Witness History
En podkast av BBC World Service

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1416 Episoder
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Iraq War: Refugees escaping
Publisert: 14.3.2023 -
Iraq War: The beginning
Publisert: 13.3.2023 -
From a goddess to a graduate
Publisert: 10.3.2023 -
Monica McWilliams’ role in the Northern Ireland peace process
Publisert: 9.3.2023 -
Octavia E. Butler: Visionary black sci-fi writer
Publisert: 6.3.2023 -
Zoran Djindjic: The murder of Serbia's prime minister
Publisert: 3.3.2023 -
The museum at the end of the world
Publisert: 2.3.2023 -
Grenada's underwater sculpture park
Publisert: 1.3.2023 -
Pink Triangles: Gay men in Nazi concentration camps
Publisert: 28.2.2023 -
Wounded Knee siege
Publisert: 27.2.2023 -
When the Queen 'jumped out of a helicopter'
Publisert: 24.2.2023 -
Families interned in WW2 China
Publisert: 23.2.2023 -
The invention of Semtex
Publisert: 22.2.2023 -
Seggae riots in Mauritius
Publisert: 21.2.2023 -
Battle for the capital: Bonn v Berlin
Publisert: 20.2.2023 -
First winter ascent of Everest
Publisert: 17.2.2023 -
Discovering Tutankhamun’s tomb
Publisert: 16.2.2023 -
'I developed Pokémon'
Publisert: 15.2.2023 -
First Danish queen for 600 years
Publisert: 14.2.2023 -
'Hot Autumn': When Italy’s workers revolted
Publisert: 13.2.2023
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.