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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Puerto Rico: The Have Nots and the Have Yachts
Thu 5 Nov 2015
Why locals are leaving, and super-rich Americans are coming in the opposite direction
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Philip Glass: Taxi Driver
Wed 4 Nov 2015
Musician Philip Glass revisits his life '70s New York as a taxi driver and as a composer
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Sex and the Synod: Pushing the Boundaries
Tue 3 Nov 2015
Austria 鈥� on the frontline of the battle over Catholic doctrine on sex and the family
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Three Pounds in My Pocket - Part Two
Sun 1 Nov 2015
Stories of the pioneers who came to post war Britain from the Indian subcontinent.
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South Sudan 鈥� can the world鈥檚 youngest country survive?
Thu 29 Oct 2015
Tim Franks asks why the world's youngest nation is falling apart
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Poems from Syria
Wed 28 Oct 2015
The emotions and humanity of the Syrian people as seen through the eyes of its poets
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Myanmar鈥檚 Bright Young Stars
Tue 27 Oct 2015
How youth radio is helping to shape Myanmar's shift from military rule
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Misunderstanding Japan
Sat 24 Oct 2015
Exploring stereotypes of Japan from workaholics to submissive women and bizarre crazes
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The Mayor, the Migrants and France鈥檚 Far Right
Thu 22 Oct 2015
Lucy Ash reports from the French city of Beziers which has become a Far-right fortress
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Hanging Around - the Hang Drum Story
Wed 21 Oct 2015
Virtuoso percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie explores the story of the Hang
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More Than One Kind of Love
Tue 20 Oct 2015
Homosexuality in Namibia and the LGBT community's struggle for social acceptance
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Fighting Terror with Torture
Thu 15 Oct 2015
Does harsh interrogation yield reliable intelligence in the fight against terror?
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Macau: Monte Carlo of the Orient
Wed 14 Oct 2015
How Macau overtook Las Vegas to become the world's most lucrative gambling centre
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The Pop Star and the Prophet
Tue 13 Oct 2015
Was Jacques Attali right when he predicted the value of recorded music would plummet?
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Roma: A Decade On
Mon 12 Oct 2015
Did the 'Decade of the Roma Inclusion' succeed in helping Europe鈥檚 poorest minority?
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An Interview with Edward Snowden
Mon 12 Oct 2015
Why Edward Snowden exposed the mass surveillance by American and British intelligence
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Revolutionaries: Artificial Intelligence
Fri 9 Oct 2015
The rewards and Challenges of AI and how it is changing our world
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Great expectations: Migrants in Germany
Thu 8 Oct 2015
Why has Germany become the choice destination for thousands of refugees across Europe
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The Battle for the Art of Detroit
Wed 7 Oct 2015
Should a city owing $18 billion sell its prestigious art collection?
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Spain鈥檚 Battle for the Bull
Thu 1 Oct 2015
Neal Razzell reports on Spain鈥檚 economic crisis which has hit bullfighting hard
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We Real Cool: The Poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks
Wed 30 Sep 2015
A portrait of African-American poet Gwendolyn Brooks, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1950
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Wall in the Head
Tue 29 Sep 2015
The invisible cultural and mental divide between former East Germans and West Germans
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The War the World Needs to Remember
Sat 26 Sep 2015
Recalling the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, and its continuing legacy
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Inside the Tea Gardens of Assam
Thu 24 Sep 2015
Jane Deith investigates conditions for tea workers in Assam
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Incarnations: Profiles of Guru Nanak, Mirabai, Akbar and Malik Ambar
Sun 20 Sep 2015
The life of Guru Nanak, founder of Sikhism, poet Mirabai, Mughal ruler Akbar, Malik Akbar
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Yemen鈥檚 Forgotten War
Thu 17 Sep 2015
Gabriel Gatehouse looks at a humanitarian crisis and allegations of war crimes in Yemen
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Africa Surprising - Change and Innovation
Tue 15 Sep 2015
Religious tensions in Zanzibar, South Africa's schools and China's influence in Africa
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