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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Graffiti: Paint and Protest in Brazil
Tue 2 Aug 2016
What does graffiti and street art actually change?
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Court in the Centre
Sun 31 Jul 2016
How did the US Supreme Court become the most powerful institution of American politics?
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Syria鈥檚 Secret Library
Thu 28 Jul 2016
The story of the library in a besieged Syrian town providing a lifeline to its community.
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Protectionism in the USA
Wed 27 Jul 2016
Why is protectionism from both left and right so potent in US politics?
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Graffiti: Paint and Protest in Europe
Tue 26 Jul 2016
Aside from the physical landscape, what does graffiti and street art actually change?
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Ebola Voices
Sun 24 Jul 2016
The Sierra Leonean children expressing their views via an Ebola lifeline radio project
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'Stealing Innocence' in Malawi
Thu 21 Jul 2016
The men in Malawi who are hired to have sex with young girls
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The Secret History of Yoga
Wed 20 Jul 2016
Is modern Yoga a product of Scandinavian gymnastics as much as ancient Indian philosophy?
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A Tempest in Rio
Tue 19 Jul 2016
Shakespeare's plays appeal to Brazilians for their mix of sex, politics and intrigue
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Women with the Right Stuff
Sun 17 Jul 2016
Aviator and aspiring astronaut Wally Funk meets the pioneering women of space travel
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The Battle for Barcelona
Thu 14 Jul 2016
Why are residents protesting about the impact of tourism on their neighbourhoods?
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The Body on the Moor
Wed 13 Jul 2016
Who was the man who died from a rare kind of poisoning in a remote area of the UK?
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Missing the World Cup
Tue 12 Jul 2016
Ghana's boycott of 1966 was a protest at the number of places given by FIFA to Africa
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Obama's World
Sat 9 Jul 2016
As Barack Obama prepares to leave office, Nahal Toosi examines his foreign policy
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The City Giving Wine to Alcoholics
Thu 7 Jul 2016
How the city of Ottawa reduces the fall-out from addiction: giving wine to alcoholics.
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Mighty Real: Sylvester James
Wed 6 Jul 2016
The tale of gay black diva Sylvester James, famed for his disco hit Mighty Real
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Dust Bowl Ballads
Tue 5 Jul 2016
A fierce drought in Oklahoma鈥檚 鈥楴o Man鈥檚 Land鈥� stirs up dust storms, memories and myths
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A symphony for Syria
Mon 4 Jul 2016
The story of how 50 Syrian musicians beat the odds to perform again together.
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Sparing the Killers of Belize
Thu 30 Jun 2016
The campaign against capital punishment in a small but violent country
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The Accrington Pals
Wed 29 Jun 2016
The Battle of the Somme and a wartime tragedy that struck Northern England 100 years ago
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America's Independent Voters
Tue 28 Jun 2016
What motivates Ohio's volatile 'independent' voters who are not Democrats or Republicans?
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Syrian Voices
Sun 26 Jun 2016
Personal reflections of those who have survived, or are surviving, the conflict in Syria
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Macedonia鈥檚 Colourful Revolution
Thu 23 Jun 2016
The women prosecutors who have become the scourge of Macedonia鈥檚 political elite.
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Manto: Uncovering Pakistan
Wed 22 Jun 2016
The legacy of Sa'adat Manto, who confronted social taboos in Indio-Pakistani society
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Ukraine - Back from the War
Tue 21 Jun 2016
How a generation of Ukrainian combat veterans are coping with life after the frontline.
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Treating the Sex Offender
Sun 19 Jun 2016
Film-maker Rex Bloomstein investigates how sex offenders are treated and rehabilitated
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Honduras: After Berta鈥�
Thu 16 Jun 2016
Assignment explores the impact of the murder of environmentalist, Berta Caceres
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Black, White and Beethoven
Wed 15 Jun 2016
Why is the UK's classical music scene so resolutely white, and how might it evolve?
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My Iranian Daughter
Tue 14 Jun 2016
An Iranian family struggles to deal with the unspoken fact that their daughter is gay
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Follow That Tractor
Sun 12 Jun 2016
The stories at the world鈥檚 biggest monthly second-hand tractor auction
