Witness History
En podcast af BBC World Service
1472 Episoder
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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 -
Mindfulness for the masses
Udgivet: 14.6.2021 -
The Confederate flag and America’s battle over race
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
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 the death of Adolf Hitler, the first spacewalk and the making of the movie Jaws, to celebrity tortoise Lonesome George, the Kobe earthquake and the invention of superglue. We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: Eva Peron – Argentina’s Evita; President Ronald Reagan and his famous ‘tear down this wall’ speech; Thomas Keneally on why he wrote Schindler’s List; and Jacques Derrida, France’s ‘rock star’ philosopher. You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the civil rights swimming protest; the disastrous D-Day rehearsal ; and the death of one of the world’s oldest languages.
