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The Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and World Book Day
Apr 19, 2025Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. It’s 50 years since soldiers of the communist Khmer Rouge party stormed into the capital, Phnom ...
Bonus: Defeated
Apr 14, 20258th May 1945 was a day of rejoicing in Britain, the US and many other countries: Germany had surrendered, and World War II was over, at least in Europe. Yet it was not a day of celebration for everyon...
Nazis and sex strikes
Apr 12, 2025Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Dr Katrin Paehler, Professor of modern European history at Illinois State University...
The wonder woman of the comic world and Namibia's 'ghost town'
Apr 04, 2025Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. We hear from the first woman to lead DC Comics - the home of Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. J...
The phone call that changed Nigeria and a 'one of a kind' portrait of Nelson Mandela
Mar 29, 2025Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. We hear about the historic moment in Nigerian politics when Goodluck Jonathan made a phone call to...
The history of space travel
Mar 22, 2025Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. This week we’re looking at the history of space travel, including the 60th anniversary of the firs...
The Americans with Disabilities Act and the invention of GPS
Mar 15, 2025Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. We find out about the landmark protest in 1990 when wheelchair users crawled up the steps of the U...
The invention of the shopping trolley and the Calais 'Jungle'
Mar 08, 2025Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. We find out how Sylvan Goldman’s invention of the shopping trolley in 1930s America turned him in...
Discovering the haemoglobin structure and the Nellie massacre
Mar 01, 2025Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. We hear about the moment Dr Max Perutz discovered the haemoglobin structure. Our expert is Profes...
Death of a language and the world’s longest kiss
Feb 22, 2025Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. We hear about the death of one of the oldest languages in the world, when an 85 year old woman di...