Witness History
En podkast av BBC World Service
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1422 Episoder
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Victor Jara: killed in Chile's coup
Publisert: 8.9.2023 -
Organising Chile's 1973 military coup
Publisert: 7.9.2023 -
Murder of Swedish politician Anna Lindh
Publisert: 6.9.2023 -
Bi Kidude: Zanzibar's 'golden grandmother of music'
Publisert: 5.9.2023 -
Arctic 30: Russian arrest of Greenpeace campaigners
Publisert: 4.9.2023 -
Leaving China to study after the Cultural Revolution
Publisert: 1.9.2023 -
Saving Guadalupe from goats
Publisert: 31.8.2023 -
Egypt's Rabaa massacre
Publisert: 30.8.2023 -
North and South Korean leaders meet for the first time in decades
Publisert: 29.8.2023 -
The Bristol bus boycott
Publisert: 28.8.2023 -
Women invade Dublin's male-only swimming spot
Publisert: 25.8.2023 -
Celtic Tiger: Ireland's 'ghost estates'
Publisert: 24.8.2023 -
The first Rose of Tralee
Publisert: 23.8.2023 -
How electricity came to rural Ireland
Publisert: 22.8.2023 -
Easter Rising in Ireland
Publisert: 21.8.2023 -
The Wizard of Oz: The stolen ruby slippers
Publisert: 18.8.2023 -
Judy Garland: The final shows
Publisert: 17.8.2023 -
Returning Benin Bronzes
Publisert: 16.8.2023 -
Iran: How the prime minister was overthrown in 1953
Publisert: 15.8.2023 -
The boy who discovered a new species of human ancestor
Publisert: 14.8.2023
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.
