Witness History
En podkast av BBC World Service

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1416 Episoder
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Jane: The underground abortion network
Publisert: 10.3.2021 -
Cixi: China's most powerful woman
Publisert: 9.3.2021 -
The women of Egypt's Arab Spring
Publisert: 8.3.2021 -
Churchill's 'Iron Curtain' speech
Publisert: 5.3.2021 -
The Sharpeville massacre
Publisert: 4.3.2021 -
When US police dropped explosives on a Philadelphia home
Publisert: 3.3.2021 -
Refugee Island
Publisert: 2.3.2021 -
The world's deepest dive 11km down
Publisert: 1.3.2021 -
The WW2 airman from Sierra Leone
Publisert: 25.2.2021 -
The fall of Kwame Nkrumah
Publisert: 24.2.2021 -
Ireland's bank bailout
Publisert: 23.2.2021 -
Acid rain
Publisert: 22.2.2021 -
Mary Wilson
Publisert: 19.2.2021 -
Free breakfasts with the Black Panthers
Publisert: 18.2.2021 -
The Immortal Cells of Henrietta Lacks
Publisert: 17.2.2021 -
Britain's forgotten slave owners: Part two
Publisert: 16.2.2021 -
Britain's forgotten slave owners: Part one
Publisert: 15.2.2021 -
How US 'smart bombs' hit an Iraqi air raid shelter in the first Gulf War
Publisert: 12.2.2021 -
A Ghanaian nurse's story
Publisert: 11.2.2021 -
The paper that helped the homeless
Publisert: 10.2.2021
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.