Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMandela's funeral and Tsar's reburial
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Dr Ongama Mtimka, lecturer in Sout…
2 years ago
Doom and Danish brains
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
We hear about two of the most influential comput…
2 years, 1 month ago
Saving animals from extinction and Cabbage Patch Kids
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
This week, the bird that defied extinction. In …
2 years, 1 month ago
Zambia celebrates independence and the invention of bubble tea
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
This week, we’re looking at the birth of a new A…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Eyjafjallajokull volcano eruption in Iceland and EpiPen invention
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Professor Jenni Barclay from the U…
2 years, 1 month ago
Pakistani popstars, and the hippo and the tortoise
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
We hear from Zoheb Hassen, one half of a siblin…
2 years, 2 months ago
Che Guevara's daughter and marrying Freddie Mercury
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Tony Kapcia, Emeritus Professor at…
2 years, 2 months ago
Gezi Park protests and MAD hijack
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
We hear from activist and actor Memet Ali Alabor…
2 years, 2 months ago
Osmondmania! and the launch of Lagos Fashion Week
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
We hear about Osmondmania! The moment in 1973 wh…
2 years, 2 months ago
The creation of Ghana's flag and the oldest person at primary school
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
We hear from Kwasi Okoh about how his mother The…
2 years, 2 months ago