The Documentary Podcast

BBC World Service 5319 - Rapping behind bars in Cameroon

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 Sierra Leone's cocaine trail, to victims' voices in Europe's wildfires, to the extremist "Jihadi cool" content spreading on social media...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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The Documentary Podcast

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Rapping behind bars in Cameroon

Ariana Grande and the public scrutiny of women

A singer’s search for peace

The teenagers who wired Romania

The engineers: Flying at the edge

Getting Gaza back online

Skatepark designers Nine Yards

What is so-called 'Jihadi cool'?

A Chinese dissident's journey

Wildfires in Europe

Rastafari and I

A battle that changed Ireland

Sierra Leone: The cocaine trail

The Kenyans taking on multinational chemical companies

James Turrell: Master Of Light

Driving across the divide

Saving Nigeria's vultures

The lifelong toll of surviving disaster

Searching for my samurai mother

The spirit of Tala: The rapid rise of Tonga's netball team

Bonus: Forgiving a killer - from Lives Less Ordinary

Italy’s child obesity time-bomb

Tom Bailey: Can a walk across the Arctic be art?

Love on trial: India's age of consent controversy

Belarus's university in exile

Older women and the challenge of IVF

Harry Haft's unspeakable fight

Follow the money: The beef with US beef

Moscow’s enemy number one

Euthanasia in Spain: Whose life is it anyway?

The Chinese fentanyl king

Jordanian director Zain Duraie

Fruit Wars!

Chasing the Wimbledon dream

Diving for Yuko

Secrets of the ant trade

Was ‘Made in China’ made in America?

China’s collapsing population

Karin Slaughter: thriller penned in mountain cabin

A history of the United States in 100 objects: 1: The Century Safe

Balochistan's disappeared

The Venezuelan earthquakes

Cast out: Faith of a gay Nigerian priest

The social lives of bacteria

The Food Chain: Can I save the family restaurant?

Switzerland's population cap referendum

The poetry of Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh

How did we get here? 1. Israel and the Palestinians

Witnessing the 'Hand of God'

What is it like to have a lung transplant?