Witness History
En podcast af BBC World Service
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1259 Episoder
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Exiled from East Germany: Wolf Biermann
Udgivet: 11.8.2021 -
Escaping from East Berlin
Udgivet: 10.8.2021 -
The building of the Berlin Wall
Udgivet: 9.8.2021 -
Gay activism in 1990s India
Udgivet: 6.8.2021 -
Afghanistan's battle of the airwaves
Udgivet: 5.8.2021 -
Escaping Nigeria’s Civil War
Udgivet: 4.8.2021 -
Chipko: India’s tree-hugging women
Udgivet: 3.8.2021 -
Dorothy Butler Gilliam: American news pioneer
Udgivet: 2.8.2021 -
The Tsunami and Fukushima
Udgivet: 30.7.2021 -
Fighting for the pill in Japan
Udgivet: 29.7.2021 -
The soldier who never surrendered
Udgivet: 28.7.2021 -
The birth of Karaoke
Udgivet: 27.7.2021 -
Japan's Bullet Train
Udgivet: 26.7.2021 -
When war came to Darfur
Udgivet: 22.7.2021 -
Surviving Norway's day of terror
Udgivet: 21.7.2021 -
The Battle of Gondar
Udgivet: 20.7.2021 -
Domestic violence in Brazil
Udgivet: 19.7.2021 -
England's summer of riots
Udgivet: 16.7.2021 -
When the Taliban took Kabul
Udgivet: 15.7.2021 -
Jane Goodall and chimpanzees
Udgivet: 14.7.2021
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.