Witness History
En podkast av BBC World Service
1452 Episoder
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Usonia: Frank Lloyd Wright’s ‘utopian’ town
Publisert: 6.6.2025 -
The discovery of the first exoplanets
Publisert: 5.6.2025 -
Favela life: The diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus
Publisert: 4.6.2025 -
The world’s largest model train set
Publisert: 3.6.2025 -
Dolly Rathebe: South Africa’s first international film star
Publisert: 2.6.2025 -
The Battle of the Beanfield
Publisert: 30.5.2025 -
The legacy of The Pirate Bay
Publisert: 29.5.2025 -
Chinua Achebe’s revolutionary book Things Fall Apart
Publisert: 28.5.2025 -
The Tragically Hip's final gig
Publisert: 27.5.2025 -
'I wrote the Champions League anthem'
Publisert: 26.5.2025 -
Vivian Maier: Secret street photographer
Publisert: 23.5.2025 -
The founding of Magnum Photos
Publisert: 22.5.2025 -
Martín Chambi: Peru's pioneering documentary photographer
Publisert: 21.5.2025 -
Nigerian photographer’s iconic 'Hairstyles' series
Publisert: 20.5.2025 -
Lunch atop a Skyscraper
Publisert: 19.5.2025 -
Sweden’s shocking sugar experiment
Publisert: 16.5.2025 -
Mexico’s soda tax: Confronting soft drink giants
Publisert: 15.5.2025 -
The founding of the Warsaw Pact
Publisert: 14.5.2025 -
Tesla and Edison: Electricity rivals
Publisert: 13.5.2025 -
Intervision Song Contest
Publisert: 12.5.2025
Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness History is for those fascinated by the past. We take you to the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there. For nine minutes every day, we take you back in time and all over the world, to examine wars, coups, scientific discoveries, cultural moments and much more. Recent episodes explore everything from football in Brazil, the history of the ‘Indian Titanic’ and the invention of air fryers, to Public Enemy’s Fight The Power, subway art and the political crisis in Georgia. We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: visionary architect Antoni Gaudi and the design of the Sagrada Familia; Michael Jordan and his bespoke Nike trainers; Princess Diana at the Taj Mahal; and Görel Hanser, manager of legendary Swedish pop band Abba on the influence they’ve had on the music industry. You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the time an Iraqi journalist hurled his shoes at the President of the United States in protest of America’s occupation of Iraq; the creation of the Hollywood commercial that changed advertising forever; and the ascent of the first Aboriginal MP.
