Witness History
En podkast av BBC World Service

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1416 Episoder
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Hiroshima's trees of hope
Publisert: 1.5.2020 -
The Galapagos sea cucumber dispute
Publisert: 30.4.2020 -
The assassination of the UN's first Middle East mediator
Publisert: 29.4.2020 -
The 1957 flu that killed a million people
Publisert: 28.4.2020 -
Waria warriors - the fight for trans rights in Indonesia
Publisert: 27.4.2020 -
Tennessee Williams on the BBC
Publisert: 24.4.2020 -
The Brompton Manley Ventilator
Publisert: 23.4.2020 -
Edhi: Pakistan's 'Angel of Mercy'
Publisert: 22.4.2020 -
The last survivor of the transatlantic slave trade
Publisert: 21.4.2020 -
The Deepwater Horizon disaster
Publisert: 20.4.2020 -
Apollo 13: The drama that gripped the world
Publisert: 17.4.2020 -
A space crash
Publisert: 17.4.2020 -
When Skylab fell to Earth
Publisert: 16.4.2020 -
The last men on the Moon
Publisert: 15.4.2020 -
The first iPhone
Publisert: 14.4.2020 -
Nasa's female aquanauts
Publisert: 14.4.2020 -
The unlikely pioneers of online shopping
Publisert: 10.4.2020 -
Six Degrees: The first online social network
Publisert: 8.4.2020 -
The Trojan Room coffee pot
Publisert: 7.4.2020 -
The Homebrew computer club
Publisert: 6.4.2020
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.