Witness History

En podkast av BBC World Service

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1416 Episoder

  1. Gay activism in 1990s India

    Publisert: 6.8.2021
  2. Afghanistan's battle of the airwaves

    Publisert: 5.8.2021
  3. Escaping Nigeria’s Civil War

    Publisert: 4.8.2021
  4. Chipko: India’s tree-hugging women

    Publisert: 3.8.2021
  5. Dorothy Butler Gilliam: American news pioneer

    Publisert: 2.8.2021
  6. The Tsunami and Fukushima

    Publisert: 30.7.2021
  7. Fighting for the pill in Japan

    Publisert: 29.7.2021
  8. The soldier who never surrendered

    Publisert: 28.7.2021
  9. The birth of Karaoke

    Publisert: 27.7.2021
  10. Japan's Bullet Train

    Publisert: 26.7.2021
  11. When war came to Darfur

    Publisert: 22.7.2021
  12. Surviving Norway's day of terror

    Publisert: 21.7.2021
  13. The Battle of Gondar

    Publisert: 20.7.2021
  14. Domestic violence in Brazil

    Publisert: 19.7.2021
  15. England's summer of riots

    Publisert: 16.7.2021
  16. When the Taliban took Kabul

    Publisert: 15.7.2021
  17. Jane Goodall and chimpanzees

    Publisert: 14.7.2021
  18. Prisoner of the Cultural Revolution

    Publisert: 13.7.2021
  19. The race for the jet engine

    Publisert: 12.7.2021
  20. The bombing of the Rainbow Warrior

    Publisert: 9.7.2021

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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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