Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMarking 50 years since the 1973 global oil crisis
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
To mark 50 years since the global oil crisis, w…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Lampedusa disaster and cat cafes
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. We hear about the sinking of a migrant boat off…
2 years, 3 months ago
Nazi eugenics and the year of the vuvuzela
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
We hear about the people with disabilities who w…
2 years, 3 months ago
Israeli and Palestinian history
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. It's thirty years since the Oslo Accords were…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Chilean coup and Zanzibar’s most famous singer
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
We hear from Chilean politician Hermógenes Pére…
2 years, 4 months ago
Historic Korean summit and goat island
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Jean H. Lee, an American journalis…
2 years, 4 months ago
Ireland's 'ghost estates' and the first Rose of Tralee
Max Pearson presents a collection of Witness History stories from the BBC World Service, this week we are focusing on Irish history.
In 2006, Ireland…
2 years, 4 months ago
Judy Garland's legacy and the Benin Bronzes
A compilation of this week's Witness History episodes. Gerald Clarke, the author of Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland, speaks to Max Pearson about …
2 years, 4 months ago
Presidential diamonds and Tupperware parties
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History stories from the BBC World Service. Journalist Claude Angeli discovered French …
2 years, 5 months ago
Dinosaur discoveries and a Berlin Wall treehouse
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
We hear about a prehistoric discovery in India …
2 years, 5 months ago