Witness History
En podcast af BBC World Service
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1259 Episoder
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The demise of the Soviet Union
Udgivet: 7.2.2022 -
The first Emirati female teacher
Udgivet: 3.2.2022 -
The day the world looked up
Udgivet: 2.2.2022 -
The murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl
Udgivet: 1.2.2022 -
The Good Friday Agreement
Udgivet: 28.1.2022 -
IRA gun-running in America
Udgivet: 27.1.2022 -
The Grand Hotel Bombing
Udgivet: 26.1.2022 -
Bloody Sunday
Udgivet: 25.1.2022 -
British troops in Northern Ireland
Udgivet: 24.1.2022 -
A Cold War love affair
Udgivet: 21.1.2022 -
The first bicycle-sharing scheme
Udgivet: 20.1.2022 -
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Udgivet: 20.1.2022 -
The rise of Boko Haram
Udgivet: 17.1.2022 -
The first silicone breast implants
Udgivet: 14.1.2022 -
Costa Concordia
Udgivet: 13.1.2022 -
Malick Sidibé: Mali's superstar photographer
Udgivet: 12.1.2022 -
Kazakhstan's nuclear legacy
Udgivet: 11.1.2022 -
India's freedom fighter: Subhas Chandra Bose
Udgivet: 10.1.2022 -
Mozambique's Eduardo Mondlane: From professor to freedom fighter
Udgivet: 6.1.2022 -
Marcel Proust
Udgivet: 5.1.2022
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.