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The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2012
by BBC World Service
The BBC World Services wide range of documentaries from 2012.
Episodes
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Burma Dec 2012
New democratic freedoms are allowing farmers to protest as companies grab their land for agriculture and land. Lucy Ash reporting.
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Bollywood Breaking Barriers
Does the Bollywood film industry need to broaden its fanbase to appeal to international, non-Indian audiences to survive in the future?
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Lullabies in the Arab World
A look at the unique narratives and symbolism of the lullabies of the Arab world, which are a form of self-expression for women.
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El Salvador Dec 2012
El Salvador's violent street gangs have made a truce. The murder rate has plummeted, and quality of life for many Salvadorans has improved dramatically. But can it last?
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Bollywood Breaking Barriers
After 100 years of Bollywood cinematic magic, how are filmmakers dealing with India's diverging audiences and wildly different expectations?
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No Greater Love
A powerful memorial to the bravery of an ordinary man Leigh Pitt, who saved a boy from drowning but did not himself survive.
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Argentina’s Numbers Game Dec 2012
The IMF is threatening to throw Argentina out of the Fund if it doesn’t start reporting credible figures for inflation.
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The Cost of Doing Time
Many ex-offenders in the US leave prison indebted to the courts. Why do one in five people in Philadelphia owe around $1.5 billion in criminal court debt?
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Anzac
For 95 years, the ‘Anzac Legend’ has been at the heart of Australia’s national identity. Through a government-sponsored programme of commemoration and education, Australians are taught that part of their identity was forged on the battlefields of Europe, the Gallipoli peninsula and in...
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A Long Walk Into History
Sol River talks to James Meredith, who walked into history as the first black student at the University of Mississippi in 1962.
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US Prison Rape Dec 2012
Linda Pressly investigates why rape and sexual abuse is so common in America's huge prison system - and asks if new measures to fight it will succeed.
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Decontaminating Halabja
John Simpson looks back at the chemical weapons attack on the Kurdish town of Halabja, unleashed by Saddam Hussein in 1988. What hope and justice can a new scientific investigation offer to the families of those 5000 civilians who lost their lives?
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The Language of Lullabies
Exploring lullabies from around the world and their role in child development.
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Afghanistan’s Warlords Nov 2012
In many remote areas of Afghanistan – where few foreign journalists have access - it’s the Kalashnikov rather than the ballot box that dictates who holds power.
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Tehrangeles
The largest Iranian community outside Iran can be found in the heart of LA. What is that diaspora's story? Iranian stand-up comedian and actor Maz Jobrani begins his journey on Westwood Boulevard, a street lined with Iranian stores, restaurants, beauty salons, cafes and businesses, where everyone...
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Sport and Crime in Trinidad Nov 2012
Nina Robinson investigates whether the government of Trinidad and Tobago's initiative to get more people involved in sport can reduce the country’s high rates of crime.
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Poor Reporting, Nov 2012
What does it take to get people in the rich world engaged in the issue of global poverty? How can you avoid cliché, sentimentality and callousness? What stops people turning off?
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The Mayor of Mogadishu Nov 2012
Andrew Harding joins Mohamed Ahmed Noor who, by request of the president, has returned with his wife and family from a life in London to try and clean up Mogadishu.
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Influence By Degree
Rob Broomby explores how British universities are adapting to commercial times and asks if significant donations could distort the academic agenda.
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Reality Radio
Phil Maguire, Chief Executive of the Prison Radio Association (PRA), reports on the launch of Rise Maximum Radio, based inside Trinidad and Tobago's Maximum Security Prison and hears this remarkable radio station's first moments on-air.
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Israel’s New Front Line
How exemption from conscription for ultra-Orthodox Jews is exposing Israel's fault lines. Linda Pressly reports.
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Influence By Degree, Episode 1
Across the developed world, government funding for universities is drying up. That means universities are having to seek finance elsewhere. Princeton University is the master at getting money from former students. Rob Broomby hears concerns about how donations are changing academic priorities.
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Life Blood
In Japan people believe that your blood type - or ketsueki-gata - defines your temperament and personality. What implications does this have for life, work and love?
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Syria Behind Rebel Lines NOV 2012
Tim Whewell gets rare access to a rebel held town in northern Syria.
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History Lessons For China's New Leaders Ep
The series History Lessons for China's New Leaders recalls some of the most important stories from Chinese history. In part 2 Carrie Gracie looks at the lessons from history as seen by the Chinese people.
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The Left To Die Boat
The tragic story of African migrants who fled fighting in Libya on an inflatable boat.
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Putin’s Favourite Monastery Oct 2012
The island monastery of Valaam in northern Russia is a beacon for orthodox believers and a favourite of President Putin. But all is not well with the island's inhabitants.
