Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchInternational Women's Day
Max Pearson presents a compilation of stories celebrating women who made history including a ground-breaking, African American science fiction writer…
2 years, 10 months ago
Pink triangles and political assassinations
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Dr Uta Rautenberg from the Univers…
2 years, 10 months ago
Riots in Mauritius and the Queen 'jumping out of a helicopter'
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Philippe Sands, Professor of the P…
2 years, 10 months ago
'Hot Autumn' and Tutankhamun
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Ilaria Favretto, Affiliate Profess…
2 years, 10 months ago
Popes
It has been 10 years since Pope Benedict XVI announced his shock resignation. It was the first time in almost 600 years that a pope had stepped down.…
2 years, 11 months ago
Pirate radio and the Velvet Divorce
The launch of the first black music station in Europe - the Dread Broadcasting Corporation in London in 1981 - and why Czechoslovakia split into the …
2 years, 11 months ago
The death penalty and broadcasting bans
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Chiara Sangiorgio, Death Penalty A…
2 years, 11 months ago
Horsemeat scandal and the Miracle on the Hudson
Max Pearson presents a compilation of this week's Witness History programmes from the BBC World Service.
These include memories of the horsemeat scand…
2 years, 11 months ago
Plastics in oceans and sea cucumbers
Max Pearson presents a compilation of this week's Witness History programmes from the BBC World Service.
You'll hear the story of how a marine biologi…
2 years, 11 months ago
Pussy Riot and other Russian rebels
Max Pearson presents a compilation of this week's Witness History programmes from the BBC World Service.
You'll hear the story of how a protest led by…
3 years ago