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 the plight of young women in Afghanistan, to Syria鈥檚 water wars, to keeping African languages alive, 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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Country Down Under
Wed 16 Nov 2016
How country music became a powerful form of expression for Australia鈥檚 Aboriginal peoples
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How to Win a US Election
Tue 15 Nov 2016
A post-election view of the US presidential race from the perspective of the winning side
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Searching for Tobias
Tue 15 Nov 2016
In Mississippi in 2008, 15-year-old Tobias dreamt of being a policeman. Did he succeed?
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The History of Rhythm
Sun 13 Nov 2016
Acclaimed percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie explores the evolution of musical rhythm
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The Story of the Bamboo Club
Sun 13 Nov 2016
How the Bamboo Club in Bristol, England, became a lifeline for a victimised community
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Prisons for Rent in the Netherlands
Fri 11 Nov 2016
There鈥檚 a shortage of criminals in the Netherlands. What are the Dutch doing about it?
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The Response - Turning Point
Tue 8 Nov 2016
Listeners' stories of incidents and actions that proved to be a turning point in life
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Iceland Rescue
Tue 8 Nov 2016
Life as a volunteer out on call with Ice-SAR: Iceland鈥檚 search and rescue workers
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The last days of the Calais Jungle
Thu 3 Nov 2016
Gavin Lee documents the tense final days of France鈥檚 notorious migrant camp.
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Oklahoma City After the Bomb
Sun 30 Oct 2016
How Oklahoma City transformed itself after the devastating bomb in 1995
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'High Way' To Hell
Thu 27 Oct 2016
How synthetic psychoactive drugs produced in China make their way onto Britain鈥檚 streets.
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Who Are You Again?
Wed 26 Oct 2016
Mary Ann Sieghart is not rude, she just cannot identify people by their faces
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Tomorrow's Dreams
Tue 25 Oct 2016
Maggie Aderin-Pocock looks at the surprising history of African space exploration
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Armenia鈥檚 Daredevils
Thu 20 Oct 2016
Why a group of Armenian war veterans who stormed a police station are seen as heroes.
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Scenes in and Around Kyoto
Wed 19 Oct 2016
Explore in minute detail a pair of Japanese screens that depict the historic city
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Losing my sight and learning to swim
Sun 16 Oct 2016
M么nica Vasconcelos learns to negotiate the world as her sense of sight diminishes
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Die Klassen: Waiting and Hoping
Sat 15 Oct 2016
Five Syrian refugees talk about their struggle to settle into new lives in Germany
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Mexico: The Town that Said 鈥楴o鈥�
Thu 13 Oct 2016
The story of Cheran - a Mexican town that rose up against organised crime.
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America Revisited: The Discussion
Wed 12 Oct 2016
The final programme in the series brings together five of the speakers from the road trip
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A Flower Painting by Rachel Ruysch
Wed 12 Oct 2016
A long, close look at what's hiding in the undergrowth of Ruysch's bold flower painting
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Drugs and the Dentist
Tue 11 Oct 2016
The dentists in the US fixing the teeth of drug addicts to help fix their lives
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Africa鈥檚 Ivory Dilemma
Thu 6 Oct 2016
The conservation world remains divided over how to save the African elephant.
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The Harvesters by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Wed 5 Oct 2016
Immerse yourself in Pieter Bruegel the Elder's masterpiece The Harvesters
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Going Hungry in Venezuela
Thu 29 Sep 2016
Vladimir Hernandez reports from Venezuela which is struggling to feed its own people
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They Call Us Viet Kieu
Wed 28 Sep 2016
Anna Nguyen returns to Vietnam to rediscover the war-torn country her family fled in 1975
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The Forgotten Prisoners of Apartheid
Tue 27 Sep 2016
Twenty-two years after apartheid people are still in jail for fighting to end it
