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 network built by thousands of Russian workers in t...
26 Jul 202450min
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, remembers the events. On the 20 July 1974 Captain Adamo...
19 Jul 202451min
Brazil's ban on women in football and the first air fryer
We hear about the law in Brazil which made it illegal for women and girls to play football for 40 years. Dilma Mendes shares her incredible experience of being arrested numerous times as a child, just...
13 Jul 202450min
Subway Art and terror in Georgia
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes.We hear about the era-defining book Subway Art and how Fight the Power became a protest anthem. Artist curator Marianne Vosloo...
5 Jul 202450min
The Sagrada Família and Hello Kitty
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes.We hear the story of the largest unfinished Catholic church in the world and the creation of one of the most recognisable chara...
28 Jun 202450min
Bungee jumping and the Benidorm boom
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service on the history of travel. Our guest is Dr. Susan Houge Mackenzie, Associate Professor in the Depart...
21 Jun 202450min
Boko Haram massacre in Nigeria and the Irish shopworkers strike
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.First, we hear about Boko Haram militants driving into Gwoza in north-east Nigeria in 2014, to begi...
14 Jun 202450min
The weather report that delayed D-Day and panda-mania in Taiwan
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.First, we hear how a young Irishwoman called Maureen Flavin Sweeney drew up a weather report that d...
7 Jun 202451min
