Witness History

En podkast av BBC World Service

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1416 Episoder

  1. Jane: The underground abortion network

    Publisert: 10.3.2021
  2. Cixi: China's most powerful woman

    Publisert: 9.3.2021
  3. The women of Egypt's Arab Spring

    Publisert: 8.3.2021
  4. Churchill's 'Iron Curtain' speech

    Publisert: 5.3.2021
  5. The Sharpeville massacre

    Publisert: 4.3.2021
  6. When US police dropped explosives on a Philadelphia home

    Publisert: 3.3.2021
  7. Refugee Island

    Publisert: 2.3.2021
  8. The world's deepest dive 11km down

    Publisert: 1.3.2021
  9. The WW2 airman from Sierra Leone

    Publisert: 25.2.2021
  10. The fall of Kwame Nkrumah

    Publisert: 24.2.2021
  11. Ireland's bank bailout

    Publisert: 23.2.2021
  12. Acid rain

    Publisert: 22.2.2021
  13. Mary Wilson

    Publisert: 19.2.2021
  14. Free breakfasts with the Black Panthers

    Publisert: 18.2.2021
  15. The Immortal Cells of Henrietta Lacks

    Publisert: 17.2.2021
  16. Britain's forgotten slave owners: Part two

    Publisert: 16.2.2021
  17. Britain's forgotten slave owners: Part one

    Publisert: 15.2.2021
  18. How US 'smart bombs' hit an Iraqi air raid shelter in the first Gulf War

    Publisert: 12.2.2021
  19. A Ghanaian nurse's story

    Publisert: 11.2.2021
  20. The paper that helped the homeless

    Publisert: 10.2.2021

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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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