Witness History

En podkast av BBC World Service

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1416 Episoder

  1. Hiroshima's trees of hope

    Publisert: 1.5.2020
  2. The Galapagos sea cucumber dispute

    Publisert: 30.4.2020
  3. The assassination of the UN's first Middle East mediator

    Publisert: 29.4.2020
  4. The 1957 flu that killed a million people

    Publisert: 28.4.2020
  5. Waria warriors - the fight for trans rights in Indonesia

    Publisert: 27.4.2020
  6. Tennessee Williams on the BBC

    Publisert: 24.4.2020
  7. The Brompton Manley Ventilator

    Publisert: 23.4.2020
  8. Edhi: Pakistan's 'Angel of Mercy'

    Publisert: 22.4.2020
  9. The last survivor of the transatlantic slave trade

    Publisert: 21.4.2020
  10. The Deepwater Horizon disaster

    Publisert: 20.4.2020
  11. Apollo 13: The drama that gripped the world

    Publisert: 17.4.2020
  12. A space crash

    Publisert: 17.4.2020
  13. When Skylab fell to Earth

    Publisert: 16.4.2020
  14. The last men on the Moon

    Publisert: 15.4.2020
  15. The first iPhone

    Publisert: 14.4.2020
  16. Nasa's female aquanauts

    Publisert: 14.4.2020
  17. The unlikely pioneers of online shopping

    Publisert: 10.4.2020
  18. Six Degrees: The first online social network

    Publisert: 8.4.2020
  19. The Trojan Room coffee pot

    Publisert: 7.4.2020
  20. The Homebrew computer club

    Publisert: 6.4.2020

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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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