Ronald Reagan and Lonesome George

Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Devi Sridhar, Professor of Global Public Health at the University of Edinburgh in the UK.We start with the birth of an Australian campaign to get people to take car ...  Show more

Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Professor Rachel E. Johnson, Professor of Modern African History at Durham University in the UK.We begin with the 50th anniversary of the Soweto Uprising, which bec ...  Show more

Chess Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi discusses his career and experience playing chess at the highest level.

Vidit Gujrathi started playing chess at the age of 7, and has since won 4 National Youth Medals, 4 Asian Youth Silver Medals, and 3 medals in World Youth Championshi ...

This week we are joined by a legend of Norwegian Chess, GM Simen Agdestein. Simen was the first Norwegian Grandmaster, a childhood trainer of Magnus Carlsen, and is a nine-time champion of Norway, who holds the record of being both the country’s youngest and oldest national champ ...  Show more

Chess, one of history's oldest games, is considered a man's game -- but why? Cristen and Caroline examine how the queen piece revolutionized chess and subsequently kicked women players out of the sport.

What happens when a chess grandmaster makes the biggest move of his life—and it’s not on the board? 🤯 Vidit Gujrathi, India’s 30th Grandmaster, has checkmated every opponent, but has someone finally checkmated him? Born in Nashik, to doctor parents, Vidit’s chess journey began a ...  Show more