# The Documentary Podcast

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Official site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nq0lx
Author: BBC
Episodes: 2000

## Resource

Hear the voices at the heart of global stories. Where curious minds can uncover hidden truths and make sense of the world. The best of documentary storytelling from the BBC World Service. From conflict in the Middle East to the advance of AI, to the front line of the climate emergency, we go beyond the headlines. Each week we dive into the minds of the world’s most creative people, take personal journeys into spirituality and connect people from across the globe to share how news stories are shaping their lives.

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## Episodes
- [Searching for my samurai mother](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/searching-for-my-samurai-mother) — 2026-07-24T00:30:00+00:00
- [The spirit of Tala: The rapid rise of Tonga's netball team](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/the-spirit-of-tala-the-rapid-rise-of-tonga-s-netball-team) — 2026-07-23T00:30:00+00:00
- [Bonus: Forgiving a killer - from Lives Less Ordinary](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/bonus-forgiving-a-killer-from-lives-less-ordinary) — 2026-07-22T00:30:00+00:00
- [Italy’s child obesity time-bomb](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/italy-s-child-obesity-time-bomb) — 2026-07-21T05:31:00+00:00
- [Tom Bailey: Can a walk across the Arctic be art?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/tom-bailey-can-a-walk-across-the-arctic-be-art) — 2026-07-20T00:30:00+00:00
- [Love on trial: India's age of consent controversy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/love-on-trial-india-s-age-of-consent-controversy) — 2026-07-19T00:30:00+00:00
- [Belarus's university in exile](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/belarus-s-university-in-exile) — 2026-07-18T12:30:00+00:00
- [Older women and the challenge of IVF](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/older-women-and-the-challenge-of-ivf) — 2026-07-18T00:30:00+00:00
- [Harry Haft's unspeakable fight](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/harry-haft-s-unspeakable-fight) — 2026-07-17T00:30:00+00:00
- [Follow the money: The beef with US beef](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/follow-the-money-the-beef-with-us-beef) — 2026-07-16T00:30:00+00:00
- [Moscow’s enemy number one](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/moscow-s-enemy-number-one) — 2026-07-15T00:30:00+00:00
- [Euthanasia in Spain: Whose life is it anyway?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/euthanasia-in-spain-whose-life-is-it-anyway) — 2026-07-14T00:30:00+00:00
- [The Chinese fentanyl king](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/the-chinese-fentanyl-king) — 2026-07-12T23:00:00+00:00
- [Jordanian director Zain Duraie](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/jordanian-director-zain-duraie) — 2026-07-12T00:30:00+00:00
- [Fruit Wars!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/why-taiwan-and-malaysia-s-luxury-fruit-growers-have-a-complex-relationship-with-china) — 2026-07-11T12:30:00+00:00
- [Chasing the Wimbledon dream](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/chasing-the-wimbledon-dream) — 2026-07-11T00:30:00+00:00
- [Diving for Yuko](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/diving-for-yuko) — 2026-07-10T00:30:00+00:00
- [Secrets of the ant trade](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/secrets-of-the-ant-trade) — 2026-07-09T07:30:00+00:00
- [Was ‘Made in China’ made in America?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/was-made-in-china-made-in-america) — 2026-07-08T00:30:00+00:00
- [China’s collapsing population](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/china-s-collapsing-population) — 2026-07-07T00:30:00+00:00
- [Karin Slaughter: thriller penned in mountain cabin](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/karin-slaughter-thriller-penned-in-mountain-cabin) — 2026-07-06T00:30:00+00:00
- [A history of the United States in 100 objects: 1: The Century Safe](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/a-history-of-the-united-states-in-100-objects-1-the-century-safe) — 2026-07-05T05:34:00+00:00
- [Balochistan's disappeared](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/balochistan-s-disappeared) — 2026-07-04T12:36:00+00:00
- [The Venezuelan earthquakes](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/the-venezuelan-earthquakes) — 2026-07-04T03:39:00+00:00
- [Cast out: Faith of a gay Nigerian priest](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/cast-out-faith-of-a-gay-nigerian-priest) — 2026-07-03T00:30:00+00:00
- [The social lives of bacteria](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/the-social-lives-of-bacteria) — 2026-07-02T00:30:00+00:00
- [The Food Chain: Can I save the family restaurant?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/the-food-chain-can-i-save-the-family-restaurant) — 2026-07-01T00:30:00+00:00
