The History Hour Podcast
A compilation of the latest Witness History programmes.
Episodes to download
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Plastics in oceans and sea cucumbers
Sat 14 Jan 2023
Plastics in oceans were first discovered over fifty years ago
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Pussy Riot and other Russian rebels
Sat 7 Jan 2023
Russian rebels and the most bizarre football match of all time
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Food
Sat 31 Dec 2022
Stories about the history of food, including the creation of ciabatta bread in Italy
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90 years of the 蜜芽传媒 World Service
Christmas Eve 2022
The 蜜芽传媒 Caribbean Service and broadcasting through the Iron Curtain
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District Six and daredevils
Sat 17 Dec 2022
The forced removal of families who weren't white from District Six, in South Africa
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Referendums and Teletubbies
Sat 10 Dec 2022
Max Person presents a collection of this weeks Witness history episodes
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Contested islands and Miss World protests
Sat 3 Dec 2022
How four islands complicate the post World War Two relationship between Japan and Russia
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Anwar Ibrahim and road safety inventions
Sat 26 Nov 2022
Malaysia's Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim, on being put on trial among other stories
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Arabian Peninsula
Sat 19 Nov 2022
Stories from the Arabian Peninsula to mark the start of the World Cup in Qatar
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Racist raids, protests and a political assassination
Sat 12 Nov 2022
Racism led to raids in the 1970s, protests in the 1980s, and a political assassination
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The best Championship Manager player ever
Sat 5 Nov 2022
The best Championship Manager player ever and sex-selective abortion in India
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Women taking a stand
Sat 29 Oct 2022
A focus on global events where women have taken a stand for equality from Sudan to Iran
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Cuban boxing and the brink of nuclear war
Sat 22 Oct 2022
Cuban boxing, the brink of nuclear war and baseball as diplomacy
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Global strikes and industrial action
Sat 15 Oct 2022
When workers around the world took industrial action in pursuit of better conditions
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Caribbean carnivals and a racially inclusive nightclub
Sat 8 Oct 2022
Racially inclusive clubbing arrives in Manchester and the release of Gilad Shalit
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Dassler brothers' rift
Sat 1 Oct 2022
The Dassler brothers' rift, castrating Pablo Escobar's hippos and Jomo Kenyatta's rule
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Queen Elizabeth II and broadcasting
Sat 24 Sep 2022
A look at some of Queen Elizabeth II's most significant broadcasts
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Queen Elizabeth II
Sun 18 Sep 2022
Stories from the reign of Queen Elizabeth II including memories of her coronation
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Brazil
Sun 11 Sep 2022
Stories from Brazil, including the murder of Tim Lopes and the creation of Brasilia
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Gorbachev's legacy
Sat 3 Sep 2022
Perestroika in the Soviet Union and the release of the dissident poet Ratushinskaya
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Inflation and the cost of living
Sat 27 Aug 2022
Inflation and the cost of living, the Darayya massacre, and the first Gay Games
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Seventy-five years since India's Partition
Sat 20 Aug 2022
A compilation of stories marking 75 years since India's Partition
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The nightclub that changed Ibiza
Sat 13 Aug 2022
Ibiza's clubbing scene, Indonesian forest fires and the resignation of Richard Nixon
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Fifty years since Asians were kicked out of Uganda
Sat 6 Aug 2022
A compilation of stories marking 50 years since Idi Amin expelled Asians from Uganda
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The Revolution on Granite
Sat 30 Jul 2022
A student protest in Ukraine, the Surkov leaks and the invention of the nicotine patch
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Stories from iconic TV shows from around the world
Sat 23 Jul 2022
The history of television from around the world and its enduring impact
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Stories from the abortion fight frontline
Sat 16 Jul 2022
Experiences from both sides of the abortion debate plus the story of the Pill
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America鈥檚 first gay election candidate
Sat 9 Jul 2022
Jose Sarria's political journey, Smear Tests, Discovery of Higgs Boson
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Hong Kong: 25 years since the handover from British to Chinese rule
Sat 2 Jul 2022
The last governor of Hong Kong, a pro democracy campaigner and life in Kowloon Walled City
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Egypt's first democratic Presidential election
Sat 25 Jun 2022
Egypt's first democratic election, the murder of Vincent Chin, the UK's first Pride march
