The Documentary Podcast Podcast
A window into our world, through in-depth storytelling from the Ö÷²¥´óÐã. 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 Ö÷²¥´óÐã. Investigating, reporting and uncovering true stories from everywhere. Award-winning journalism, unheard voices, amazing culture and global issues.
From political upheaval in Bangladesh to the plight of undocumented migrants in the US to life under Taliban rule in Afghanistan, The Documentary investigates major global stories.
We delve into social media, take you into the minds of the world’s 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 Ö÷²¥´óÐã 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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In the Studio: Senua's Saga - Hellblade II
Mon 10 Jun 2024
We follow the sequel to the award-winning Hellblade video game
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Greening the Hajj
Sun 9 Jun 2024
What can Muslims do to reduce the enormous carbon footprint of the pilgrimage to Mecca?
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The forgotten people of the Ravi River
Sun 9 Jun 2024
We meet the people in western India cut off from the mainland by a bridgeless river
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Ö÷²¥´óÐã OS Conversations: Stories from Mexico
Sat 8 Jun 2024
Ordinary Mexicans share their concerns and hopes for new President Claudia Sheinbaum
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Heart and Soul: Losing my religion
Fri 7 Jun 2024
The young Nigerians creating a community for the irreligious in a highly religious society
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The Fifth Floor: For the love of football
Thu 6 Jun 2024
Why is football such a universal language? Stories from Argentina, Iran and Kenya
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Bonus: What in the world - Africa and FGM: When will it end?
Thu 6 Jun 2024
The Gambia could be about to reverse its ban, but elsewhere rates are going down
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Whose Truth?: Online women haters
Wed 5 Jun 2024
How Nobel Prize laureate Maria Ressa came under fire for doing her job
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Whose Truth?: Climate change denial
Wed 5 Jun 2024
Nobel Prize laureate Sir Paul Nurse wants science to guide the climate change debate
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Whose Truth?: Russia v Ukraine
Wed 5 Jun 2024
Can information become a weapon of war? Oleksandra Matviichuk on documenting war crimes
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Whose Truth?: The vaccine
Wed 5 Jun 2024
Nobel Prize laureate Katalin Kariko was caught up in a Covid vaccine disinformation storm
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Trending: Is Russia targeting Poland's farmers’ protests?
Wed 5 Jun 2024
A pro-Russian image from a farmers protest in Poland went viral. Who's the man behind it?
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Assignment: El Salvador – life after the gangs
Tue 4 Jun 2024
How people’s lives have changed since a crackdown on criminal gangs
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In the Studio: Andy Riley
Mon 3 Jun 2024
Andy Riley, Emmy-winning scriptwriter and a million-selling author and cartoonist
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The Fifth Floor: Russia's lost troops
Sat 1 Jun 2024
Olga Ivshina on the human cost of Russia’s war in Ukraine
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Ö÷²¥´óÐã OS Conversations: Toxic politics
Sat 1 Jun 2024
Politicians share their experiences of threats and intimidation
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Heart and Soul: Hijabs and skinny jeans
Fri 31 May 2024
Nora Akachar questions what it means to be Muslim in the Netherlands today
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Gaming Africa
Thu 30 May 2024
Gamer and broadcaster Kobby Spiky looks at the video games industry across Africa
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Assignment: Myanmar - Rise of the resistance
Tue 28 May 2024
Quentin Sommerville reports from Myanmar on the rising resistance to the military junta
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Perfume’s dark secret
Mon 27 May 2024
The Ö÷²¥´óÐã reveals the human cost of one of perfume’s most luxurious ingredients
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Mad Women: Portraying mental health in theatre
Mon 27 May 2024
Constanza Hola Chamy directs two casts for her play about female artists with bipolar
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The Fifth Floor: Life in exile
Sat 25 May 2024
Two journalists from Afghanistan and Russia share their experience of living in exile
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Ö÷²¥´óÐã OS Conversations: Beauty pageants
Sat 25 May 2024
Contestants, judges and an organiser on the stereotypes and positive experiences
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Heart and Soul: Hervé's Way, the story of a one-legged pilgrim
Fri 24 May 2024
The amputee who regained his will to live by walking to Santiago de Compostela
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Denmark's esports revolution
Thu 23 May 2024
Why a European country has put competitive gaming on the school curriculum
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Trending: Long Covid: Think yourself well?
Wed 22 May 2024
Ö÷²¥´óÐã Trending investigates a controversial treatment programme being promoted online
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Assignment: The Caspian crisis
Tue 21 May 2024
Why is the Caspian Sea shrinking and what does this means for the region?
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In the Studio: Zoë Barrett and Patrick Eley
Mon 20 May 2024
From massive signs to tiny icons, Zoë Barrett and Patrick Eley's signs help us on our way