Podcast Episodes

Recording the Eichmann interviews

In the 1950s, Dutch journalist Willem Sassen recorded hours of interview with the Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann about his involvement in the Holoc…

4 weeks ago

Filming Titanic in Mexico

In 1997, Titanic, one of the most successful films in movie history, and one of the most expensive, was made in Mexico.  

The director James Cameron a…

1 month ago

I escaped Mexico's deadly gas explosion

Just before dawn, on 19 November 1984, an explosion at a gas plant in San Juanico, Mexico killed hundreds of people, injured thousands and destroyed …

1 month ago

I fought for Mexico’s indigenous women to get political equality

In October 2014, indigenous women in Mexico won a landmark victory in their struggle for political rights.

It came after years of campaigning by Eufr…

1 month ago

Mexico: The election that ended one‑party rule

In July 2000 an historic election in Mexico saw a change of government for the first time in 71 years.

Vicente Fox of the National Action Party was e…

1 month ago

The Mexican song that captivated lovers during World War II

In 1944, as World War II was drawing to a close, the Mexican love song Besame Mucho crossed the Atlantic and became one of the most recognisable melo…

1 month ago

Canada's worst E.coli outbreak

In 2000, contaminated drinking water in the small Canadian town of Walkerton triggered one of the country’s worst public health disasters.

Heavy rainf…

1 month, 1 week ago

Montenegro votes for independence

Montenegro achieving independence from Serbia in 2006 was the final part of the break-up of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Mon…

1 month, 1 week ago

When Krishna Menon met Stalin

In 1953, an Indian diplomat nicknamed the 'sombre porcupine' was given a rare opportunity when he was invited to the Kremlin to meet Joseph Stalin, o…

1 month, 1 week ago

Exposing King Albert II's secret child

In 1999, a teenager's debut book unintentionally caused a royal scandal in Belgium that wouldn't be resolved for more than 20 years.

Each evening afte…

1 month, 1 week ago