Witness History
En podkast av BBC World Service

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1416 Episoder
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Gay activism in 1990s India
Publisert: 6.8.2021 -
Afghanistan's battle of the airwaves
Publisert: 5.8.2021 -
Escaping Nigeria’s Civil War
Publisert: 4.8.2021 -
Chipko: India’s tree-hugging women
Publisert: 3.8.2021 -
Dorothy Butler Gilliam: American news pioneer
Publisert: 2.8.2021 -
The Tsunami and Fukushima
Publisert: 30.7.2021 -
Fighting for the pill in Japan
Publisert: 29.7.2021 -
The soldier who never surrendered
Publisert: 28.7.2021 -
The birth of Karaoke
Publisert: 27.7.2021 -
Japan's Bullet Train
Publisert: 26.7.2021 -
When war came to Darfur
Publisert: 22.7.2021 -
Surviving Norway's day of terror
Publisert: 21.7.2021 -
The Battle of Gondar
Publisert: 20.7.2021 -
Domestic violence in Brazil
Publisert: 19.7.2021 -
England's summer of riots
Publisert: 16.7.2021 -
When the Taliban took Kabul
Publisert: 15.7.2021 -
Jane Goodall and chimpanzees
Publisert: 14.7.2021 -
Prisoner of the Cultural Revolution
Publisert: 13.7.2021 -
The race for the jet engine
Publisert: 12.7.2021 -
The bombing of the Rainbow Warrior
Publisert: 9.7.2021
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.