Witness History
En podkast av BBC World Service
1452 Episoder
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Drugs in the Vietnam War
Publisert: 4.2.2021 -
The Burma uprising of 1988
Publisert: 3.2.2021 -
The Moscow State Circus
Publisert: 2.2.2021 -
The first Eurostar from England to France
Publisert: 1.2.2021 -
The anthem of the Arab Spring
Publisert: 29.1.2021 -
Libya's Arab uprising
Publisert: 28.1.2021 -
Yemen's 2011 uprising
Publisert: 27.1.2021 -
Syria in the Arab Spring
Publisert: 26.1.2021 -
Egypt's Facebook Girl
Publisert: 25.1.2021 -
Fighting for justice for India's Sikhs
Publisert: 22.1.2021 -
Kenya's pioneering publisher
Publisert: 21.1.2021 -
The Turner Diaries - America's manual of hatred
Publisert: 20.1.2021 -
Hitler's beer hall putsch
Publisert: 19.1.2021 -
Landing on Titan
Publisert: 14.1.2021 -
Cornelia Sorabji: India's first woman lawyer
Publisert: 13.1.2021 -
Puerto Rican attack at the US Capitol
Publisert: 12.1.2021 -
When Spain's parliament was stormed
Publisert: 11.1.2021 -
The book that warned 2020 would bring disaster
Publisert: 8.1.2021 -
Sequencing the Ebola virus genome
Publisert: 7.1.2021 -
The 'strike' in space
Publisert: 6.1.2021
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.