The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2008
Soft Jihad Assignment
In the United States a small but increasingly vocal group of people believe that members of the country's Muslim community are working from within to turn America into an Islamic state. This group of right wing thinkers believe this so-called 'Soft Jihad' is being carried out in schools, universities and other institutions across the country and they want to put a stop to it. In Assignment, Pascale Harter travels to America to find out how this fear is finding a foothold in public opinion there and hears from some of those accused of being the 'soft jihadists'.
7 aug. 2020 - 22 min 31 seg
Brand Cuba part one
In Brand Cuba, Allan Little analyses some of the factors that have kept Cuba alive in the public imagination over such a long period.
29 des. 2008 - 22 min 50 seg
Too Many Santas
Throughout much of the Christian world Christmas is the time when Santa Claus dominates – a fat jolly chap who is our friend.
26 des. 2008 - 23 min 31 seg
Assignment In Exile
There are more than 10 million Palestinians living around the world, more than half of whom are stateless. In this year when Israel has been marking its 60th anniversary many Palestinians have been reflecting on the event that for them meant exile. The 'naqba', or catastrophe, is how they describe the destruction of many of their villages and towns and their own dispersal following the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. For Assignment Paul Adams spoke to four Palestinians in exile.
25 des. 2008 - 20 min 49 seg
Return to White Horse Village part three
While China's economy has boomed over the past 30 years, many of its 700 million farmers have been stuck in poverty. Their only hope of a wage has been far from home in the factories and building sites of the boomtowns.
23 des. 2008 - 23 min 24 seg
Timeline part three
Timeline is the programme where the past sheds light on recent events though use of archive material.
19 des. 2008 - 23 min 12 seg
Assignment A Return to Helmand
Last year our correspondent Jill McGivering reported from Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan on the constant violence and the struggle to bring development to the region. Now she's returned, one year on, to see if there's been any progress.
18 des. 2008 - 22 min 39 seg
Return to White Horse Village part two
While China's economy has boomed over the past 30 years, many of its 700 million farmers have been stuck in poverty.
17 des. 2008 - 23 min 18 seg
1968: The year that changed the world?
In this four part series, using archive recordings and music from the time, Sir John Tusa examines what made 1968 such a climactic year. Programme three looks at how race and nationalism finally came to a head in 1968.
12 des. 2008 - 23 min 25 seg
Assignment Bolivia on the Brink
And now Assignment asks whether Bolivia is on the brink of civil war. In the run-up to next month’s crucial vote on a new constitution, Daniel Schweimler reports from the wealthy and white-dominated city of Santa Cruz, where the dispute over the policies of the country’s indigenous President Evo Morales are spilling over into racial violence.
10 des. 2008 - 22 min 52 seg