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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China's Family Planning Army
Thu 5 May 2016
China's once hated population police are being turned into child development specialists.
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Setting the Past Free - Part One
Wed 4 May 2016
The Rudolf Kastner story - a hero or villain of the Holocaust?
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Are Human Rights Really Universal?
Tue 3 May 2016
The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which set out of rights for all humankind
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Born Free, Killed by Hate in South Africa
Thu 28 Apr 2016
The story of Pasca, a young lesbian and how South Africa's rainbow nation has failed her.
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Forgetting Igbo
Tue 26 Apr 2016
The fall and rise of Igbo, one of West Africa鈥檚 most widely spoken languages
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Beyond Binary
Sun 24 Apr 2016
The movement of people who define themselves as 鈥榥on-binary鈥� 鈥� not male, not female
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Forgotten Girls of Dhaka
Fri 22 Apr 2016
What does the future hold for the girls of the Duaripara slum in Dhaka?
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A Global Queen
Wed 20 Apr 2016
The role of British monarchs on the global stage including Elizabeth II
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Secret Lives
Sat 16 Apr 2016
What do our secrets tell us about who we are? And what happens when we reveal them?
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Where Are You Going? - Kolkata
Thu 14 Apr 2016
From the feminist Shakespeare enthusiast to the man dying of AIDS: we're in Kolkata
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Norway: Parents Against the State
Thu 14 Apr 2016
Norway's child protection policies are attracting sharp criticism both at home and abroad.
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Trading Hair
Wed 13 Apr 2016
Why women in India shave their natural hair and why South African women want to buy it
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The Afro-Mexicans
Sun 10 Apr 2016
Mexico鈥檚 black communities feel ignored and are using culture to fight for recognition.
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The Salon
Sat 9 Apr 2016
Intimate conversations between hairdressers and their clients around the world.
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The Panama Papers
Thu 7 Apr 2016
A major investigation reveals how the world's most notorious regimes get around sanctions
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Where Are You Going? - Amsterdam
Tue 5 Apr 2016
From the father and son who share a passion for firearms to one of the last hippies there
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Where Are You Going? - New York
Tue 5 Apr 2016
From a pigeon catching crack addict to the woman married to her cat. We're in New York.
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Default World
Sat 2 Apr 2016
How the ethics, philosophies and lifestyles of the tech elite influence the way we live
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Zaha Hadid - Dream Builder
Fri 1 Apr 2016
Zaha Hadid was the first woman and first Muslim to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize.
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Thai Buddhism - Monks, Mercs and Women
Thu 31 Mar 2016
The rifts and sexual politics challenging Thai Buddhism and its devotees.
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South Korea: The Silent Cultural Superpower - Part Two
Wed 30 Mar 2016
How South Korea's popular culture is leading to a raucous, more individualist culture
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What Should We Teach Our Kids?
Tue 29 Mar 2016
How should we be preparing schoolchildren today to find employment in the future?
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The Easter Rising 1916
Sun 27 Mar 2016
How six days of armed struggle in 1916 changed Irish and British history
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Romania: The Shepherds鈥� Revolt
Thu 24 Mar 2016
The shepherds protesting over what they see as a threat to their traditional way of life
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South Korea: The Silent Cultural Superpower - Part One
Wed 23 Mar 2016
From movies and TV to K-Pop, South Korean culture punches above its weight in East Asia
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A Swedish Tale
Tue 22 Mar 2016
How the northern Swedish town of 脜nge is learning to live with 1,000 asylum seekers
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Chemsex
Sun 20 Mar 2016
The new sub-culture of sex and drugs that is growing amongst gay communities
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Ted Cruz - Republican
Sat 19 Mar 2016
The rise of Ted Cruz, the only man left who could thwart Donald Trump
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Hungary at the Cutting Edge
Thu 17 Mar 2016
Maria Margaronis examines Hungary's hardline response to migration in Europe
