The History Hour Podcast
A compilation of the latest Witness History programmes.
Episodes to download
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Nuclear diplomacy and Italo disco
Saturday
The 2015 Iran nuclear deal, and Ryan Paris' 1983 hit Dolce Vita
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The 'trial of the juntas' and Evita鈥檚 missing body
Sat 12 Jul 2025
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week鈥檚 Witness History episodes from Argentina
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Dancing in the Street and Ai Weiwei
Sat 5 Jul 2025
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes
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Robert Kennedy's funeral train and the opening of the Medellin Metro
Sat 28 Jun 2025
A collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the 成人快手 World Service
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Jaws and the Charleston church shooting
Sat 21 Jun 2025
An hour of historical reporting told by the people who were there
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Ronald Reagan and Lonesome George
Sat 14 Jun 2025
The President's 'Tear down this wall' speech, and the extinction of a tortoise species
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Discovery of the first exoplanets and the goalie who killed a seagull
Sat 7 Jun 2025
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week鈥檚 Witness History episodes
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Battle of the Beanfield and the Champions League anthem
Sat 31 May 2025
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes
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The history of photography
Sat 24 May 2025
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes
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Sweden鈥檚 Vipeholm experiments and the Intervision Song Contest
Sat 17 May 2025
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week鈥檚 Witness History episodes
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Rescuing Palmyra鈥檚 treasures and 80 years since VE Day
Sat 10 May 2025
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week鈥檚 Witness History episodes
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The Vietnam War and the expansion of the EU
Sat 3 May 2025
A collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the 成人快手 World Service
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Secret D-Day rehearsal and YouTube begins
Sat 26 Apr 2025
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes
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The Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and World Book Day
Sat 19 Apr 2025
An hour of historical reporting told by the people who were there
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The wonder woman of the comic world and Namibia's 'ghost town'
Sat 5 Apr 2025
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes
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The phone call that changed Nigeria and a 'one of a kind' portrait of Nelson Mandela
Sat 29 Mar 2025
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes
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The history of space travel
Sat 22 Mar 2025
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week鈥檚 Witness History episodes
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The Americans with Disabilities Act and the invention of GPS
Sat 15 Mar 2025
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes
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The invention of the shopping trolley and the Calais 'Jungle'
Sat 8 Mar 2025
How the shopping trolley was invented in 1937 and the 2015 European migrant crisis
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Discovering the haemoglobin structure and the Nellie massacre
Sat 1 Mar 2025
One of the greatest scientific discoveries of the 20th century and the Nellie massacre
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Death of a language and the world鈥檚 longest kiss
Sat 22 Feb 2025
We hear about the death of an ancient language and a record-breaking kiss
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Great speeches from around the world
Sat 15 Feb 2025
A look at some of the great speeches from the last decade of history
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Cult films and a 'rockstar' philosopher
Sat 8 Feb 2025
How a film flops become cult classics and the philosopher behind deconstruction theory
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The 'Wolf Children' of World War Two and China's TV lessons
Sat 1 Feb 2025
We hear from 'Wolf child' Luise Quietsch and how actress Kathy Flower became a star
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World War Two on film and Africa's landmark lifestyle magazine
Sat 18 Jan 2025
Dramatizing World War Two history and the start of a landmark magazine for Africa
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The Charlie Hebdo attack and the art of decluttering
Sat 11 Jan 2025
10 years since the massacre in France plus Marie Kondo
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The Boxing Day tsunami, and Alexa鈥檚 creation
Sat 4 Jan 2025
Stories from the 2004 tsunami that destroyed parts of south-east Asia, plus making Alexa
