Witness History
En podkast av BBC World Service

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1416 Episoder
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I led the 'Umbrella' protests
Publisert: 2.9.2024 -
The woman who spoke to the space station
Publisert: 30.8.2024 -
Guatemala's disappeared
Publisert: 29.8.2024 -
Waris Dirie
Publisert: 28.8.2024 -
The writer of Mary Poppins
Publisert: 27.8.2024 -
Canada’s first UFO landing pad
Publisert: 26.8.2024 -
Spain's La Tomatina
Publisert: 23.8.2024 -
Argentina's five presidents in two weeks
Publisert: 22.8.2024 -
India’s first female bartender
Publisert: 22.8.2024 -
Nazis in Egypt
Publisert: 20.8.2024 -
The celebrity murder case that divided France
Publisert: 19.8.2024 -
Saving lives after the 2002 Bali bombings
Publisert: 16.8.2024 -
How the CIA caught 'Carlos the Jackal'
Publisert: 15.8.2024 -
Sukarno: The founding father of Indonesian independence
Publisert: 14.8.2024 -
The last ever Olympic art competition
Publisert: 13.8.2024 -
Clara Nunes: Queen of Samba
Publisert: 12.8.2024 -
The first televised US presidential debate
Publisert: 9.8.2024 -
President Richard Nixon resigns
Publisert: 8.8.2024 -
Ronald Reagan and the Moral Majority
Publisert: 7.8.2024 -
Bush v Gore: The election decided in the Supreme Court
Publisert: 6.8.2024
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.