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The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2012
Hosted by BBC World Service · EN
The BBC World Services wide range of documentaries from 2012.
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Burma Dec 2012
Dec 27, 201200:23:26Tap to summarizeNew democratic freedoms are allowing farmers to protest as companies grab their land for agriculture and land. Lucy Ash reporting.
Transcribe →Bollywood Breaking Barriers
Dec 25, 201200:23:30Tap to summarizeDoes the Bollywood film industry need to broaden its fanbase to appeal to international, non-Indian audiences to survive in the future?
Transcribe →Lullabies in the Arab World
Dec 22, 201200:23:30Tap to summarizeA look at the unique narratives and symbolism of the lullabies of the Arab world, which are a form of self-expression for women.
Transcribe →El Salvador Dec 2012
Dec 20, 201200:23:26Tap to summarizeEl 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?
Transcribe →Bollywood Breaking Barriers
Dec 18, 201200:23:31Tap to summarizeAfter 100 years of Bollywood cinematic magic, how are filmmakers dealing with India's diverging audiences and wildly different expectations?
Transcribe →No Greater Love
Dec 15, 201200:23:31Tap to summarizeA powerful memorial to the bravery of an ordinary man Leigh Pitt, who saved a boy from drowning but did not himself survive.
Transcribe →Argentina’s Numbers Game Dec 2012
Dec 13, 201200:23:26Tap to summarizeThe IMF is threatening to throw Argentina out of the Fund if it doesn’t start reporting credible figures for inflation.
Transcribe →The Cost of Doing Time
Dec 11, 201200:23:30Tap to summarizeMany 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?
Transcribe →Anzac
Dec 8, 201200:49:57Tap to summarizeFor 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 South-East Asia throughout the twentieth century. Sharon Mascal asks what Anzac means today.
Transcribe →A Long Walk Into History
Dec 8, 201200:49:01Tap to summarizeSol 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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