The Documentary Podcast

It’s been several weeks since there has been any significant rainfall in many parts of the... more

Laurent de Cherisey was fresh out of business school and looking forward to earning a lot ... more

How has botany been able to function as one of the longest-lasting soft powers between the... more

When it opens in December, the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing will be the largest in t... more

The Victoria falls, on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe, is considered one of the natural... more

South African police detective Frans Mathipa told his boss he feared that he would be kill... more

In Lagos, a vast patch of scrubland is being imagined as the future home of Kebulania: an ... more

New Bell Prison in Douala, Cameroon, operates a bit like a city within a city. The facilit... more

Ariana Grande says she will be taking ‘a step back’ from public life. The reason, it seems... more

In Lithuania, singer Rūgilė Daujotaitė was becoming a familiar face on television. She was... more

In the late '90s, in daring feats of DIY networking on rooftops across Romania’s capital, ... more

Aviation is being reimagined for a changing planet: Vertical take-off passenger cars for c... more

Amid the tents and the rubble Gaza is developing once again as an unlikely tech hub. Even ... more

Nine Yards, the designers behind the Paris 2024 Olympic skatepark, get to work on their ne... more

The extremist content quietly spreading on TikTok and Instagram, targeting unsuspecting yo... more

When Chinese policeman Dong Guangping wrote an article commemorating the 10th anniversary ... more

Wildfires continue to burn across the continent. Thousands of people have been evacuated o... more

What does it mean to inherit a faith that served as a fortress for your father, but feels ... more

The 1st of July 1916 is still one of the deadliest days in the history of warfare. Nearly ... more

Ed Butler investigates how one of Europe’s most wanted drug smugglers, Jos Leijdekkers, en... more