Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchA papal visit and German reunification
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Paulina Guzik, International edit…
15 hours ago
The 'Cyprus Emergency’ and India’s nuclear mango deal
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
We hear from a Cypriot lawyer, imprisoned by t…
1 week ago
Movie history: Seven Samurai and Casablanca
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is media, culture and creative indus…
2 weeks ago
Sweden and the USA's diplomatic freeze and Elvis in the UK
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
We hear how a speech by Swedish Prime Minist…
3 weeks ago
Blood diamonds and the meeting between Florence Nightingale and Aga Khan III
We begin with the trial of the former President of Liberia, Charles Taylor. It was claimed that he traded in arms and ammunition in return for so-cal…
1 month ago
The Shetland Bus and toxic shock syndrome
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Professor Guri Hjeltnes, an autho…
1 month, 1 week ago
Italian history
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Scottish writer, editor and music…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Creating Mr Men and the Austrian wine scandal
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History and Sporting Witness episodes from the BBC World Service. What does a tickle look …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Chile’s Penguin Revolution and the 5,000-year-old frozen mummy
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
We travel back to Chile in 2006 where more than…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
The priest behind a new airport and Agatha Christie
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
Our guest Sugandhi Jayaraman, lecturer in air t…
2 months ago