The Documentary Podcast Podcast
A window into our world, through in-depth storytelling from the 大象传媒. 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 大象传媒. Investigating, reporting and uncovering true stories from everywhere. Award-winning journalism, unheard voices, amazing culture and global issues.
From former prisoners in Syria, to the plight of Hindus in Bangladesh, to Nigerian women protecting their community from violence, 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 大象传媒 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 Coming Storm: Inauguration
Yesterday
Gabriel Gatehouse follows the characters who have propelled Trump into the White House
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The Fifth Floor: IVF and me
Saturday
大象传媒 journalist Ana Maria Roura shares her experience of undergoing fertility treatments
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大象传媒 OS Conversations: Living through the Los Angeles fires
Saturday
Survivors share their experiences of escaping the flames
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Heart and Soul: Kaddish - why we pray for the dead
Friday
Michael Goldfarb looks at the origins of Kaddish, the Jewish prayer for the dead
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In the Studio: Michael Visocchi
Wednesday
Michael Visocchi鈥檚 sculpture Commensalis, celebrates the whales of Antarctica
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Solutions Journalism: Prison of the mind
Wednesday
Dr Jenny Okolo asks if a mental-health-first approach to justice can reduce crime rates
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大象传媒 Trending: The chatbot bridging an aid gap
Wednesday
The female engineer who has created a chatbot on WhatsApp to help deliver aid in Lebanon
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Assignment: The Gambia - when migrants are forced to go home
Last Tuesday
The young Gambians who had to give up on their journey to Europe
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In the Studio: Madame Gandhi
Last Monday
Musician, artist and activist Madame Gandhi makes music from the sounds of the Arctic
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Paths of return: A special homecoming to Sierra Leone
Last Sunday
A group of African Americans are in Sierra Leone for a very special homecoming
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The Fifth Floor: China's empty maternity wards
Sat 11 Jan 2025
How falling birth rates led to the closure of over 400 maternity wards in China
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大象传媒 OS Conversations: Dealing with trauma after vehicle-ramming attacks
Sat 11 Jan 2025
Survivors, relatives and counsellors share their experiences of vehicle-ramming attacks
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Heart and Soul: The plight of Hindus in Bangladesh, part two
Fri 10 Jan 2025
Sahar Zand investigates the plight of Hindus in Bangladesh
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Licence to operate a space object
Thu 9 Jan 2025
The night sky holds so much power - why are we not fighting harder to protect it?
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Child soldiers and capoeira
Wed 8 Jan 2025
In the city of Goma, former child soldiers are being rehabilitated using capoeira
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大象传媒 Trending: Were Valencia's floods engineered weather?
Wed 8 Jan 2025
The conspiracy theories that swirled around Valencia's floods
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Assignment: South Korea - the feminist hunters
Tue 7 Jan 2025
How feminists in South Korea are being hunted down, attacked and sacked
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In the Studio: Dan Perri
Mon 6 Jan 2025
How Dan Perri created title sequences for some of cinema's most famous films
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The Fifth Floor: Fighting crime with kitchen spoons
Sat 4 Jan 2025
How a group of Nigerian women came together to protect their community from violence
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大象传媒 OS Conversations: How going viral changed my life
Sat 4 Jan 2025
Megan Boni, actor Kirsty Paterson, Kelley Heyer, and Auri Kananen on going viral
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Heart and Soul: The plight of Hindus in Bangladesh: Part one
Fri 3 Jan 2025
Sahar Zand investigates the plight of Hindus in Bangladesh
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The dogs of Palermo
Thu 2 Jan 2025
In Palermo, neighbourhood dogs roam freely and are embraced by locals, protected by law
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Built different: Why women athletes suffer ACL injuries more than males
New Year's Day 2025
Lianne Sanderson explores the science and solutions for ACL injuries in female athletes
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Assignment: The human cost of developing Cambodia's Angkor wonder
Tue 31 Dec 2024
Changing the temple complex of Cambodia's '8th wonder of the world'
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Bonus: Americast - Former US President Jimmy Carter has died aged 100
Mon 30 Dec 2024
Justin Webb looks at Jimmy Carter's journey from peanut farmer to the White House
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In the Studio: Tom谩s Saraceno
Mon 30 Dec 2024
Argentinian artist Tom谩s Saraceno on his hot air balloon creation, Aerocene
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Bonus: HARDTalk - Past Notes
Sun 29 Dec 2024
A special programme remembering some past HARDtalk guests who died in 2024
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The Fifth Floor: Bollywood binge
Sat 28 Dec 2024
Old hits and horror movies: what is trending in Bollywood right now
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大象传媒 OS Conversations: Becoming an Olympic and Paralympic trailblazer
Sat 28 Dec 2024
Thea LaFond, Paralympian Palesha Goverdhan and boxer David de Pina share their stories
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Heart and Soul: From the ashes of Notre Dame
Fri 27 Dec 2024
Stories of hope and inspiration around the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral
