The Documentary Podcast Episodes Episode guide
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Women with the Right Stuff
Aviator and aspiring astronaut Wally Funk meets the pioneering women of space travel
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Women pro surfers: Battling the waves
How women surfers fought the sexism of the 1970s to create the first pro-surf world tour
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Women on the Front Line
Emma Barnett examines which countries in the world do allow women to serve, and the of...
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Women of the World
Kim Chakanetsa talks to the acclaimed authors Isabel Allende and Edna O’Brien
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Women of Afghanistan
We hear from Afghan women inside and outside the country
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Women in Ukraine and Russia
We speak to women in Kyiv and Moscow about tensions between Russia and Ukraine
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Women in Ukraine and Russia
We speak to women in Kyiv and Moscow about tensions between Russia and Ukraine
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Women in Love in Bangladesh
Lipika Pelham on the extraordinary story behind Bangladesh’s first same sex wedding.
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Women in Iran
Women, life, freedom – the women protesting in Iran
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Women in Iran
Three young Iranian women discuss their lives, their families and their futures
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Women Farmers
The toils and tribulations of Polly Apio a smallholder in rural Uganda, where men own...
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Women dying for work
Yoshie Matsumoto examines how the overwork culture affects women in Japan
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Women building peace: Ethiopia
The challenges of helping communities caught in Ethiopia's brutal war
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Women building peace: Colombia
Has the 2016 peace accord delivered on its promises to help women?
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Women building peace: Bosnia-Herzegovina
Can lessons from past atrocities help resolve the current political crisis?
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Women Building Peace: Afghanistan
A female student in Afghanistan speaks to former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
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Women and the war in Ukraine
We speak to Ukrainian women about how Russia's invasion has impacted their lives
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Womb For Rent
Is outsourcing pregnancy to India exploitative or mutually beneficial? Over the course...
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Woman Found Dead by the Lake Shore
The Kafkaesque story of the brutal killing of a woman found dead by a lake in Sweden
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Wole Soyinka Returns to Biafra Part Two
In this part, Wole Soyinka travels back on a route he first took in 1967 at the of the...
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Wole Soyinka Returns to Biafra
Nigeria's Nobel Prize-winning author, Wole Sayinka travels back to Biafra and comes to...
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Wives Wanted in the Faroe Islands
Men in the Faroe Islands are having to look far beyond their shores for marriage
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Winning it Big
Lottery jackpot winners around the globe on whether their windfall has made them happier
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William Morris and the Muslims
Navid Akhtar examines the influence of Islamic design and values in the life of poet,...
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Will the unicorns of the sea fall silent?
Can narwhals, which rely on echolocation, survive in an increasingly noisy Arctic?
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Will China and America go to war?
Will the competition between China and the US inevitably lead to military conflict?
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Will Carlos Acosta Get to the Pointe
A decision by his father to send him to ballet school changed the direction of Carlos...
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Will AI kill development?
Will robotisation prevent poorer countries taking the traditional route to prosperity?
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Wikipedia at 10
As it enters its tenth year, we look at the history and evolution of Wikipedia, which...
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Why Woodstock still matters
On its 50th anniversary, we explore the social impact of the legendary Woodstock Festival