Witness History
En podkast av BBC World Service

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1416 Episoder
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Founder of the Cuban National Ballet
Publisert: 21.10.2022 -
Cuba's boxing ban
Publisert: 20.10.2022 -
The ‘army’ that taught Cuba to read and write
Publisert: 19.10.2022 -
Cuban Missile Crisis: The showdown
Publisert: 18.10.2022 -
Cuban Missile Crisis: The photos
Publisert: 17.10.2022 -
Cesar Chavez’s campaign for farm workers
Publisert: 14.10.2022 -
Torturing strikers in South Korea
Publisert: 12.10.2022 -
Disney animators' strike
Publisert: 11.10.2022 -
UK’s ‘Winter of Discontent’
Publisert: 10.10.2022 -
The beginnings of Notting Hill Carnival
Publisert: 7.10.2022 -
The Harder They Come
Publisert: 6.10.2022 -
The fall of Slobodan Milosevic
Publisert: 5.10.2022 -
The release of Gilad Shalit
Publisert: 4.10.2022 -
The funk and soul club that changed Manchester
Publisert: 3.10.2022 -
Dassler brothers’ rift
Publisert: 30.9.2022 -
The raising of the Mary Rose
Publisert: 29.9.2022 -
Castrating Pablo Escobar's hippos
Publisert: 28.9.2022 -
The power of Jomo Kenyatta
Publisert: 26.9.2022 -
Festival of Light
Publisert: 23.9.2022 -
Iran-Iraq War begins
Publisert: 22.9.2022
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.