18 Best Al Jazeera English Podcasts

1. Al Jazeera World
A weekly showcase of one-hour documentary films from across the Al Jazeera Network.
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Croatia’s 'war criminal' Mirko Graorac: Guilty or innocent? | Al Jazeera World
44:48 | Apr 7th, 2021
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Following the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s, international courts sought to bring justice to the victims of war crimes. While many cases were taken on by the International Tribunal at The Hague, other...Show More
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2. Inside Story
Al Jazeera journalists and guests dissect and discuss the day’s top story.
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How much of a headache is Hong Kong to China? | Inside Story
24:50 | May 22nd, 2020
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China is moving toward passing a national security law for Hong Kong, that could see the most significant reduction in its autonomy since it was handed over by Britain in 1997. Premier Li Ke-Chiang a...Show More
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3. The Listening Post
A weekly programme that examines and dissects the world's media, how they operate and the stories they cover.
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Israel’s most lethal operation in Gaza is under way
25:28 | Sep 6th
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Israel’s renewed offensive in Gaza City - the largest Palestinian population centre - is being framed as an assault on Hamas’s “final stronghold”. But behind that narrative lies a campaign of expulsio...Show More
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4. 101 East
A weekly current affairs documentary programme that focuses on Asia, its diverse cultures, and conflicting politics.
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Sweden’s Thai Berry Pickers | 101 East
25:00 | May 6th, 2021
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Every year, thousands of Thai workers comb Sweden’s forests in search of berries. It is a job that Swedes will not do, but for the migrant workers, it is a potentially lucrative alternative to toil...Show More
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5. Counting the Cost
A weekly look at the world's top business and economics stories.
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Why China's plan for the world's first digital currency matters | Counting the Cost
25:30 | Feb 6th, 2021
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Tried and tested in the biggest "open-air digital prison" in the world, China's surveillance of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang has been rolled out across the country. Cameras, artificial intelligence a...Show More
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6. The Bottom Line
A weekly take on US politics and policies and how they affect the world.
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How did India-US relations decline so suddenly? | The Bottom Line
23:55 | Sep 7th
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For decades, the United States has been courting India as a counterbalance to China in Asia. But after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi refused to agree with US President Donald Trump's insistence ...Show More
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7. Witness
An inspiring documentary series that brings world issues into focus through compelling human stories.
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Italy's COVID Hotline: Inside a pandemic call centre | Witness
24:03 | Dec 6th, 2020
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Filmmaker: Lisa Camillo Max is a film producer in Milan, Italy. At the end of February 2020, his life takes an unexpected turn when Italy becomes the epicentre of the first wave of the novel corona...Show More
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8. People & Power
Al Jazeera’s weekly investigative documentary programme that looks at the use and abuse of power.
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Finland's Climate Warriors | People and Power
25:00 | Jan 7th, 2021
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Finland has set itself one of the world's most ambitious greenhouse gas reduction targets, promising to go carbon neutral by 2035. Even the coronavirus pandemic, which has diverted much of the interna...Show More
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9. Al Jazeera Correspondent
From addiction to digital devices to the search for the roots of yoga, Al Jazeera correspondents take us on their journeys of discovery.
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Yemen's Kidney Brokers
15:21 | May 7th, 2019
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In 2014, a group of Yemeni men sold their kidneys in Egypt for $5,000 each. But that was a tiny cut of the profit. The big bucks went to two unlikely members of the international organ traffickin...Show More
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10. earthrise
Al Jazeera's award-winning series explores solutions to today’s environmental challenges.
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Cameroon's Bottle Boats | earthrise
11:27 | Apr 20th, 2020
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Every year, up to 12 million metric tonnes of plastic waste enters our oceans. And this is set to triple in the next decade. In Cameroon's economic capital Douala, the scale of the plastic problem ...Show More
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11. Featured Documentaries
Al Jazeera's landmark documentaries seek to engage, inform and inspire with a wide range of stories from around the world.
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Women Make Science: Kyrgyzstan's Space School | Featured Documentary
25:20 | Mar 16th, 2020
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A group of young women are looking to the stars in Kyrgyzstan. In the capital Bishkek, a non-profit organisation has put together an all-female group to build and launch the country's first satelli...Show More
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12. Talk to Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera journalists sit down with top newsmakers from around the world.
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Iraq’s rivers are drying: A nation faces water collapse
28:15 | Sep 7th
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Iraq, once known as Mesopotamia, the “Land of the Two Rivers”, is facing its worst water crisis in living memory. The Tigris and Euphrates — lifelines of agriculture and civilisation for millennia — a...Show More
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13. Slavery: A 21st Century Evil
This series gives a voice to modern-day slaves, goes in search of the slave masters and asks why slavery persists.
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Al Jazeera slavery debate in full
47:36 | Nov 25th, 2011
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Luis C d'Baca from the US State Department Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons; Kevin Bales, president of Free the Slaves; David Batstone, president of Not for Sale; and Joy Ezeilo, UN...Show More
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14. Head to Head
Interviews with attitude, tackling the big issues of our time with Mehdi Hasan.
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Is China a threat or a partner to the West? | Head to Head
49:12 | Aug 7th, 2020
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Since the outbreak of COVID-19, tensions have mounted between China and the United States.In this special edition of Head to Head, we ask if the West is heading towards a new Cold War with China.In pa...Show More
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15. Viewfinder
Independent filmmakers utilise the power of storytelling to reveal the impact of global events on local communities.
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25:00 | Jul 8th, 2018
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16. UpFront
With the thrust and parry of rigorous debate, Mehdi Hasan cuts through the headlines to challenge conventional wisdom, highlight contradictions and uncover double standards.
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The world of surveillance: Who does ‘Big Brother’ answer to? | UpFront
25:07 | Dec 25th, 2020
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In this episode of UpFront, we discuss the surveillance industry and how it is operating unchecked with Ron Deibert, the director of Citizen Lab, a cybersecurity watchdog group in Canada and Luis Fern...Show More
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17. TechKnow
A series exploring how the latest scientific and technological discoveries are changing our lives.
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Social Robots - TechKnow
24:59 | Dec 24th, 2017
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Erica, who has a beautiful face and speaks with a synthesised voice, is one of the most advanced and autonomous androids in the world. The human-like robot was created in Japan in 2014 and was deve...Show More
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18. Planet SOS
Planet SOS sets out to explore issues around climate, nature and pollution that make up the crisis the planet faces.
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Planet SOS: Stalemate at COP 25 as Earth continues to warm
25:40 | Dec 16th, 2019
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The world's leading scientists agree our planet is in crisis. The last five years have been the hottest on record. Sea levels are the highest in human history. A million species are on the brink of ex...Show More
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