Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSpeed of Sound and prosecuting Nazis
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is aviation historian Dr Victoria Ta…
4 months, 1 week ago
The largest dinosaur and creating Miffy
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
Our guest is Darja Dankina, who's a palaeontolo…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Emerante de Pradines and Orson Welles’s The War of the Worlds
Emerante de Pradines's son, Richard Morse, tells us about his mother’s life and her commitment to de-demonising vodou culture through her music. Hait…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Music producer Sonny Roberts and treating diabetes
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
Sonny Roberts’ daughter tells us about how her…
5 months ago
Nordic Noir and the Moomins
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
Indian-based author and podcaster Purba Chakra…
5 months, 1 week ago
The evacuation of Tristan da Cunha and Japan surrenders to China at the end of World War Two
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
We start with a BBC archive interview where on…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
India's nine day tea strike and the birth of the Excel spreadsheet
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History episodes.
Tea expert Sabita Banerji talks about the history of tea in India. We look b…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The origins of Indian cinema and the start of Scouting
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History episodes taking us from India to Texas.
Professor Sunny Singh, author of A Bollywood …
6 months ago
The fight against sexual harassment in Egypt and Omar Sharif enters the world stage
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History episodes, all with an Egyptian theme.
We find out more about the 2014 fight against se…
6 months, 1 week ago
Nigeria’s Festac’77 and Gander’s generosity during 9/11
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Lucy Durán, a Spanish ethnomusico…
6 months, 2 weeks ago