Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWashington DC and a film noir classic
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
We learn why the Mount Pleasant riots erupted in Washington DC in 1991, and hear from our guest, …
Published on 6 hours ago
BlackBerry phones and Spot the dog
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Jacquie McNish, author and former Senior Correspondent at the Wall Street Journal.
W…
Published on 6 days, 23 hours ago
Indonesian history
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
Our guest is Dr Anne-Lot Hoek, a research fellow at the International Institution of Social Histo…
Published on 2 weeks ago
Nagasaki bomb and Brazil’s biggest bank heist
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Simone Turchetti, Professor of the History of Science and Technology, at The Univer…
Published on 2 weeks, 6 days ago
Russian revolutionaries and Japan’s record breaking rollercoaster
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
Our guest is Dr Lara Douds, Assistant Professor of Russian history.
We start in 1907, the men who w…
Published on 4 weeks ago
Saxophone diplomacy and bulletproof vests
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Dr Natalia Grincheva, an expert in cultural diplomacy from Lasalle, University of t…
Published on 1 month ago
Nuclear diplomacy and Italo disco
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Dina Esfandiary, Middle East Geo-economics Lead at Bloomberg Economics.
We start in …
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
The 'trial of the juntas' and Evita’s missing body
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History episodes, all with an Argentine theme.
We find out more about the 1985 ‘trial of the juntas’ when the country’s former military leaders…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Dancing in the Street and Ai Weiwei
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes including the story behind Mick Jagger and David Bowie's duet for Live Aid in 1985 and the Chinese artist who was jailed for h…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Robert Kennedy's funeral train and the opening of the Medellin Metro
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service, all related to trains and journeys which have helped to shape our world.
Our guest Nicky Gardner,…
Published on 2 months ago