Witness History

En podkast av BBC World Service

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1416 Episoder

  1. Founder of the Cuban National Ballet

    Publisert: 21.10.2022
  2. Cuba's boxing ban

    Publisert: 20.10.2022
  3. The ‘army’ that taught Cuba to read and write

    Publisert: 19.10.2022
  4. Cuban Missile Crisis: The showdown

    Publisert: 18.10.2022
  5. Cuban Missile Crisis: The photos

    Publisert: 17.10.2022
  6. Cesar Chavez’s campaign for farm workers

    Publisert: 14.10.2022
  7. Torturing strikers in South Korea

    Publisert: 12.10.2022
  8. Disney animators' strike

    Publisert: 11.10.2022
  9. UK’s ‘Winter of Discontent’

    Publisert: 10.10.2022
  10. The beginnings of Notting Hill Carnival

    Publisert: 7.10.2022
  11. The Harder They Come

    Publisert: 6.10.2022
  12. The fall of Slobodan Milosevic

    Publisert: 5.10.2022
  13. The release of Gilad Shalit

    Publisert: 4.10.2022
  14. The funk and soul club that changed Manchester

    Publisert: 3.10.2022
  15. Dassler brothers’ rift

    Publisert: 30.9.2022
  16. The raising of the Mary Rose

    Publisert: 29.9.2022
  17. Castrating Pablo Escobar's hippos

    Publisert: 28.9.2022
  18. The power of Jomo Kenyatta

    Publisert: 26.9.2022
  19. Festival of Light

    Publisert: 23.9.2022
  20. Iran-Iraq War begins

    Publisert: 22.9.2022

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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.

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