The History Hour Podcast
A compilation of the latest Witness History programmes.
Episodes to download
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'Mozart of chess鈥� and the deepest man-made hole in the world
Today
A compilation of Witness History and Sporting Witness episodes.
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The Siege of Yarmouk and Iran's 'house churches'
Last Saturday
The pianist who played on when Damascus was bombed and the Christians who met in secret
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The 鈥楤attle of the Surfaces鈥� and becoming a republic
Sat 16 Nov 2024
A half-clay, half-grass tennis court, losing a crown and a mine rescue
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Female heroes of WW2 and the Iranian Revolution
Sat 9 Nov 2024
Female heroes from WW2, the pioneering 'Baby' computer and the Iranian Revolution
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Magic, illusion and tigers
Sat 2 Nov 2024
The Siegfried and Roy show in Las Vegas which ended in a tiger attack and tragedy in 2003
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Dungeons & Dragons and dinosaur remains
Sat 26 Oct 2024
Fifty years of the fantasy tabletop role-play game and a fossil discovery
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Flower revolutions
Sat 19 Oct 2024
The Sunflower Movement in Taiwan in 2014 and the Rose Revolution in Georgia in 2003
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Technology and artificial intelligence
Sat 12 Oct 2024
The stories behind the first electronic computers, chatbots, QR codes and humanoid robots
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Latin America's longest plane hijacking and Kristallnacht
Sat 5 Oct 2024
How one Latin American flight was hijacked for 60 hours and the infamous Kristallnacht
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South Africa鈥檚 Immorality Act and India's Mars Orbiter Mission
Sat 28 Sep 2024
South Africa's ban on inter-racial relationships, the Estonia ferry disaster and Tupac
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New Zealand鈥檚 first dinosaur and India鈥檚 plague outbreak
Sat 21 Sep 2024
How New Zealand's first dinosaur was discovered and the pneumonic plague in India
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Ethiopian history
Sat 14 Sep 2024
It鈥檚 50 years since Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie was overthrown in a military coup
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Marriage bars and a Moon mission
Sat 7 Sep 2024
The law that banned married women from working and Apollo 13's attempted trip to the Moon
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Space travel and Mary Poppins
Sat 31 Aug 2024
Befriending Soviet cosmonauts and why the author of Mary Poppins hated the film
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Nazis in Egypt and Spain's La Tomatina
Sat 24 Aug 2024
Nazis in Egypt and the origins of the largest food fight in the world
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Indonesian鈥檚 independence and the last Olympic art competition
Sat 17 Aug 2024
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes
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American presidents
Sat 10 Aug 2024
It's 50 years since Richard Nixon became the first US president in history to resign
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Ice Bucket Challenge and Bulgaria's dancing bears
Sat 3 Aug 2024
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes
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Moscow Metro and the Olympics
Sat 27 Jul 2024
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week鈥檚 Witness History episodes
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Cyprus: Coups and clubbing
Sat 20 Jul 2024
Max Pearson presents this week's Witness History interviews on the history of Cyprus
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Brazil's ban on women in football and the first air fryer
Sat 13 Jul 2024
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes
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Subway Art and terror in Georgia
Sat 6 Jul 2024
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes
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The Sagrada Fam铆lia and Hello Kitty
Sat 29 Jun 2024
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes
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Bungee jumping and the Benidorm boom
Sat 22 Jun 2024
How holidays evolved from luxury cruises to exotic locations
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Boko Haram massacre in Nigeria and the Irish shopworkers strike
Sat 15 Jun 2024
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week鈥檚 Witness History episodes
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The weather report that delayed D-Day and panda-mania in Taiwan
Sat 8 Jun 2024
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week鈥檚 Witness History episodes
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South American revolutionaries and the first Aboriginal MP
Sat 1 Jun 2024
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes
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The first Air Jordan and Imelda Marcos's 3,000 pairs of shoes
Sat 25 May 2024
Max Pearson presents a collection footwear themed Witness History programmes.
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Independence in French Polynesia and the 'Queen of Cuba'
Sat 18 May 2024
How nuclear testing changed politics in French Polynesia, and catching spy Ana Montes
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India鈥檚 ambitious ID scheme and the iconic Princess Diana photo
Sat 11 May 2024
A unique digital ID for one billion Indians and Princess Diana alone at the Taj Mahal
