Witness History
En podkast av BBC World Service
1452 Episoder
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The doctor who helped her mother to die
Publisert: 24.11.2021 -
Europe's last smallpox epidemic
Publisert: 23.11.2021 -
The Woman in Gold by Gustav Klimt
Publisert: 22.11.2021 -
Sudan's October Revolution
Publisert: 18.11.2021 -
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Publisert: 17.11.2021 -
The capture of war criminal Radovan Karadzic
Publisert: 16.11.2021 -
Kuwaiti oil fires of 1991
Publisert: 15.11.2021 -
Shoot: A milestone in performance art
Publisert: 15.11.2021 -
The South African football star murdered for being a lesbian
Publisert: 11.11.2021 -
Spying in Berlin
Publisert: 10.11.2021 -
Chanel No. 5
Publisert: 9.11.2021 -
Britain's Black Schools
Publisert: 8.11.2021 -
When Eritrea silenced its critics
Publisert: 5.11.2021 -
The end of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising
Publisert: 4.11.2021 -
The enduring legend of Fu Manchu
Publisert: 3.11.2021 -
Judgement at Nuremberg
Publisert: 2.11.2021 -
The miracle of walking
Publisert: 1.11.2021 -
Kilimanjaro: Africa’s disappearing glaciers
Publisert: 29.10.2021 -
The child climate activist of the 1990s
Publisert: 28.10.2021 -
How the world woke up to climate change
Publisert: 27.10.2021
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.