Witness History
En podcast af BBC World Service
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1259 Episoder
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Baghdad heavy metal
Udgivet: 16.5.2024 -
How nuclear testing changed politics in French Polynesia
Udgivet: 15.5.2024 -
The creation of the state of Israel
Udgivet: 14.5.2024 -
The ‘Catastrophe’ for Palestinians
Udgivet: 13.5.2024 -
Princess Diana at the Taj Mahal
Udgivet: 10.5.2024 -
How a billion Indians got a digital ID
Udgivet: 9.5.2024 -
The pioneering eye surgery that led to Lasik
Udgivet: 8.5.2024 -
East Germany's coffee from Vietnam
Udgivet: 7.5.2024 -
Friends: The making of a smash hit
Udgivet: 6.5.2024 -
The Channel Tunnel breakthrough
Udgivet: 3.5.2024 -
Ukraine's 'museum of corruption'
Udgivet: 2.5.2024 -
How to win friends and influence people
Udgivet: 1.5.2024 -
How the Milgram 'obedience' experiment shocked the world
Udgivet: 30.4.2024 -
Finding the victims of Stroessner's Paraguay
Udgivet: 29.4.2024 -
Oliver Tambo returns to South Africa from exile
Udgivet: 26.4.2024 -
Brenda Fassie: Madonna of the townships
Udgivet: 25.4.2024 -
Sarah Baartman's 200-year journey back home
Udgivet: 24.4.2024 -
Soweto uprising: Children who marched against apartheid
Udgivet: 23.4.2024 -
South Africa's referendum on apartheid
Udgivet: 22.4.2024 -
Major Charity Adams and the Six-Triple-Eight
Udgivet: 19.4.2024
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.