- [Switzerland's population cap referendum](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/switzerland-s-population-cap-referendum) — 2026-06-30T00:30:00+00:00
- [The poetry of Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/the-poetry-of-ailbhe-n-ghearbhuigh) — 2026-06-29T00:30:00+00:00
- [How did we get here? 1. Israel and the Palestinians](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/how-did-we-get-here-1-israel-and-the-palestinians) — 2026-06-28T03:59:00+00:00
- [Witnessing the 'Hand of God'](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/witnessing-the-hand-of-god) — 2026-06-27T12:30:00+00:00
- [What is it like to have a lung transplant?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/what-is-it-like-to-have-a-lung-transplant) — 2026-06-27T00:30:00+00:00
- [Musician on a mission to keep bhajans alive](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/musician-on-a-mission-to-keep-bhajans-alive) — 2026-06-26T00:30:00+00:00
- [Agony and ecstasy: A history of penalty shootouts](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/agony-and-ecstasy-a-history-of-penalty-shootouts) — 2026-06-25T00:30:00+00:00
- [Brexit Ten Years On (part 2)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/brexit-ten-years-on-part-2) — 2026-06-24T00:30:00+00:00
- [Brexit Ten Years On (part 1)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/brexit-ten-years-on-part-1) — 2026-06-23T00:30:00+00:00
- [Sean Cooney, singer and dog lover](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/sean-cooney-singer-and-dog-lover) — 2026-06-22T00:30:00+00:00
- [The Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/the-antarctic-midwinter-broadcast) — 2026-06-21T12:30:00+00:00
- [How Germany fails disabled people](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/how-germany-fails-disabled-people) — 2026-06-21T00:30:00+00:00
- [Everest tourism's toll on Sherpas](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/everest-tourism-s-toll-on-sherpas) — 2026-06-20T12:30:00+00:00
- [South Africa's migrant deadline](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/south-africa-s-migrant-deadline) — 2026-06-20T00:30:00+00:00
- [War, God and the Islamic Republic](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/war-god-and-the-islamic-republic) — 2026-06-19T00:30:00+00:00
- [The Russian Dream](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/the-russian-dream) — 2026-06-18T00:30:00+00:00
- [Sheba: Just Like Us?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/sheba-just-like-us) — 2026-06-17T00:30:00+00:00
- [Lebanon's Abandoned Lives](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/lebanon-s-abandoned-lives) — 2026-06-16T00:30:00+00:00
- [World Cup poetry: Lines for the beautiful game](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/world-cup-poetry-lines-for-the-beautiful-game) — 2026-06-15T00:30:00+00:00
- [Introducing: Business Daily: Who’s behind Sierra Leone’s illegal fishing problem?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/introducing-business-daily-who-s-behind-sierra-leone-s-illegal-fishing-problem) — 2026-06-14T00:30:00+00:00
- [Ground zero: reporting an epidemic](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/ground-zero-reporting-an-epidemic) — 2026-06-13T12:30:00+00:00
- [World Cup superfans](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/world-cup-superfans) — 2026-06-13T00:30:00+00:00
- [Following the path of the rose](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/following-the-path-of-the-rose) — 2026-06-12T00:30:00+00:00
- [Introducing: What in the World](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/introducing-what-in-the-world) — 2026-06-11T00:30:00+00:00
- [Introducing: The Interface - What goes on in TikTok's Farlands?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/introducing-the-interface-what-goes-on-in-tiktok-s-farlands) — 2026-06-10T00:30:00+00:00
- [Khartoum: Lessons in war](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/khartoum-lessons-in-war) — 2026-06-09T03:45:00+00:00
- [Trine Hahnemann: mixing cookery and hygge](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/trine-hahnemann-mixing-cookery-and-hygge) — 2026-06-08T05:22:00+00:00
- [Introducing: The Food Chain - Rethinking the potato](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/introducing-the-food-chain-rethinking-the-potato) — 2026-06-07T00:30:00+00:00
- [Finding soldier Tom](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/finding-soldier-tom) — 2026-06-06T12:30:00+00:00
- [Injured during childbirth](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/injured-during-childbirth) — 2026-06-06T00:30:00+00:00
- [The missionary soldier](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/the-missionary-soldier) — 2026-06-05T00:36:00+00:00
- [The Black Power Station: I rap what I like](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/the-black-power-station-i-rap-what-i-like) — 2026-06-04T00:30:00+00:00
