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The Documentary Podcast Episodes

  1. The Empire's Last Officers

    As a 23-year-old, young British colonial officer John Smith was put in charge of the...

  2. The Education Revolution: Part Two

    Sarah Montague turns her attention to universities, in particular, to MOOCs (Massive...

  3. The Education of Ashif Jaffer

    Can a young Canadian man with Down's Syndrome get a university degree? Alisa Siegal of...

  4. The Economy on the Edge

    Martin Wolf, of the Financial Times, predicted that the global downturn would be much...

  5. The Easter Rising 1916

    How six days of armed struggle in 1916 changed Irish and British history

  6. The earthquake in Turkey and Syria

    We hear from people in Turkey and Syria since the earthquake struck the region on Monday

  7. The Dyatlov Pass mystery

    How the death of nine Russian students has fuelled conspiracy theories for 60 years

  8. The Drug Mules of the Andes

    Peru's drug 'mules' - youngsters hiking cocaine from the jungle to the highlands

  9. The Drowning City

    How Hurricane Sandy prompted New York and other coastal cities to face the reality of...

  10. The Driver and the Dictator

    The 1958 Grand Prix in Havana that ended with the kidnapping of F1's Juan Manuel Fangio

  11. The Dream Makers

    Can the emerging field of dream engineering influence our thoughts as we sleep?

  12. The Door Back to Mexico

    The BBC’s Valeria Perasso is on the US border, exploring the journey taken by as the...

  13. The dogs of Palermo

    In Palermo, neighbourhood dogs roam freely and are embraced by locals, protected by law

  14. The divine gift of sex

    In Catholic Philippines, sex therapist Dr Rica Cruz is on a mission to destigmatise sex

  15. The disinformation dragon

    China’s new strategy of promoting disinformation in the West through social media

  16. The Digital Human: Subservience

    Does how we treat our subservient robots affect how we treat one another?

  17. The digital human: Sacred

    Aleks Krotoski explores how the digital world influences the way we live

  18. The Digital Human: Messiah

    Why do so many of us treat Silicon Valley billionaires like our new messiahs?

  19. The Digital Human: Ghoul

    Aleks Krotoski explores how violent content is viewed and why

  20. The digital election: How social media is reshaping UK democracy

    US political media expert Travis Ridout assesses efforts to influence UK voters

  21. The Detransitioners: He2She2He

    Transgender journeys of people who transitioned and then returned to their birth gender

  22. The Desert Capitalists Part Two

    How are the Marwari traders managing as India goes global? Can a business culture on...

  23. The Desert Capitalists Part One

    Mukhul Devichand finds out how the Marwari trading caste from India's western deserts...

  24. The Deobandis: Pakistan

    Owen Bennett Jones heads to Pakistan in his exploration of South Asia's Deobandi Islam

  25. The Deobandis: India

    India’s Deobandi school of Islam and its mission to preserve Islam in its purest form

  26. The Delacorte Theater

    New York Central Park’s open-air theatre gets a makeover

  27. The Debates Dissected

    What have we learned from three US Presidential debates?

  28. The Debate: Israel Gaza - What happens when the war ends?

    Mishal Husain is joined by guests to discuss what happens when the Israel Gaza war ends.

  29. The Death Row book club

    An inmate’s first-hand account of creating a book club on Death Row

  30. The Death of Ukraine

    How emigration, low birth rate and early deaths mean a demographic time-bomb for Ukraine

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