Witness History
En podcast af BBC World Service
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1259 Episoder
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Why Asians came to Uganda
Udgivet: 1.8.2022 -
The Leaflet Bomber
Udgivet: 1.8.2022 -
The Tangshan Earthquake
Udgivet: 28.7.2022 -
Inventing nicotine patches
Udgivet: 27.7.2022 -
The Surkov leaks
Udgivet: 26.7.2022 -
Ukraine's Revolution on Granite
Udgivet: 25.7.2022 -
Nigerian sitcom Papa Ajasco
Udgivet: 22.7.2022 -
The Soviet James Bond
Udgivet: 21.7.2022 -
Who shot JR?
Udgivet: 20.7.2022 -
Madhur Jaffrey’s ‘Indian Cookery’
Udgivet: 19.7.2022 -
The school for telenovela stars
Udgivet: 18.7.2022 -
Fighting for the pill in Japan
Udgivet: 15.7.2022 -
The man who invented the Pill
Udgivet: 14.7.2022 -
When Tunisia led on women's rights
Udgivet: 13.7.2022 -
Poland's strict abortion law
Udgivet: 12.7.2022 -
How abortion was legalised in Great Britain
Udgivet: 11.7.2022 -
The US’s first gay election candidate
Udgivet: 8.7.2022 -
How the smear test was invented
Udgivet: 7.7.2022 -
Escaping Nigeria’s Civil War
Udgivet: 6.7.2022 -
Japanese university student riots
Udgivet: 5.7.2022
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.