Witness History

En podkast av BBC World Service

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1416 Episoder

  1. Kristallnacht: The night of broken glass

    Publisert: 30.9.2024
  2. The Estonia ferry disaster

    Publisert: 27.9.2024
  3. South Africa’s first inter-racial marriage

    Publisert: 26.9.2024
  4. Arrested for "immorality" in South Africa

    Publisert: 25.9.2024
  5. Why Tupac was fired from Menace II Society

    Publisert: 24.9.2024
  6. India's Mars Orbiter Mission

    Publisert: 23.9.2024
  7. Designing the Google logo

    Publisert: 20.9.2024
  8. The discovery of New Zealand’s first dinosaur

    Publisert: 19.9.2024
  9. India’s plague outbreak

    Publisert: 18.9.2024
  10. Camouflaging Leningrad

    Publisert: 17.9.2024
  11. The invention of the CT scanner

    Publisert: 16.9.2024
  12. When Italy gave back Ethiopia’s stolen obelisk

    Publisert: 13.9.2024
  13. Abebech Gobena: Africa's 'Mother Teresa'

    Publisert: 12.9.2024
  14. Ardi: The oldest skeleton of a human ancestor

    Publisert: 11.9.2024
  15. Haile Selassie in Bath

    Publisert: 10.9.2024
  16. Emperor Haile Selassie overthrown

    Publisert: 9.9.2024
  17. Giant Gonzalez: from NBA star to WWE wrestler

    Publisert: 6.9.2024
  18. Apollo 13

    Publisert: 5.9.2024
  19. The end of the Irish marriage bar

    Publisert: 4.9.2024
  20. Ramesses II's 'mummy makeover'

    Publisert: 3.9.2024

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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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