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Marking 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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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

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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…

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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…

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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 …

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Presidential diamonds and Tupperware parties
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

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Dinosaur discoveries and a Berlin Wall treehouse
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 …

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