Witness History
En podcast af BBC World Service
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1259 Episoder
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The battle for Berlin
Udgivet: 6.5.2020 -
The death of Hitler
Udgivet: 5.5.2020 -
The Wehrmacht exhibition that shocked Germany
Udgivet: 4.5.2020 -
Hiroshima's trees of hope
Udgivet: 1.5.2020 -
The Galapagos sea cucumber dispute
Udgivet: 30.4.2020 -
The assassination of the UN's first Middle East mediator
Udgivet: 29.4.2020 -
The 1957 flu that killed a million people
Udgivet: 28.4.2020 -
Waria warriors - the fight for trans rights in Indonesia
Udgivet: 27.4.2020 -
Tennessee Williams on the BBC
Udgivet: 24.4.2020 -
The Brompton Manley Ventilator
Udgivet: 23.4.2020 -
Edhi: Pakistan's 'Angel of Mercy'
Udgivet: 22.4.2020 -
The last survivor of the transatlantic slave trade
Udgivet: 21.4.2020 -
The Deepwater Horizon disaster
Udgivet: 20.4.2020 -
Apollo 13: The drama that gripped the world
Udgivet: 17.4.2020 -
A space crash
Udgivet: 17.4.2020 -
When Skylab fell to Earth
Udgivet: 16.4.2020 -
The last men on the Moon
Udgivet: 15.4.2020 -
The first iPhone
Udgivet: 14.4.2020 -
Nasa's female aquanauts
Udgivet: 14.4.2020 -
The unlikely pioneers of online shopping
Udgivet: 10.4.2020
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.