The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2013

"Anything that can happen on earth, at some point happens in the sky." Air hostess Betty Thesky shares the weird, wonder... Read more

How do men treat women when they are out for a night? Five young women compare experiences in Kampala, Ottawa, Rio, Rama... Read more

Mark Dowd travels to Argentina to probe the background of the new Pope.

Lucy Ash looks at the conflicts within Iraq between 2005 and 2012, told from the point of view of senior decision-makers... Read more

When a group of young Texan women found naked pictures of themselves online, they wanted justice, but their critics accu... Read more

Informants play a key role in the US justice system. But there are few regulations about how ‘snitches’ are used. Assign... Read more

People with a perspective on the assassination and death of John F Kennedy in Dallas: former secret service agent Clint ... Read more

The inside story of the world’s most successful gang of jewel thieves, nicknamed The Pink Panthers.

Kim Ghattas analyses Hillary Clinton’s record as America’s chief diplomat and conducts an in-depth interview about her p... Read more

Pope Francis is being acclaimed for his leadership of the Roman Catholic Church - but why did his predecessor suddenly r... Read more

Every year thousands of young men and women make the treacherous journey from Eritrea to Egypt via Sudan. Many fall vict... Read more

Vladimir Hernandez meets the Mexican Catholic priests who believe the country's drug wars mean it's in the grip of the d... Read more

Amy Cordell's family still cleaves to the ancient traditions of her Bukharian grandparents who were once part of a 95,00... Read more

As Egypt struggles with its new democracy, Shaimaa Khalil examines the dramatic challenges facing post revolutionary Egy... Read more

Shaimaa Khalil listens to the new voices of the Egyptian revolution. Under President Mubarak the media was restricted – ... Read more

The story of a photograph, a mother who died young and the desire to honour those we’ve loved and lost.

Egypt’s youth were at the forefront of the revolutionary protests in Tahrir Square in 2011. Two years on has revolution ... Read more

Shaimaa Khalil examines the state of Egypt’s economy two years after its revolution. Then people were calling for bread,... Read more

A separatist group on Kenya’s coast is calling on voters there to boycott the upcoming elections. How credible a threat ... Read more

The rise - and legacy - of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. How did this provincial politician with a PhD in traf... Read more