Witness History
En podcast af BBC World Service
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1259 Episoder
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When Sweden’s roads went right
Udgivet: 23.11.2022 -
First women’s minister in Iran
Udgivet: 22.11.2022 -
The invention of the seat belt
Udgivet: 21.11.2022 -
Qatar's first female published author
Udgivet: 18.11.2022 -
First Emirati female teacher
Udgivet: 17.11.2022 -
Inventing robot camel jockeys
Udgivet: 16.11.2022 -
Burj Khalifa: Designing the world’s tallest building
Udgivet: 15.11.2022 -
Formation of the United Arab Emirates
Udgivet: 14.11.2022 -
The child evacuees of World War Two
Udgivet: 11.11.2022 -
Māori protests stops South African rugby tour
Udgivet: 10.11.2022 -
The assassination of Pim Fortuyn
Udgivet: 9.11.2022 -
First rape crisis centres in the US
Udgivet: 8.11.2022 -
Polynesian Panthers
Udgivet: 7.11.2022 -
Umuganda: Rwanda's community work scheme
Udgivet: 4.11.2022 -
Dame Carmen Callil: Feminist publisher
Udgivet: 3.11.2022 -
Campaigning against sex-selection in India
Udgivet: 2.11.2022 -
Albania’s Stalinist purges
Udgivet: 1.11.2022 -
The Little Black Book survival guide
Udgivet: 31.10.2022 -
Julia Gillard’s misogyny speech
Udgivet: 28.10.2022 -
Arrested for wearing trousers in Sudan
Udgivet: 27.10.2022
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.