- [Good Bad Billionaire: Beyonce](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/good-bad-billionaire-beyonce) — 2026-06-03T00:30:00+00:00
- [Italy’s migrant fruit pickers](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/italy-s-migrant-fruit-pickers) — 2026-06-02T00:30:00+00:00
- [Africa's football dreamers](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/africa-s-football-dreamers) — 2026-05-31T00:30:00+00:00
- [Embargo and the Cuban spirit](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/embargo-and-the-cuban-spirit) — 2026-05-30T12:30:00+00:00
- [Responding to Ebola](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/responding-to-ebola) — 2026-05-30T00:30:00+00:00
- [Jamaica’s sacred heartbeat](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/jamaica-s-sacred-heartbeat) — 2026-05-29T00:30:00+00:00
- [Manosphere messiahs: Kenya](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/manosphere-messiahs-kenya) — 2026-05-29T00:00:00+00:00
- [Manosphere messiahs: Mexico](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/manosphere-messiahs-mexico) — 2026-05-28T00:00:00+00:00
- [São Paulo's carnival competition](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/s-o-paulo-s-carnival-competition) — 2026-05-27T00:30:00+00:00
- [Sierra Leone: The diamond that saved a thousand lives](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/sierra-leone-the-diamond-that-saved-a-thousand-lives) — 2026-05-26T00:30:00+00:00
- [Sydney fireworks, the return](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/sydney-fireworks-the-return) — 2026-05-25T00:30:00+00:00
- [The Sarkozy affair](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/the-sarkozy-affair) — 2026-05-24T00:30:00+00:00
- [AI farewells for Russia’s dead soldiers](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/ai-farewells-for-russia-s-dead-soldiers) — 2026-05-23T12:30:00+00:00
- [Life in a volcano danger zone](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/life-in-a-volcano-danger-zone) — 2026-05-23T00:30:00+00:00
- [Fighting for the children of Chernobyl](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/fighting-for-the-children-of-chernobyl) — 2026-05-22T00:30:00+00:00
- [When Shiraz calls](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/when-shiraz-calls) — 2026-05-21T00:30:00+00:00
- [Introducing: Focus on Africa - Electric vehicles: fixing Africa's fuel crisis?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/introducing-focus-on-africa-electric-vehicles-fixing-africa-s-fuel-crisis) — 2026-05-20T00:30:00+00:00
- [Victim or Accomplice? The Story of Jeffrey Epstein’s Pilot Girlfriend](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/victim-or-accomplice-the-story-of-jeffrey-epstein-s-pilot-girlfriend) — 2026-05-19T00:30:00+00:00
- [Thomas Keneally: What’s next for the Schindler’s List author?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/thomas-keneally-what-s-next-for-the-schindler-s-list-author) — 2026-05-18T04:00:00+00:00
- [Introducing: CrowdScience - What keeps the universe in balance?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/introducing-crowdscience-what-keeps-the-universe-in-balance) — 2026-05-17T00:30:00+00:00
- [How Belarus silenced its free press](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/how-belarus-silenced-its-free-press) — 2026-05-16T12:30:00+00:00
- [Hantavirus nearly killed me](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/hantavirus-nearly-killed-me) — 2026-05-16T00:30:00+00:00
- [Speaking from the Heart](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/speaking-from-the-heart) — 2026-05-15T00:30:00+00:00
- [An animal exodus](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/an-animal-exodus) — 2026-05-14T00:30:00+00:00
- [Introducing: Not By The Playbook - Why it is never too late](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/introducing-not-by-the-playbook-why-it-is-never-too-late) — 2026-05-13T00:30:00+00:00
- [Return to Khartoum: War, loss and hope](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/return-to-khartoum-war-loss-and-hope) — 2026-05-12T00:30:00+00:00
- [Mika Obanda: Mosaic art](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/mika-obanda-mosaic-art) — 2026-05-11T00:30:00+00:00
- [Searching for Soldier Dad: Ep 1. Love story](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/searching-for-soldier-dad-ep-1-love-story) — 2026-05-10T00:30:00+00:00
- [A 93 year old president gets a deputy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/a-93-year-old-president-gets-a-deputy) — 2026-05-09T12:30:00+00:00
- [Sir David Attenborough](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/sir-david-attenborough) — 2026-05-09T00:30:00+00:00
- [Befriending the man who killed my family](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/befriending-the-man-who-killed-my-family) — 2026-05-08T00:30:00+00:00
- [Russia's 'nyet' to the internet](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-documentary-podcast-487670/russia-s-nyet-to-the-internet) — 2026-05-07T00:30:00+00:00

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