 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’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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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ OS Conversations: American voters
Sat 2 Sep 2023
Democrats, Republicans and independents discuss the 2024 US election candidates
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Heart and Soul: My sex work and my faith
Fri 1 Sep 2023
Can you be a sex worker and still follow your faith?
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Singing Morocco's new identity
Thu 31 Aug 2023
The young female stars of Gnawa music now challenging the boundaries of Moroccan identity
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A new term in Myanmar
Tue 29 Aug 2023
How students in Myanmar have continued their education after the 2021 coup
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In the Studio: France's Rugby World Cup kit
Mon 28 Aug 2023
Ahead of the Rugby World Cup in France, we follow the creation of the home team's new kit
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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ OS Conversations: Migrating from Africa
Sat 26 Aug 2023
Professional and unskilled men and women discuss why they want to leave the continent
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Heart and Soul: 60 years since ‘I have a dream’
Fri 25 Aug 2023
The legacy of one of the 20th Century's defining speeches
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Belize's blue bond
Thu 24 Aug 2023
Can a financial deal with a conservation charity save Belize's economy?
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Back to school: Supporting neuro-divergent students through LARP
Wed 23 Aug 2023
Live-action role-playing (LARPing) is no longer just the world of Dungeons & Dragons
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In the Studio: Nicola Benedetti
Mon 21 Aug 2023
Nicola Benedetti starts her new job running an organisation and commissioning new works
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The famine at the edge of the ocean
Sun 20 Aug 2023
Journalist Raissa Ioussouf meets the people worst affected by Madagascar's famine
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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ OS Conversations: The fires in Hawaii
Sat 19 Aug 2023
Losing the family home and volunteers respond to the disaster
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Heart and Soul: German, soldier, Jew
Fri 18 Aug 2023
Confronting the challenges modern Jewish soldiers face serving in the German military
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Zimbabwe's worker exodus
Thu 17 Aug 2023
Why tens of thousands of Zimbabweans are fleeing their country to work in the West
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Did big tech know I was gay before I did?
Tue 15 Aug 2023
What do big tech recommendations mean for LGBTQ people around the world?
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In the Studio: Christopher and Tammy Kane
Mon 14 Aug 2023
The brother-and-sister fashion design duo unveil their first-ever disco
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The Engineers: Lunar exploration
Sun 13 Aug 2023
Space engineers discuss their return to the moon and what that entails
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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ OS Conversations: Football in Saudi-Arabia
Sat 12 Aug 2023
Fans, journalists and a rising star in Saudi women’s football share their experiences
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Heart and Soul: Moscow vicar returns home
Fri 11 Aug 2023
Rev Malcolm Rogers extraordinary story of faith and diplomacy
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When Wagner came home
Thu 10 Aug 2023
The fear stalking Russia as ex-convicts from the Wagner mercenary group return home
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Female founders: Green tech in the blue economy
Wed 9 Aug 2023
The women developing solar tech to reduce the environmental impact of fishing in SE Asia
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Inside Afghanistan's secret schools
Tue 8 Aug 2023
Sana Safi find out how teenage girls are getting around the Taliban ban on education
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In the Studio: Ajay Chowdhury
Mon 7 Aug 2023
Ajay Chowdhury writes his latest crime fiction novel using artificial intelligence tools
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Beats, rhymes and life: Hip-hop at 50
Sun 6 Aug 2023
DJ and writer Lynnée Denise reflects on hip-hop as it marks its 50th year
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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ OS Conversatioms: Living through a coup
Sat 5 Aug 2023
Friends in Niger share their experiences of the recent coup
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Heart and Soul: Online spiritual communities
Fri 4 Aug 2023
The millennials exploring big spiritual questions, outside of traditional religion
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Returning to Romania
Thu 3 Aug 2023
With 20% of its population living abroad, the Romanian government wants its diaspora back
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A billion batteries
Tue 1 Aug 2023
The US teens and children campaigning for used batteries to be recycled