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The Documentary Podcast

The Documentary Podcast


The Documentary Podcast

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Length:
811 episodes
Language:
English
Format:
Podcast

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Original BBC documentary storytelling, bringing award-winning journalism, unheard voices, amazing culture and “unputdownable” audio. New episodes every week from The Documentary, Assignment, Heart and Soul, In the Studio, BBC OS Conversations and The Fifth Floor.
Language:
English
Format:
Podcast

Episodes1 - 10 of 811 episodes

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Heart and Soul: The whale worshippers of Vietnam

On the southern shores of Vietnam, whales are revered as gods of the oceans. Eliza Loma...

26 minutes
Apr 26, 2024

Super-rich Swedes

Sweden has a global reputation for championing high taxes and social equality, but it h...

32 minutes
Apr 25, 2024

Forward Thinking: Can feminism fix the internet?

From deepfakes to the fear of AI taking jobs, to the social media giants making money f...

49 minutes
Apr 24, 2024

Assignment: Armenia's lost garden

For three decades Armenians ruled Karabakh – literally “Black Garden” – an unrecognised...

27 minutes
Apr 23, 2024

In the Studio: David Haig and Max Webster

Philip K. Dick's novella The Minority Report was famously adapted into a science fictio...

26 minutes
Apr 22, 2024

Bonus: What in the World: South Korea’s shamans are now online

A bonus episode from the What in the World podcast. Korean shamans hold significant cu...

15 minutes
Apr 21, 2024

BBC OS Conversations: Living in Israel

The situation in the Middle East is being described as uncharted territory following st...

23 minutes
Apr 20, 2024

The Fifth Floor: My emergency kit list

How do you prepare for the worst-case scenario? Juna Moon has been talking to young peo...

26 minutes
Apr 20, 2024

Heart and Soul: Should I change my name?

What if you carry an inherited surname that you feel is profoundly un-Christian? Should...

26 minutes
Apr 19, 2024

The poker parent

An eight-year-old girl holds two cards in her hand. She places several plastic poker ch...

27 minutes
Apr 18, 2024