The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2013

James Fletcher travels to Mackay in Queensland’s coal country to hear one town’s tales from the boom and see how it’s dealing with the current bust.

Turkey's new relationships with its traditional allies - the Balkans, North Africa and the Middle East: the former lands of the Ottoman Empire. Presented by Allan Little.

Shaimaa Khalil looks at the Arab Spring through the eyes of prominent writers Egypt's Sara Khorshid, Libyan author Ghazi Gheblawi, Tunisia's Samar Samir Mezghanni, Farea Al-Muslimi from Yemen and Syrian author Samar Yazbek.

Mobeen Azhar investigates life in gay, urban Pakistan and finds out what it's really like to be gay in Pakistan.

Allan Little charts the politcal changes in Turkey from the birth of the republic and the secularism of Kemal Ataturk, to the mass demonstrations in Istanbul and other Turkish cities were born of the frustration of an educated middle class.

Emre Azizlerli explores the strange new alliances forged in Turkey's anti-government protests, and asks if this diverse movement can hold together.

The Soviet Gulag system is said to live on in Kazakhstan's jails, the prison population are thought be facing’ daily torture and humiliation. Rayhan Demeytrie investigates.

America's Food for Peace programme ships American-grown food in sacks across the world to feed the world's starving people. It is proposed that this inefficient system changes and money is sent to buy food locally. David Loyn reports.

In many Middle East countries being gay can lead to the death penalty. So why is Tel Aviv investing so much in promoting the city as a place that accepts and welcomes gay men and women? Tim Samuels reveals how Tel Aviv has become a leading gay city following a concerted campaign by the Mayor. Critics accuse Israel of 'pink-washing' to soften its image.

Hilary Andersson investigates what really lay behind the Boston marathon bombings and asks whether tough new strategies to prevent future terrorist attacks are likely to work.