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Great speeches from around the world
Feb 15, 2025Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. We discuss the 1992 speech given by Australian Prime Minister, Paul Keating, in which he acknowle...
Cult films and a 'rockstar' philosopher
Feb 08, 2025Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is film critic and journalist Helen O'Hara who dissects what makes a cult film classic,...
The 'Wolf Children' of World War Two and China's TV lessons
Feb 01, 2025We hear from 'wolf child' Luise Quietsch who was separated from her family and forced to flee East Prussia. Whilst trying to survive during World War Two, these children were likened to hungry wolves ...
Back to 1995
Jan 25, 2025Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History episodes, all about events which happened in 1995. First, we hear how Microsoft launched Windows 95 after a $300 million marketing camp...
World War Two on film and Africa's landmark lifestyle magazine
Jan 18, 2025Josephine McDermott sits in for Max Pearson presenting a collection of the week’s Witness History episodes. We hear from the author who stumbled across the story of Oskar Schindler while shopping for ...
The Charlie Hebdo attack and the art of decluttering
Jan 11, 2025Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History episodes. We hear a first-hand account of the attack at the offices of French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo. Our expert guest is D...
The Boxing Day tsunami, and Alexa’s creation
Jan 04, 2025Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History episodes. We hear two stories from the deadly 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, which killed thousands of people in south-east Asia. Our expert g...
German traditions and cooking for presidents
Dec 28, 2024Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History interviews which all relate to food. First, Dinner for One, the British TV sketch that's become a German New Year’s Eve tradition. Our e...
Referendums and cannibalism
Dec 21, 2024Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Professor Chandrika Kaul, a specialist on modern British and Imperial history at the...
Panama and the 'Purple Heart Battalion'
Dec 14, 2024Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Joan Flores-Villalobos, Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the Univ...