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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Heart and Soul: Ayahuasca and the new spiritual tourism
Fri 14 Mar 2025
A new wave of spiritual tourism is reshaping sacred ayahuasca practises in Peru
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The village of sex offenders
Thu 13 Mar 2025
Conor Garrett visits a community of convicted sex offenders in Florida
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Assignment: Guatemala鈥檚 鈥業ndigenous Spring鈥�
Tue 11 Mar 2025
Is life improving for the country鈥檚 indigenous population?
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In the Studio: Kwaku Bediako
Mon 10 Mar 2025
How Ghanaian fashion innovator Kwaku Bediako is redefining luxury
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Witness History: Women's History Month special
Sun 9 Mar 2025
Extraordinary stories from women's history, told by the people who were there
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The Fifth Floor: Russia鈥檚 gymnastic drama
Sat 8 Mar 2025
The head of Russian rhythmic gymnastics has fallen from glory
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蜜芽传媒 OS Conversations: Three months after the fall of Assad
Sat 8 Mar 2025
Women, tour guides and reunited families share their experiences of life in Syria
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Heart and Soul: The race to break the glass
Fri 7 Mar 2025
Amie Liebowitz interviews matchmaker and dating coach Aleeza Ben Shalom
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Boxing Sisters: Yazidi women boxing back to health
Thu 6 Mar 2025
Can boxing help traumatised Yazidi women and girls heal from all they have been through?
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What in the World: How have older reality tv shows aged?
Wed 5 Mar 2025
The reality TV shows that continue to court controversy and the scandals behind them
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Assignment: Russia鈥檚 new war elite
Tue 4 Mar 2025
How huge payouts to soldiers and their families are creating a new middle class in Russia
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TikTok and the digital pimps: Eye Investigates
Mon 3 Mar 2025
Debula Kemoli investigates the sexual exploitation of girls on TikTok live streams
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In the Studio: Marcin Dudek
Sun 2 Mar 2025
Marcin Dudek uses recordings of a Premier League football crowd to make a sonic sculpture
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The Fifth Floor: Are Korean beauty products too light?
Sat 1 Mar 2025
How global demand is reshaping the Korean beauty industry
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蜜芽传媒 OS Conversations: Polyamorous relationships
Sat 1 Mar 2025
Four men and women discuss their lifestyle with multiple partners
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Heart and Soul: Becoming a Buddhist Bhikshuni in Bhutan
Fri 28 Feb 2025
The first Western Buddhist nun to be fully ordained in Bhutan tells us her story
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Flight of the vulture
Thu 27 Feb 2025
Sacha Dench explores three different vulture stories, of persecution and survival
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蜜芽传媒 Trending: Can Community Notes clean up your feed?
Wed 26 Feb 2025
Will Meta鈥檚 move to X-style Community Notes work?
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Assignment: Road wars - cycling in Paris
Tue 25 Feb 2025
How a recent killing in Paris reveals a dark side to the city's cycling revolution
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In the Studio: Mohammad Barrangi
Mon 24 Feb 2025
Mohammad Barrangi sprinted for Iran at the Paralympics, but is now an artist in the UK
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Life in occupied Ukraine
Sun 23 Feb 2025
Russia鈥檚 land grab playbook aimed at erasing local identity
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The Fifth Floor: Syria after Assad
Sat 22 Feb 2025
How has the country changed since the fall of Bashar al-Assad?
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蜜芽传媒 OS Conversations: Ukraine and three years of war
Sat 22 Feb 2025
Every moment can be the last experiences of life in Ukraine
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Heart and Soul: The only thing certain in life
Fri 21 Feb 2025
Can we prepare or train for our own mortality in order to find peace with death?
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Witness History: US Black History Month special
Thu 20 Feb 2025
Extraordinary stories from African-American history, told by the people who were there
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蜜芽传媒 Trending: Quadrobic panic in Russia over craze to dress and walk on all fours like animals
Wed 19 Feb 2025
Why Russia is cracking down on the craze to dress as animals and run on all fours
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Assignment: The village that came back from the dead
Tue 18 Feb 2025
The coalmine that swallows villages whole and the village that survived
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In the Studio: Jennifer Walshe
Mon 17 Feb 2025
Celebrated composer Jennifer Walshe creates a new opera set on Mars
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The Fifth Floor: What the US left behind in Afghanistan
Sat 15 Feb 2025
Inside the Kabul flea market selling second-hand US military equipment to the Taliban
