Podcast Episodes

Bungee jumping and the Benidorm boom

Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service on the history of travel. Our guest is Dr. Susan…

2 years, 3 months ago

Boko Haram massacre in Nigeria and the Irish shopworkers strike

Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.

First, we hear about Boko Haram militants drivin…

2 years, 3 months ago

The weather report that delayed D-Day and panda-mania in Taiwan

Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.

First, we hear how a young Irishwoman called Mau…

2 years, 3 months ago

South American revolutionaries and the first Aboriginal MP

A warning for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners - this programme contains the names and voices of people who have died.

Max Pearson pres…

2 years, 3 months ago

The first Air Jordan and Imelda Marcos's 3,000 pairs of shoes

Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.

This week’s programmes are all about the history…

2 years, 4 months ago

Independence in French Polynesia and the 'Queen of Cuba'

Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.

This week, we hear how nuclear testing changed p…

2 years, 4 months ago

India’s ambitious ID scheme and the iconic Princess Diana photo

This week, how more than one billion people living in India were given a unique digital ID during the world's largest biometric project. The Aadhaar …

2 years, 4 months ago

Paraguay’s ‘disappeared’ and the history of the Channel Tunnel

Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.

This week we hear the story of Rogelio Goiburu,…

2 years, 4 months ago

Thirty years since the first free elections in South Africa

It’s been thirty years since the first fully democratic elections in South Africa, which saw the African National Congress take power in 1994.

But two…

2 years, 5 months ago

Ebola outbreak and the Friendship Train returns

Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.

It’s 10 years since the world’s deadliest outbre…

2 years, 5 months ago