Witness History
En podcast af BBC World Service
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1259 Episoder
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Mindfulness for the masses
Udgivet: 14.6.2021 -
The Fall of Madrid
Udgivet: 11.6.2021 -
The elections that Hamas won
Udgivet: 10.6.2021 -
Benjamin Britten's War Requiem
Udgivet: 9.6.2021 -
Tunisia’s legal brothels
Udgivet: 8.6.2021 -
When Israel destroyed Iraq's nuclear reactor
Udgivet: 7.6.2021 -
How Switzerland defeated its heroin epidemic
Udgivet: 4.6.2021 -
Afghanistan's poppy problem
Udgivet: 3.6.2021 -
When Peru mistook missionaries for drug traffickers
Udgivet: 2.6.2021 -
The killing of Pablo Escobar
Udgivet: 1.6.2021 -
The war on drugs
Udgivet: 31.5.2021 -
The Tulsa Race Massacre
Udgivet: 28.5.2021 -
Rock concert for Chernobyl
Udgivet: 27.5.2021 -
Amilcar Cabral: An African liberation legend
Udgivet: 26.5.2021 -
The first Arab woman pilot
Udgivet: 25.5.2021 -
The strike that shocked India
Udgivet: 24.5.2021 -
Fighting forced marriage in war
Udgivet: 21.5.2021 -
Saving the world's wetlands
Udgivet: 20.5.2021 -
Striking in South Korea in 1980
Udgivet: 18.5.2021 -
When Ariel Sharon visited the Al-Aqsa compound
Udgivet: 17.5.2021
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.