Witness History
En podcast af BBC World Service
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1259 Episoder
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The Australian women who protested against the Vietnam war
Udgivet: 9.3.2022 -
Russia's war in Georgia in 2008
Udgivet: 4.3.2022 -
The takeover of NTV in Russia
Udgivet: 3.3.2022 -
Boris Yeltsin's surprise resignation
Udgivet: 2.3.2022 -
Putin's war in Chechnya
Udgivet: 1.3.2022 -
Economic 'shock therapy' in Russia
Udgivet: 28.2.2022 -
The 2014 annexation of Crimea
Udgivet: 25.2.2022 -
The death of Trayvon Martin
Udgivet: 24.2.2022 -
The Navajo Code Talkers in World War 2
Udgivet: 23.2.2022 -
Nixon in China
Udgivet: 22.2.2022 -
The first sex worker strike
Udgivet: 21.2.2022 -
The world's first civil union
Udgivet: 18.2.2022 -
Bollywood's pioneering lesbian drama
Udgivet: 17.2.2022 -
The Berlin Patient
Udgivet: 16.2.2022 -
"Don't ask, don't tell" in the US Armed Forces
Udgivet: 15.2.2022 -
The first LGBT film in war-torn Yugoslavia
Udgivet: 14.2.2022 -
The 1972 mass killings in Burundi
Udgivet: 11.2.2022 -
Ukraine's 'Maidan Revolution'
Udgivet: 10.2.2022 -
Shoe designer Manolo Blahnik
Udgivet: 9.2.2022 -
The invention of Google Maps
Udgivet: 8.2.2022
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.