Witness History
En podcast af BBC World Service
1452 Episoder
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Plastics in oceans
Udgivet: 9.1.2023 -
Pussy Riot’s cathedral protest
Udgivet: 6.1.2023 -
The man Pinochet wanted dead
Udgivet: 5.1.2023 -
When America banned silicone breast implants
Udgivet: 4.1.2023 -
Arctic African
Udgivet: 3.1.2023 -
One team in Tallinn
Udgivet: 2.1.2023 -
The birth of the Slow Food Movement
Udgivet: 30.12.2022 -
Inventing instant noodles
Udgivet: 29.12.2022 -
Malta's bread strike
Udgivet: 28.12.2022 -
Inventing Chicken Manchurian
Udgivet: 27.12.2022 -
Creating ciabatta bread
Udgivet: 26.12.2022 -
Chile mine rescue
Udgivet: 23.12.2022 -
Grozny siege
Udgivet: 22.12.2022 -
Colombia's 'false positives' killings
Udgivet: 21.12.2022 -
The BBC broadcasting through the Iron Curtain
Udgivet: 20.12.2022 -
Una Marson and the BBC Caribbean Service
Udgivet: 19.12.2022 -
Felix Baumgartner's huge leap
Udgivet: 16.12.2022 -
Soviet fashionista
Udgivet: 15.12.2022 -
Returning to District Six
Udgivet: 14.12.2022 -
The Nazi occupation of Jersey
Udgivet: 13.12.2022
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.