Witness History
En podkast av BBC World Service

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1416 Episoder
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Jana Andolan – Nepal’s people power movement
Publisert: 29.6.2020 -
Russia’s bitter taste of capitalism
Publisert: 26.6.2020 -
The Chilean economy and its 'Chicago Boys'
Publisert: 25.6.2020 -
Tanzania's socialist experiment
Publisert: 24.6.2020 -
South Korea's economic miracle
Publisert: 23.6.2020 -
The New Deal
Publisert: 22.6.2020 -
The ‘Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes’ anti-racist exercise
Publisert: 19.6.2020 -
The friendship train
Publisert: 18.6.2020 -
Sex trafficking and peacekeepers
Publisert: 17.6.2020 -
Beethoven's role in China's Cultural Revolution
Publisert: 16.6.2020 -
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and the Five Stages of Grief
Publisert: 15.6.2020 -
Three Strikes Law
Publisert: 12.6.2020 -
Rodney King and the LA riots
Publisert: 11.6.2020 -
Black basketball pioneers - Texas Western
Publisert: 10.6.2020 -
The 16th Street church bombing
Publisert: 9.6.2020 -
Brown v the Board of Education
Publisert: 8.6.2020 -
The portable defibrillator
Publisert: 5.6.2020 -
The origin of the WHO
Publisert: 4.6.2020 -
How Christo wrapped the Reichstag
Publisert: 3.6.2020 -
The Zanzibar Revolution
Publisert: 2.6.2020
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.