Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSkiing and two-headed dogs
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. We hear about the famous ski resort, Whistler B…
1 year, 10 months ago
Letters to Juliet and Saint Valentine’s traditions
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
We hear about the Juliet Club in Verona, Italy.…
1 year, 10 months ago
Inspirational black women
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service telling stories about inspirational black women.…
1 year, 11 months ago
Internet cafes and Doomsday seeds
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
We hear about Cyberia - the first commercial int…
1 year, 11 months ago
Traitors and treachery
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service all about figures branded as traitors.
In 1939 Wa…
1 year, 11 months ago
Lady Tarzan and Ibadan Zoo
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
We’re going wild for animals this week. We find …
1 year, 11 months ago
The first lesbian couple to get married and World Laughter Day
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
In 2001, the Netherlands became the first countr…
1 year, 11 months ago
Hindenburg disaster and wingsuits
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Barbara Waibel, author of a book o…
2 years ago
Pad Thai, kiwis and the chef Ken Hom
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
This week, we look at the disputed history of pa…
2 years ago
Tsunamis and Caster Semenya
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
This week, we hear from Lumepa Hald who survived…
2 years ago