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History Lessons For China's New Leaders Ep
The series History Lessons for China's New Leaders recalls some of the most important stories from Chinese history. In part 1 on the eve of the 18th Communist Party Congress, Carrie Gracie looks at lessons from history for China’s new leaders.
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The Nowhere Man
Meet Muhammad Idrees Idrees, the man who overstayed his Indian visa and was stripped of his nationality and identity.
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Two Men, Two Visions
Episode 2: Power and Foreign Policy - How do America's presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney believe the US should interact with the rest of the world?
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America: Two Men, Two Visions
America's presidential election campaign is now in its closing stages. The leaders of the two parties - Barack Obama and Mitt Romney - have very different ideas for America. What is each candidate's ideological vision for the future?
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Don't Log Off
Alan Dein attempts to cross the world on a late-night excursion via Facebook and Skype.
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Iran’s Currency Crisis
What does the collapse in Iran's currency mean for ordinary people and the regime? Pooneh Ghoddoosi reports.
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Germany’s Circumcision Row
** Please note this programme contains a description of a medical circumcision ** As the German government proposes to make religious circumcision explicitly legal, Stephen Evans talks to the people - Jews and Muslim - who do it; to the lawyer who wants it banned and to a Muslim who regrets being...
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The Cabinet of Animosities
An audio tour of The Museum of Broken Relationships and the stories behind the objects it exhibits: the things left behind at the end of love affairs… shared belongings, mementos and gifts.
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African Perspective - Lipstick Evangelists
South Africa remains a growing market for Avon cosmetics despite a slump elsewhere. How has Avon managed to make such inroads into South Africa? Who are the Avon ladies? We travel with two reps to find out what it is like to be a door-to-door salesperson in a country where people are often afraid...
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The Battle for Point Hope
Recorded in the days before the exploratory drilling begins off the Alaskan coast, May Abdalla travels to Point Hope, not far from where the drilling will begin, to meet the Inupiat people and to learn of their fears and hopes of an oil-rich future.
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Real America: Bon Voyage
A dying man and his husband try to meet death in style with a "bon voyage party", but realise dying cannot be choreographed. Please note, Paul Perkovic died on 26 November 2012, in Eric Trefelner's arms at their home in Montara, California.
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Wanting Out of New Zealand’s Gangs
New Zealand's street gangs are established, territorial and notoriously intimidating. Leaving them is incredibly difficult, and "punishments" are often administered to those that try. Warning: This programme contains description of torture and sexual violence which some listeners may find...
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The Battle for Point Hope
May Abdalla travels to the settlement of Point Hope, a remote Alaskan village, to meet the Inupiat people and to learn of their fears and hopes of an oil-rich future.
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The House of Assad
The Assad family has now been in power in Syria for more than 40 years. The country may be embroiled in a civil war, but President Bashar Al-Assad has so far withstood the winds of change of the Arab Spring, as well as the international calls for him to go. Owen Bennett Jones asks how this…
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Real America: Waiting In Line In America
Benjamen Walker visits airports, amusement parks, roadways and colleges to document how the priority queue is re-ordering American society.
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Ties
Why do we do the things we do? Mike Williams searches for the extraordinary and hidden histories behind everyday objects and actions. This week, why do we wear ties?
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It's all in the Name: Adoption in Japan
It's a unique Japanese practice. Each year in Japan there are tens of thousands of unusual adoptions – very different from adoptions elsewhere in the world. They're mostly of grown men, adopted by their wife's family, so that they can then take over the family business and keep the family name...
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Can Latinos Save America?
Latinos are part of the fabric of the USA, so what role will they play in the nation's forthcoming elections? Claire Bolderson visits Miami and looks at the future of America's fastest growing minority.
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Real America: Atheists In Black America
Why are there a growing number of African-Americans who openly don't believe in God or the church? Sarah Richards reports.
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Hunted to Death - Gay Life in Iraq
*This programme contains views and language which some listeners may find offensive and upsetting* Iraq can cost you your life. In a hard-hitting Assignment programme Natalia Antelava reports from Iraq on the persecution of gays in the country.
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Can Latinos Save America? - Part One
Latinos are the fastest-growing ethnic population in the USA. In the first episode of a two-part documentary, Claire Bolderson asks whether the Hispanic population could help re-energise the country.
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Mexico Rising
BBC correspondent Will Grant challenges stereotypes as he investigates Mexico's economy. He talks to industry leaders, workers, politicians and economists.
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Russia's Far Right
For Assignment Tom Esslemont examines the disturbing world of Russia’s skinhead ultra nationalists.
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