Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSpeed of Sound and prosecuting Nazis
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is aviation historian Dr Victoria Taylor.
We start with an archive interview of America…
Published on 12 hours ago
The largest dinosaur and creating Miffy
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
Our guest is Darja Dankina, who's a palaeontologist from the Natures Research Centre in Vilnius, …
Published on 1 week ago
Emerante de Pradines and Orson Welles’s The War of the Worlds
Emerante de Pradines's son, Richard Morse, tells us about his mother’s life and her commitment to de-demonising vodou culture through her music. Haiti expert Kate Hodgson, from University College Cor…
Published on 2 weeks ago
Music producer Sonny Roberts and treating diabetes
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
Sonny Roberts’ daughter tells us about how her father created the UK’s first black-owned music s…
Published on 3 weeks ago
Nordic Noir and the Moomins
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
Indian-based author and podcaster Purba Chakraborty talks about the history of fiction writing.
W…
Published on 4 weeks ago
The evacuation of Tristan da Cunha and Japan surrenders to China at the end of World War Two
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
We start with a BBC archive interview where one woman recounts what it was like to survive the e…
Published on 1 month ago
India's nine day tea strike and the birth of the Excel spreadsheet
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History episodes.
Tea expert Sabita Banerji talks about the history of tea in India. We look back at how women teapickers in 2015 fought for jus…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
The origins of Indian cinema and the start of Scouting
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History episodes taking us from India to Texas.
Professor Sunny Singh, author of A Bollywood State of Mind, discusses the origins of Indian cin…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
The fight against sexual harassment in Egypt and Omar Sharif enters the world stage
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History episodes, all with an Egyptian theme.
We find out more about the 2014 fight against sexual harassment. And we hear from Professor Nicola…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Nigeria’s Festac’77 and Gander’s generosity during 9/11
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Lucy Durán, a Spanish ethnomusicologist, record producer and Professor at the Schoo…
Published on 2 months ago