The Documentary Podcast Episodes Episode guide
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Yellowstone: The first national park
The pivotal role of art in the creation of Yellowstone, the world's first national park
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Yellow Cab Blues
Meet New York's rookie cabbies - fledgling taxi-drivers trying to earn a living in the...
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Yangon Renaissance: Poets, Punks and Painters
Inside Yangon as revealed through the artists, writers and musicians forging new Myanmar
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Wuhan: The beginning of coronavirus Covid-19
In December 2019, Chinese doctors and officials grapple with a mysterious new virus
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Wuhan: City of silence
Where did Covid-19 come from? John Sudworth searches for answers where it first emerged
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Writing a New South Africa: Place and Contested Space
Exploring the themes of place and contested space amongst South Africa's literary talent
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Writing a New South Africa: Page and Stage
A picture of South Africa as seen by a new generation of writers and poets
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Writing a New South Africa: Johannesburg
A picture of South Africa now, as seen by a new generation of writers and poets
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Wrestling out of Poverty
In India, a wrestler in the family can mean a ticket out of poverty. Rupa Jha meets to...
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Would you kill the big guy?
A runaway train is heading towards five people. You're standing on a footbridge, next...
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Would You Kill the Big Guy: Part One
You're standing on a footbridge next to a very big man. The only way you can stop an...
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Would You Kill The Big Guy - Part Two
A runaway train is heading towards five people. You're standing on a footbridge, next...
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Worlds Apart
If globalisation is on its last legs - again - what might the impacts be?
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World Wide Waves: The sounds of community radio
For World Radio Day, we visit community radio stations around the globe.
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World Wide Waves '24
For this year's World Radio Day, we celebrate women in community radio
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World Wide Waves '23: The sounds of community radio
How Rumphi FM in Malawi and Inuit radio in Canada are supporting marginalised communities
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World Wide Waves '22: The sounds of community radio
Radio stations around the world keeping traditions alive
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World War Two: The economic battle
How the countries involved in WW2 fought to feed their people and fund their armies
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World War One
Historian Heather Jones tackles the familiar image of a war centred on a static front...
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World Stories: The Rollercoaster of Life in Kabul
"Why doesn't grandad smile?" Meena Baktash takes a personal look at the Kabul of her...
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World Stories: The Children of Pedro Pan
During operation Pedro Pan, 14,000 children were sent from Cuba by the parents for was...
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World Stories: Revolutions in Iran
How does the spread of ideas impact individual lives, shape millions of minds, fuel is...
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World stories: new media in Kashmir
Violent footage from the Kashmir conflict has been shared almost in real-time by on...
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World Stories: Mexico's Missing Island
Bermeja Island is missing. This strategically important island was clearly visible on...
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World Stories: Israel's Muslim soldiers
Rachid Sekkai from the 大象传媒's Arabic Service talks to Muslims currently serving in the...
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World Stories: Fighting for Pao Culture in Burma
Ko Ko Aung from the 大象传媒's Burmese Service, travelled to Burma to find out why a rebel...
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World Stories: Bombs, Stamps and Throat Singers
American physicist Richard Feynman fell in love with the remote Russian region Tuva of...
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World Stories: Afghanistan's Dancing Boys
In Afghanistan women are not allowed to dance in public, but boys can be made to dance...
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World of Wisdom:The passion for life
When we seem to have lost some of the passion for life, how do we re-engage?
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World of Wisdom: Successful relationships
How do you create a successful relationship? Can wishing for one stand in your way?