The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2010

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The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2010 episodes

March 05, 2010 Spanning the World - Part Two
The Ponte Milvio, the bridge that spans the Tiber river in Rome, is a site of both romantic and religious pilgrimage. What place has the bridge had in ancient - and modern - history?
23 min
March 03, 2010 Great Expectations, part two
Nina Robinson returns to east London for the second part of Great Expectations, the series discovering the community living in the shadows of the London 2012 Olympics.
She hears from Hilary, who has two children, about why she does not feel initiatives from the government really work for families like theirs.
Nina meets up again with Darrell James who shows her the new investment at the nearby Dalston Junction train station.
Darrell says the change here is dramatic, more so than the development happening in the heart of the estate.
And we hear from local politicians and decision makers about the 'Legacy' plan - what will happen when the Games are over?
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24 min
March 01, 2010 The Virtual Revolution - Enemy Of The State
How has the online world impacted on global politics? Twenty years on from the invention of the World Wide Web, Dr Aleks Krotoski looks at how it is reshaping power.
24 min
February 26, 2010 Spanning the World - Part One
Italian artist Joseph Stella depicted the Brooklyn Bridge in New York as a metaphor for the immigrant experience in America. What does the bridge mean to people who cross it today?
24 min
February 25, 2010 Assignment: Taxing Questions for Greeks
No-one likes paying tax - but avoiding it is a way of life for many people in Greece, whose black economy is estimated to be worth more than a quarter of its GDP. This certainly hasn't helped the government as it struggles to bring down its budget deficit - which currently stands at more than 12%. So why do so many Greeks evade tax? For Assignment Ed Butler travels to Athens to try to get to the heart of the problem.
23 min
February 24, 2010 Great Expectations, part one
The world may be coming to East London in 2012, but the world is already represented and residing in Hackney, East London.
With the Olympics arriving on their doorstep, BBC World Service will be following the experiences of residents living in one inner city housing estate as they contemplate what the games mean to them and their future.
24 min
February 22, 2010 The Virtual Revolution -- The Great Leveller
Since its birth almost twenty years ago, the World Wide Web has transformed our world : A quarter of the planet is now online and able as never before to communicate, publish, and garner information seemingly without limits. But will the Web’s empowerment of ordinary people endure? As part of the BBC’s internet season, the computer expert Doctor Aleks Krotoski starts a four part series (this week) documenting the Web’s remarkable growth and asking if the old hierarchies it challenges are managing to stage a counter revolution.
23 min
February 19, 2010 Polar Bear Kebabs
Iranian Kazem Ariaiwand runs the most northerly kebab shop on the planet. This is his extraordinary story.
24 min
February 18, 2010 Assignment - Mexico's Drug War
A war is raging between rival drug cartels along Mexico's border with the United States. Last year more than 7000 people were killed in the drug related violence and 2010 has already got off to a bloody start. For Assignment Katya Adler reports on the shocking consequences of the conflict on Mexican society.
23 min
February 17, 2010 Obama's America - The End of the Dream
As the United States endures its worst economic crisis since The Great Depression, historian Simon Schama explores the debate about the morality which has run through American history and asks about the future of capitalism.
24 min