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List of all documentary programs

Follow the (i) link next to any program for schedule listings and audio links.
50 More Things That Made the Modern Economy (BBC WS)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, BBC WS
99 Percent Invisible (PRX)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, PRX
Aftereffect (NYPR)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, NYPR
American Experience (PBS (USA)/WGBH)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, PBS (USA), WGBH
American RadioWorks (APM)   (i) (2 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, APM
Arts and Ideas, WCAI (WGBH)   (i) (1 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, WGBH
Arts and Ideas, WGBH (WGBH)   (i) (1 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, WGBH
As I Recall (KBIA)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, KBIA
As It Happened (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Assignment (BBC WS)   (i) (236 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, BBC WS
B-Side Radio (NPR)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, NPR
Background Briefing (ABC)   (i) (25 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, ABC
Backstory    (i) (27 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page
Believed (NPR/Mich Pub)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, NPR, Mich Pub
Best of Our Knowledge (WAMC)   (i) (11 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, WAMC
Best of Public Radio (NHPR)   (i) (1 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, NHPR
Boston Calling (BBC WS)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, BBC WS
Bugle and the Passing Bell (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
By Design (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
C'est La Vie (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Campus (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Caught (NYPR)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, NYPR
Doc Project (CBC)   (i) (84 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Documentary (BBC WS)   (i) (573 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, BBC WS
Documentary on One (RTE (Ireland))   (i) (1 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, RTE (Ireland)
Documentary on One - Archive (RTE (Ireland))   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, RTE (Ireland)
Earshot (ABC)   (i) (24 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, ABC
Embedded (NPR)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, NPR
Enough Rope (ABC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, ABC
Explore Pennsylvania History (WITF)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, WITF
Eyewitness (RNZ (New Zealand))   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, RNZ (New Zealand)
Fear Itself (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Fifth Floor (BBC WS)   (i) (187 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, BBC WS
Game Changer (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Hard to Stomach (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Head to Toe (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Hearing Voices (NPR)   (i) (6 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, NPR
History Hour (BBC WS)   (i) (230 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, BBC WS
History Podcast (ABC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, ABC
History Show (RTE (Ireland))   (i) (1 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, RTE (Ireland)
Horizons (CMG (China))   (i) (11 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, CMG (China)
How I Built This (NPR)   (i) (49 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, NPR
Humankind (PRX)   (i) (20 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, PRX
In Focus (DW (Germany))   (i) (2 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, DW (Germany)
Inappropriate Questions (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Insight or Spectrum (RNZ (New Zealand))   (i) (7 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, RNZ (New Zealand)
KCUR Documentaries and Specials (KCUR)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, KCUR
KPR Presents (KPR)   (i) (4 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, KPR
KUOW Spotlight (KUOW)   (i) (1 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, KUOW
KUT Presents (KUT)   (i) (1 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, KUT
Kind World (WBUR)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, WBUR
Kiwew (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Late Show (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Life Upclose (CMG (China))   (i) (11 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, CMG (China)
Live Through This (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Living Out Loud (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Love Plus Radio (PRX)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, PRX
Making of a Nation (VOA)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, VOA
Metamorphosis (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Moment of Indiana History (WFIU)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, WFIU
Mongrel Nation (ABC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, ABC
More or Less (BBC WS)   (i) (282 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, BBC WS
Morning Stories (WGBH)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, WGBH
National Radio Project (NRP)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, NRP
Nationwide (RTE (Ireland))   (i) (1 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, RTE (Ireland)
New Orleans Calling (WWOZ)   (i) (14 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, WWOZ
New Zealand Society (RNZ (New Zealand))   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, RNZ (New Zealand)
Next Stop, Mississippi (MPB)   (i) (1 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, MPB
O Dark 30 (KUT)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, KUT
On Gambling (NPR)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, NPR
Our Heritage (SABC)   (i) (5 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, SABC
Outfront (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
P.O.V. - Interviews (PBS (USA))   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, PBS (USA)
PBS News Hour - Patchwork Nation (PBS (USA))   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, PBS (USA)
PRX Remix (PRX)   (i) (46 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, PRX
People Fixing the World (BBC WS)   (i) (264 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, BBC WS
People in America (VOA)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, VOA
Picking Up the Pieces (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Polish Society and Culture (Polish R)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, Polish R
Postcards (CMG (China))   (i) (11 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, CMG (China)
Present at the Creation (NPR)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, NPR
Primetime (RTE (Ireland))   (i) (2 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, RTE (Ireland)
Profiles (WFIU)   (i) (2 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, WFIU
Radio Chronicles (KPFA)   (i) (2 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, KPFA
Radio Rookies (NYPR)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, NYPR
Radio Specials (KQED)   (i) (5 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, KQED
ReSound (Chi PM)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, Chi PM
Rear Vision (ABC)   (i) (59 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, ABC
Reasonably Sound (APM)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, APM
Recivilization (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Reveal (PRX)   (i) (98 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, PRX
Revision Quest (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Rough Translation (NPR)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, NPR
S-Town (Chi PM)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, Chi PM
Scattered (NYPR)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, NYPR
Short Cuts (BBC/CBC)   (i) (39 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, BBC, CBC
Sound Effect (KNKX)   (i) (2 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, KNKX
Soundprint    (i) (1 broadcasts)  Official links: program page
Spectrum (RNZ (New Zealand))   (i) (4 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, RNZ (New Zealand)
State of the Re:Union (PRX/NPR)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, PRX, NPR
Story from Here (CBC)   (i) (22 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, CBC
StoryCorps (NPR)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, NPR
Talking History    (i) (1 broadcasts)  Official links: program page
Tapestry of the Times (BPM (Baltimore)/Smithsonian)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, BPM (Baltimore), Smithsonian
The Compass (BBC WS)   (i) (330 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, BBC WS
The Heart (PRX)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, PRX
The Inquiry (BBC WS)   (i) (342 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, BBC WS
The Minefield (ABC)   (i) (18 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, ABC
The Stakes (NYPR)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, NYPR
The Story (BBC WS)   (i) (246 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, BBC WS
The Why Factor (BBC WS)   (i) (31 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, BBC WS
Theory of Everything (PRX)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, PRX
There Goes the Neighborhood (NYPR)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, NYPR
This Is America (VOA)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, VOA
Throughline (NPR)   (i) (20 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, NPR
Time to Travel (SABC)   (i) (1 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, SABC
To the Best of our Knowledge (PRX/WPR)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, PRX, WPR
Trailbreakers (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Transom Highlights (Transom)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, Transom
Travel with Rick Steves (R. Steves)   (i) (110 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, R. Steves
Unfictional (KCRW)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, KCRW
Unreserved (CBC)   (i) (39 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Verbatim (ABC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, ABC
WNYC's Documentary of the Week (NYPR)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, NYPR
White Lies (NPR)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, NPR
Wild Side (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Winnipeg Famous (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Wiretap (CBC)   (i) (41 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Witness History (BBC WS)   (i) (397 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, BBC WS
World on Fire (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Your Weekly Constitutional    (i) (5 broadcasts)  Official links: program page