Witness History
En podkast av BBC World Service

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1416 Episoder
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Boris Yeltsin's surprise resignation
Publisert: 2.3.2022 -
Putin's war in Chechnya
Publisert: 1.3.2022 -
Economic 'shock therapy' in Russia
Publisert: 28.2.2022 -
The 2014 annexation of Crimea
Publisert: 25.2.2022 -
The death of Trayvon Martin
Publisert: 24.2.2022 -
The Navajo Code Talkers in World War 2
Publisert: 23.2.2022 -
Nixon in China
Publisert: 22.2.2022 -
The first sex worker strike
Publisert: 21.2.2022 -
The world's first civil union
Publisert: 18.2.2022 -
Bollywood's pioneering lesbian drama
Publisert: 17.2.2022 -
The Berlin Patient
Publisert: 16.2.2022 -
"Don't ask, don't tell" in the US Armed Forces
Publisert: 15.2.2022 -
The first LGBT film in war-torn Yugoslavia
Publisert: 14.2.2022 -
The 1972 mass killings in Burundi
Publisert: 11.2.2022 -
Ukraine's 'Maidan Revolution'
Publisert: 10.2.2022 -
Shoe designer Manolo Blahnik
Publisert: 9.2.2022 -
The invention of Google Maps
Publisert: 8.2.2022 -
The demise of the Soviet Union
Publisert: 7.2.2022 -
The first Emirati female teacher
Publisert: 3.2.2022 -
The day the world looked up
Publisert: 2.2.2022
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.