Witness History

En podkast av BBC World Service

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1416 Episoder

  1. Why Portugal decriminalised all drugs

    Publisert: 19.10.2020
  2. Saddam Hussein's big movie project

    Publisert: 16.10.2020
  3. The US Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Publisert: 15.10.2020
  4. The last of the Kazakh herders

    Publisert: 14.10.2020
  5. The end of the Lebanese Civil War

    Publisert: 13.10.2020
  6. The launch of CNN

    Publisert: 12.10.2020
  7. The Battle of Lewisham

    Publisert: 9.10.2020
  8. Desmond's - a sitcom that changed Britain

    Publisert: 8.10.2020
  9. Fighting racism on the dancefloor

    Publisert: 7.10.2020
  10. Britain's first black woman headteacher

    Publisert: 6.10.2020
  11. The voyage of the Empire Windrush

    Publisert: 5.10.2020
  12. The house by the lake

    Publisert: 2.10.2020
  13. Operation Breakthrough: Fighting to save three whales

    Publisert: 1.10.2020
  14. The founding of Google

    Publisert: 30.9.2020
  15. The Mafia trial of Italy’s former Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti

    Publisert: 29.9.2020
  16. The death of Gamal Abdel Nasser

    Publisert: 28.9.2020
  17. Bush v Gore: The 'hanging chads' US election of 2000

    Publisert: 25.9.2020
  18. Blackwater killed my son

    Publisert: 24.9.2020
  19. When Nelson Mandela went to Detroit

    Publisert: 23.9.2020
  20. How Liberia wrote off its debts

    Publisert: 22.9.2020

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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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