Witness History
En podcast af BBC World Service
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1259 Episoder
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America attacks Afghanistan
Udgivet: 9.9.2021 -
With the president on 9/11
Udgivet: 8.9.2021 -
The killing of Ahmed Shah Massoud
Udgivet: 7.9.2021 -
The warnings before 9/11
Udgivet: 6.9.2021 -
North Korea's founding father
Udgivet: 3.9.2021 -
The businessman who defied the Mafia
Udgivet: 2.9.2021 -
Surviving the fall of Saigon
Udgivet: 1.9.2021 -
The first modern electric car
Udgivet: 31.8.2021 -
Nigeria's 'War Against Indiscipline'
Udgivet: 27.8.2021 -
Syria's rebel poet
Udgivet: 26.8.2021 -
Campaigning for Mexico's women with disabilities
Udgivet: 25.8.2021 -
My father survived the sinking of the Titanic
Udgivet: 24.8.2021 -
John Maynard Keynes
Udgivet: 23.8.2021 -
When The Queen met Ceaușescu
Udgivet: 20.8.2021 -
Saddam Hussein's foreign hostages
Udgivet: 19.8.2021 -
India's secret freedom radio
Udgivet: 18.8.2021 -
US withdrawal: The fall of Saigon
Udgivet: 17.8.2021 -
The man who coined the term genocide
Udgivet: 16.8.2021 -
Inside an East German jail
Udgivet: 13.8.2021 -
East Germany's nudists
Udgivet: 12.8.2021
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.