The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2013

Dr Geoff Bunn investigates the latest lie-detecting technology. He discovers that the early history of the lie detector features psychologist William Marston, creator of the comic book character Wonder Woman, and an amateur magician, Leonarde Keeler, who was an inspiration for the comic strip hero, Dick Tracy

Miracle Village is home to over a hundred sex offenders. But do Florida’s strict residency rules make the population safer, and prevent re-offending?

Ghana sent just four Paralympians to the 2012 Olympics, none of whom made it to the victory podium. After the difficulties they faced getting there, is there still the will to make it to Rio 2016? Have the athletes helped dispel Ghanaians' negative attitude towards disability?

Sisters Lata and Asha have forged Bollywood singing careers spanning more than six decades and are known as the 'Nightingales of India'.

In September 2011, Judith and David Tebbutt set off to Kenya on holiday. They were kidnapped by armed pirates. Judith was separated from her husband and taken to Somalia. Held hostage for more than six months in harsh and humiliating conditions, for a large ransom, responsibility for securing her release rested with her son, Ollie. In this rare interview she explains how hope helped her endure the horrific ordeal.

In Spain a doctor offers reconstructive surgery to women who have had female genital mutilation. Linda Pressly hears the stories of Rosa and Wenkune. Will the operation work?

The Threat from Cyberspace: The alarming extent to which cyberspace is being used to steal, to spy and to wage war. With BBC Security Correspondent Gordon Corera.

London families talk to Nina Robinson about the reality of new welfare reforms.

Tatyana McFadden is one of the most successful wheelchair racers in Paralympic history - but it's her victories off the track that have defined her.

Meet the Kenyan prisoners acting as lawyers on behalf of themselves and fellow inmates. Most people who face criminal charges in Kenya go to court without a lawyer. By the Kenyan judiciary's own admission, this leads to a great deal of injustice.