Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchKhula Manch, the victory rally
On 9 April 1990, people gathered at Khula Manch, an open stage in Kathmandu. They were celebrating the end of Nepal’s party-less Panchayat system and…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Hitler's teeth
On 8 May 1945, Yelena Rzhevskaya was handed a small box covered in red satin.
The box had once held perfume but now inside – so she said – were Adolf…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Marcel Duchamp and the urinal that changed art
In October 1942, the great French conceptualist artist Marcel Duchamp helped put on the first major surrealist exhibition in New York.
Carroll Janis'…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Straightening the Leaning Tower of Pisa
On 15 December 2001, the Leaning Tower of Pisa reopened to the public after an unprecedented 11-year closure.
Famous worldwide for its dramatic lean,…
6 months ago
The first commercially successful electronic cigarette
In the summer of 2003, pharmacist Hon Lik was one of millions of smokers in China.
He was coughing a lot and having problems with his breathing and wo…
6 months ago
Spain welcomes Picasso’s Guernica
In 1981 one of the world’s most iconic works of art – Guernica - was finally handed to Spain after a 44-year exile.
Pablo Picasso had created the huge…
6 months ago
New Nordic cuisine
In 2004, Danish food entrepreneur Claus Meyer launched the ‘Nordic Kitchen Manifesto’, kick-starting a revolution in Nordic cooking focused on local …
6 months ago
The discovery of the Terra Nova shipwreck
In 2012, a team of researchers discovered one of the most famous polar shipwrecks - the Terra Nova.
The ship was famous for carrying Britain’s doomed …
6 months ago
Recommending: 13 Minutes Presents Artemis II
Humans are returning to the Moon - hear all about it on the BBC’s space podcast. 13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II is following Nasa’s mission to loop …
6 months ago
Echo and the elephants
In 1972, the world’s longest-running study of wild elephants was first launched in Kenya, making a star of one of its subjects – Echo.
For decades, th…
6 months ago