Witness History

En podkast av BBC World Service

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1416 Episoder

  1. Boris Yeltsin's surprise resignation

    Publisert: 2.3.2022
  2. Putin's war in Chechnya

    Publisert: 1.3.2022
  3. Economic 'shock therapy' in Russia

    Publisert: 28.2.2022
  4. The 2014 annexation of Crimea

    Publisert: 25.2.2022
  5. The death of Trayvon Martin

    Publisert: 24.2.2022
  6. The Navajo Code Talkers in World War 2

    Publisert: 23.2.2022
  7. Nixon in China

    Publisert: 22.2.2022
  8. The first sex worker strike

    Publisert: 21.2.2022
  9. The world's first civil union

    Publisert: 18.2.2022
  10. Bollywood's pioneering lesbian drama

    Publisert: 17.2.2022
  11. The Berlin Patient

    Publisert: 16.2.2022
  12. "Don't ask, don't tell" in the US Armed Forces

    Publisert: 15.2.2022
  13. The first LGBT film in war-torn Yugoslavia

    Publisert: 14.2.2022
  14. The 1972 mass killings in Burundi

    Publisert: 11.2.2022
  15. Ukraine's 'Maidan Revolution'

    Publisert: 10.2.2022
  16. Shoe designer Manolo Blahnik

    Publisert: 9.2.2022
  17. The invention of Google Maps

    Publisert: 8.2.2022
  18. The demise of the Soviet Union

    Publisert: 7.2.2022
  19. The first Emirati female teacher

    Publisert: 3.2.2022
  20. The day the world looked up

    Publisert: 2.2.2022

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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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