Witness History
En podcast af BBC World Service
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1259 Episoder
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Alva Myrdal - the woman who made modern Sweden
Udgivet: 17.3.2021 -
Paris is Burning
Udgivet: 15.3.2021 -
The woman who asked Britain to return the Parthenon marbles
Udgivet: 11.3.2021 -
Jane: The underground abortion network
Udgivet: 10.3.2021 -
Cixi: China's most powerful woman
Udgivet: 9.3.2021 -
The women of Egypt's Arab Spring
Udgivet: 8.3.2021 -
Churchill's 'Iron Curtain' speech
Udgivet: 5.3.2021 -
The Sharpeville massacre
Udgivet: 4.3.2021 -
When US police dropped explosives on a Philadelphia home
Udgivet: 3.3.2021 -
Refugee Island
Udgivet: 2.3.2021 -
The world's deepest dive 11km down
Udgivet: 1.3.2021 -
The WW2 airman from Sierra Leone
Udgivet: 25.2.2021 -
The fall of Kwame Nkrumah
Udgivet: 24.2.2021 -
Ireland's bank bailout
Udgivet: 23.2.2021 -
Acid rain
Udgivet: 22.2.2021 -
Mary Wilson
Udgivet: 19.2.2021 -
Free breakfasts with the Black Panthers
Udgivet: 18.2.2021 -
The Immortal Cells of Henrietta Lacks
Udgivet: 17.2.2021 -
Britain's forgotten slave owners: Part two
Udgivet: 16.2.2021 -
Britain's forgotten slave owners: Part one
Udgivet: 15.2.2021
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.