Witness History
En podcast af BBC World Service
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1259 Episoder
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Prisoner of the Cultural Revolution
Udgivet: 13.7.2021 -
The race for the jet engine
Udgivet: 12.7.2021 -
The bombing of the Rainbow Warrior
Udgivet: 9.7.2021 -
The first World Romani Congress
Udgivet: 8.7.2021 -
The famine in North Korea
Udgivet: 7.7.2021 -
Britain's wartime gold
Udgivet: 6.7.2021 -
Cuba's blindness epidemic
Udgivet: 5.7.2021 -
China's trailblazing foreign students
Udgivet: 2.7.2021 -
The Chinese Communist Party
Udgivet: 1.7.2021 -
The Syrian playwright who challenged the regime
Udgivet: 29.6.2021 -
Zimbabwe's mass UFO sightings
Udgivet: 28.6.2021 -
The repeal of 'Don't ask, don't tell'
Udgivet: 25.6.2021 -
China's LGBT 'cooperative marriages'
Udgivet: 24.6.2021 -
The secret diaries of 'Gentleman Jack'
Udgivet: 23.6.2021 -
Woubis, yossis and travestis: LGBT activism in Côte d’Ivoire
Udgivet: 22.6.2021 -
The Stonewall Inn
Udgivet: 21.6.2021 -
China's 'Economic Miracle'
Udgivet: 18.6.2021 -
The Trabant
Udgivet: 17.6.2021 -
The police rape interview that shocked Britain
Udgivet: 16.6.2021 -
The Confederate flag and America’s battle over race
Udgivet: 14.6.2021
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.