Witness History
En podkast av BBC World Service

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1416 Episoder
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World’s first tidal power station
Publisert: 13.1.2023 -
Galápagos Islands’ sea cucumber dispute
Publisert: 12.1.2023 -
Paul Robeson and the transatlantic phone line
Publisert: 11.1.2023 -
Dutch North Sea flood
Publisert: 10.1.2023 -
Plastics in oceans
Publisert: 9.1.2023 -
Pussy Riot’s cathedral protest
Publisert: 6.1.2023 -
The man Pinochet wanted dead
Publisert: 5.1.2023 -
When America banned silicone breast implants
Publisert: 4.1.2023 -
Arctic African
Publisert: 3.1.2023 -
One team in Tallinn
Publisert: 2.1.2023 -
The birth of the Slow Food Movement
Publisert: 30.12.2022 -
Inventing instant noodles
Publisert: 29.12.2022 -
Malta's bread strike
Publisert: 28.12.2022 -
Inventing Chicken Manchurian
Publisert: 27.12.2022 -
Creating ciabatta bread
Publisert: 26.12.2022 -
Chile mine rescue
Publisert: 23.12.2022 -
Grozny siege
Publisert: 22.12.2022 -
Colombia's 'false positives' killings
Publisert: 21.12.2022 -
The BBC broadcasting through the Iron Curtain
Publisert: 20.12.2022 -
Una Marson and the BBC Caribbean Service
Publisert: 19.12.2022
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.