Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchIsraeli 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…
3 years 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…
3 years 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…
3 years 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…
3 years, 1 month 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 …
3 years, 1 month 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 …
3 years, 1 month 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 …
3 years, 1 month ago
West African food and computer viruses
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Ozoz Sokoh, Nigerian food writer a…
3 years, 2 months ago
Wartime surrenders and the birth of Barbie
Max Pearson presents a compilation of stories from this week’s Witness History episodes.
In the autumn of 1945, World War II surrender ceremonies took…
3 years, 2 months ago
Five great inventions that changed the world
Max Pearson presents a selection of this week’s Witness History stories.
In 1999, Aibo: the world's first robot dog, hit the shops in Japan and sold o…
3 years, 2 months ago