The History Hour Podcast
A compilation of the latest Witness History programmes.
Episodes to download
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Nike and the Sweatshop Problem
Sat 19 Aug 2017
The ethics of fashion; the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974; and the "Bard of Bengal".
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Reagan's Bombing Joke
Sat 12 Aug 2017
Reagan's bombing joke, the murder of Naji al Ali, and violence in pre-partition India
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When Homosexuality Was a Crime
Sat 29 Jul 2017
The horrific use of aversion therapy for gay men; plus Chiang Kai Shek's former aide.
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Psychological Warfare
Sat 22 Jul 2017
Spooking fighters during the Vietnam War plus the Mont Blanc Tunnel and a Nintendo legend
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The Oka Crisis
Sat 15 Jul 2017
A watershed moment for Canada's indigenous people, the birth of UKIP and Rave.
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The Roswell Incident
Sat 8 Jul 2017
In July 1947 a US rancher found debris which some believe came from an alien spacecraft.
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The History of Modern Tourism
Sat 1 Jul 2017
The Icelandic firm that broke the mould in air travel, the Hippie trail and Euro Disney.
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Italy's Secret "State-within-a-State"
Sat 24 Jun 2017
Murder and conspiracy among Italy's elite, atrocity in 1930s Ethiopia, and Body Worlds
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The Woman Who Stopped Equal Rights in America
Sat 17 Jun 2017
In June 1982 Phyllis Schlafly defeated a law to guarantee gender equality in the US.
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The Six Day War 1967
Sat 10 Jun 2017
Soldiers from both sides on the battle for Jerusalem; plus Robert Kennedy's assassination
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Operation Lifeline: Canada's Refugee Revolution
Sat 3 Jun 2017
Citizens sponsor refugees, a rock concert for Chernobyl and the first US female rabbi.
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Brown v The Board of Education
Sat 20 May 2017
Racial segregation ends in US schools; Iran's 2009 election protest; and Weight Watchers
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The Trial of Maurice Papon
Sat 13 May 2017
The French minister tried for Nazi collusion, the USSR's 007 and US wine beats French.
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The Invention of Liposuction
Sat 6 May 2017
The start of the cosmetic surgery industry; the Tajik Civil War; and Magnum photo agency
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Searching For Argentina's Disappeared
Sat 29 Apr 2017
Defying Argentina's military rulers, when Syria left Lebanon and Bosnia's rape camps.
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Charlie Chaplin Returns to America from Exile
Sat 22 Apr 2017
Charlie Chaplin, images of the furthest galaxies and the world's first black festival.
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The Takeover of Russia's NTV
Sat 15 Apr 2017
A setback for media freedom in Russia; Ethiopia's Red Terror; and WW2's Katyn massacre.
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How Princess Diana changed the perception of AIDS
Sat 8 Apr 2017
A handshake that changed attitudes to AIDS, America enters WW1, and Egypt's Facebook girl
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The Flavr Savr Tomato - The World's First Genetically Engineered Food
Sat 1 Apr 2017
The GM food debate, an anthrax outbreak in the Soviet Union, and the Teletubbies turn 20.
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The First Russian Revolution of 1917
Sat 18 Mar 2017
The Russian Revolution, AIDS and 'Patient Zero' plus escaping the Nazis as a child.
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Kuwaiti Women Secure the Vote
Sat 11 Mar 2017
Kuwaiti women win the vote; smog in Mexico, and America's first Islamic terror incident
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Mother Teresa - The Nun Who Became A Saint
Sat 4 Mar 2017
Life with Mother Teresa, the birth of Nollywood and Eleanor Roosevelt in the White House.
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The German American Bund
Sat 25 Feb 2017
Nazis in 1930s America; Slobodan Milosevic on trial; attacks on Denmark's Little Mermaid.
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Love and Marriage
Sat 18 Feb 2017
From speed-dating to gay romance, from divorce to chastity, recent changes in love.
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Sanctuary Cities in the USA
Sat 11 Feb 2017
US safe havens for undocumented immigrants, a killer killer whale, DNA, and a Kenyan hit.
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The End of Apartheid
Sat 4 Feb 2017
Former South African police minister talks apartheid, Black Hawk Down and a polar record
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The Aboriginal Tent Embassy
Sat 28 Jan 2017
Indigenous rights in Australia, the invention of the microwave, and Desert Island Discs.
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Roots - The TV Series
Sat 21 Jan 2017
Slavery on US TV, peace in El Salvador, Hrant Dink's murder; and Dungeons and Dragons.
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Princess Diana's Minefield Walk
Sat 14 Jan 2017
A royal visit boosts landmine campaigners, Turkey's headscarf pioneer and spying in WW1
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American Communists
Sat 7 Jan 2017
American Communists, gun-toting children in Albania and death and forgiveness in Ecuador.
