The Documentary Podcast
The best of BBC World Service documentaries and other factual programmes.
Episodes to download
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Nepal: Banished for Bleeding
Yesterday
The practice of chhaupadi, in which menstruating women are isolated from community life
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South Sudan: A Failure to Act
Saturday
**Some viewers may find parts of this report difficult to listen to**
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Wives Wanted in the Faroe Islands
Last Wednesday
Men in the Faroe Islands are having to look far beyond their shores for marriage
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Me and the President
Last Wednesday
Mr Trump supporter Joe Borelli kept an audio diary about the president’s first 100 days
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Dying to Talk
Sun 23 Apr 2017
People are sharing their thoughts and fears about dying at Death Cafes around the world
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#GrannyWisdom
Sat 22 Apr 2017
Young stars of social media share lessons in life from their grandmothers.
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Cuba’s Cancer Revolution
Thu 20 Apr 2017
In a revolutionary first, one of Cuba’s cancer treatments gets a US drug trial
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A Soldier's Eye View of Afghanistan
Sun 16 Apr 2017
Russian, American, British and Afghan soldiers talk about fighting in Afghanistan
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Walls and Peace
Sat 15 Apr 2017
Do separation walls and barriers work, or do they make problems worse?
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Extreme Selfies Russian Style
Thu 13 Apr 2017
Lucy Ash meets the young Russians taking death-defying photos to gain internet fame
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Celebrating Life at 117
Wed 12 Apr 2017
Great grandmother Elizabeth Gathoni Koinange celebrates her 117th birthday in Kenya
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Project Le Pen
Tue 11 Apr 2017
How far has Marine Le Pen detoxified the far-right legacy of France's Front National?
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Hong Kong’s Secret Dwellings
Thu 6 Apr 2017
The secret lives of the thousands of people who live on industrial sites in Hong Kong
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Myanmar's Sex Vote
Tue 4 Apr 2017
How Burmese MPs and sex workers are joining forces to improve lives
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Reflections on Terror: 50 Years Behind the Headlines
Sat 1 Apr 2017
Peter Taylor reflects on his 50-year career reporting terrorism
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Brazil’s modern-day Captains of the Sands
Fri 31 Mar 2017
A Brazilian novel about street children written 80 years ago still resonates today
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The Web Sheikh and the Muslim Mums
Wed 29 Mar 2017
Muslim mums discuss their fears of extremist Islam influencing their children
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A Failed Revolution
Tue 28 Mar 2017
Six years after protests began in Syria, Lina Sinjab explores why the revolution failed
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Horses for Courses
Sun 26 Mar 2017
The glamour, graft and glory at the most important thoroughbred horse auction on earth
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Freedom and Fear in Myanmar
Thu 23 Mar 2017
How the Burmese military stand accused of abusing Myanmar’s Muslims
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Songs for the Dead
Wed 15 Mar 2017
The role of Irish keeners - women who were paid to cry, wail and sing over the dead
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Dying for a Song
Sun 12 Mar 2017
The musicians being persecuted for raising their voices against repression
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In Search of Henk and Ingrid
Thu 9 Mar 2017
Why is the tolerant Netherlands home to a major anti-immigration, anti-Islamic party?
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Where Are You Going?
Tue 7 Mar 2017
Catherine Carr travels to Tijuana in Mexico, and asks strangers - where are you going?
