Podcast Episodes

Cuban boxing and the brink of nuclear war

A collection of the latest Witness History programmes which are all about Cuba. Presented by Max Pearson, who speaks to boxing journalist Steve Bunce…

3 years, 2 months ago

Global strikes and industrial action

A collection of the latest Witness History programmes, presented by Max Pearson. We look at moments from around the world when workers took industria…

3 years, 2 months ago

Caribbean carnivals and a racially inclusive nightclub

A collection of this week's Witness History programmes, presented by Max Pearson. The guest is Dr Emily Zobel Marshall. She explains the rise of fest…

3 years, 3 months ago

Dassler brothers' rift

A collection of this week's Witness History programmes, presented by Max Pearson. The guest is Nicholas Smith, author of "Kicks: The Great American S…

3 years, 3 months ago

Queen Elizabeth II and broadcasting

We look at some of the broadcasts delivered by Queen Elizabeth II including her first radio address to the children of the Commonwealth on 13 October…

3 years, 3 months ago

Queen Elizabeth II

We hear personal accounts of historical moments during the seventy year reign of Queen Elizabeth II. Memories from the Queen's maids of honour from h…

3 years, 3 months ago

Brazil

Stories from Brazil, ahead of the presidential election in October, including the murder of Tim Lopes, the hero of Brazilian democracy and the Candel…

3 years, 4 months ago

Gorbachev's legacy

The former President of the Soviet Union's reforms in 1987, known as Perestroika, and the release of the dissident poet Irina Ratushinskaya in 1986.

P…

3 years, 4 months ago

Inflation and the cost of living

A compilation of witness accounts from when inflation and the cost of living were seriously affecting people's lives, among other topics.

In 1971, inf…

3 years, 4 months ago

Seventy-five years since India's Partition

Max Pearson presents a compilation of stories marking 75 years since India's Partition. We'll hear the stories of people from both sides of the divid…

3 years, 4 months ago