
The Documentary Podcast
BBC World Service
#25 in Society & Culture this weekThe best documentaries from the BBC World Service. Hear the voices at the heart of global stories. Where curious minds can uncover hidden truths and make sense of the world. From the fightback against big surveillance in the US, to Ukraine’s “hell jumpers” to the story of life-saving peanut paste, we go beyond the headlines. Each week, all year round, we bring you the stories shaping our world. From the personal voices behind the headlines to perspectives on faith and spirituality and how work and money impact our lives. Discover how people find solutions to global problems and look at the world through the lens of its media. Powered by the BBC World Service’s global network, The Documentary Podcast is about the people living the story – helping you see the world with greater clarity.
- 71 episodes
- daily
- Avg 28 min
- English
Today · 26 min
Wednesday · 23 minClever ways to cut waste from nappies to games and desks
Wednesday · 26 minStories from the New Silk Road: The ‘frenemy’
Tuesday · 29 minTurkey on trial: Can courts control a nation?
Monday · 17 minThe cost of war: Inside Russia's economic unease
Sunday · 27 minThe Briefing Room: Are Gen Z movements reshaping politics?
Saturday · 24 minThe business of modern dating
September 11 · 57 minThe Reunion: The 9/11 Attacks
September 11 · 26 minThe Woman Who Saved Me on 9/11
September 10 · 26 minTurkey's growing sinkhole problem
September 9 · 23 minThe pictures that help and heal
September 8 · 28 minUkraine: Fighting Russia, fighting Russian
September 7 · 17 minWho's afraid of the AI job-snatchers?
September 6 · 23 minGetting the homeless homed
September 5 · 29 minUkraine's 'hell jumpers'
September 5 · 23 minNepal floods: 'It was like a tsunami'
September 4 · 26 minFred Hammond
September 3 · 28 minA23a: Biography of an iceberg
September 2 · 26 minFighting the silent killer
September 1 · 26 minBig surveillance, Flock and ICE