Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchNew Zealand’s first dinosaur and India’s plague outbreak
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History episodes.
We start our programme looking at the discovery of New Zealand’s first dinos…
1 year, 3 months ago
Ethiopian history
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History episodes.
We’re looking at key moments in Ethiopian history, as it’s 50 years since E…
1 year, 3 months ago
Marriage bars and a Moon mission
Myra Anubi presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes.
We hear about the Irish law that banned married women from working in state …
1 year, 4 months ago
Space travel and Mary Poppins
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes. Our guest is European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, who co…
1 year, 4 months ago
Nazis in Egypt and Spain's La Tomatina
A warning, this programme includes an account of antisemitic views and descriptions of violence.
Egypt recruited thousands of Nazis after World War Tw…
1 year, 4 months ago
Indonesian’s independence and the last Olympic art competition
We hear about the founding father of Indonesian independence.
Then, we look at how 'spray on skin' was used after the 2002 Bali bombings.
Next, we hea…
1 year, 4 months ago
American presidents
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes.
It's 50 years since Richard Nixon became the first US president in history t…
1 year, 5 months ago
Ice Bucket Challenge and Bulgaria's dancing bears
A warning for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners - this programme contains the names and voices of people who have died.
Max Pearson pres…
1 year, 5 months ago
Moscow Metro and the Olympics
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes.
We go underground for a tour of the Moscow Metro, the subterranean transport…
1 year, 5 months ago
Cyprus: Coups and clubbing
We hear Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot perspectives on the island's 1974 coup and subsequent invasion. Bekir Azgun, a Turkish-Cypriot writer, reme…
1 year, 5 months ago