The History Hour - Emerante de Pradines and Orson Welles’s The War of the Worlds
Download Emerante de Pradines and Orson Welles’s The War of the Worlds
Emerante de Pradines's son, Richard Morse, tells us about his mother’s life and her commitment to de-demonising vodou culture through her music. Haiti expert Kate Hodgson, from University College Cork in Ireland, expands on the history of the country in the 20th Century.
The story of how an Argentinian doctor was inspired to create a new treatment for heart disease and when the death of a Catholic priest sent shockwaves through El Salvador in 1977.
Plus, the memories of a survivor of the Srebrenica massacre in 1995, when thousands of Bosnian Muslims were killed by Bosnian Serb Soldiers thirty years ago.
The first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup and Orson Welles’s famous re-telling of the War of the Worlds, which sparked mass panic in America.
Contributors:
Richard Morse – son of Haitian singer Emerante de Pradines
Kate Hodgson – lecturer in French at University College Cork in Ireland
Dr Julio Palmaz – the inventor of the balloon-expandable stent
Gabina Dubon – colleague of Father Rutilio Grande
Sister Ana Maria Pineda – theologian and author
Hasan Nuhanovic – survivor of the Srebrenica massacre
Michelle Payne – 2015 Melbourne Cup winner
Archive recordings of Orson Welles, his producer John Houseman and writer Howard Koch
Presenter: Max Pearson
(Photo: Orson Welles rehearsing a radio broadcast of H.G. Wells' classic, The War of the Worlds on 10 October, 1938. Credit: Photo12/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)
Published on Saturday, 1st November 2025.
Available Podcasts from The History Hour
We are not the BBC, we only list available podcasts. To find out more about the programme including episodes available on BBC iPlayer, go to the The History Hour webpage.