Witness History

En podkast av BBC World Service

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1416 Episoder

  1. Being a Chinese Muslim

    Publisert: 3.4.2020
  2. The Swedish warship restored after 300 years

    Publisert: 2.4.2020
  3. Avenging the Amritsar Massacre

    Publisert: 1.4.2020
  4. The trembling giant

    Publisert: 31.3.2020
  5. Britain's first woman judge

    Publisert: 30.3.2020
  6. The AIDS Memorial Quilt

    Publisert: 27.3.2020
  7. The Cheonan sinking

    Publisert: 26.3.2020
  8. The Saudi bombardment of Yemen

    Publisert: 25.3.2020
  9. Sequencing the 1918 influenza virus

    Publisert: 24.3.2020
  10. The Chinese cure for malaria

    Publisert: 23.3.2020
  11. The launch of the Hubble Space Telescope

    Publisert: 20.3.2020
  12. The 'I Love You' computer virus

    Publisert: 20.3.2020
  13. The Major and the VW Beetle

    Publisert: 20.3.2020
  14. Red Hollywood

    Publisert: 18.3.2020
  15. The fight to make sexual harassment a crime

    Publisert: 17.3.2020
  16. Marburg virus

    Publisert: 13.3.2020
  17. The SARS epidemic

    Publisert: 12.3.2020
  18. The polio vaccine

    Publisert: 11.3.2020
  19. The Ebola virus

    Publisert: 10.3.2020
  20. The 'Spanish' flu

    Publisert: 9.3.2020

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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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