Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchZambia 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, 10 months 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, 10 months 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, 10 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, 10 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, 11 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, 11 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, 11 months ago
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…
2 years, 11 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…
3 years 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…
3 years ago