Witness History
Un podcast de BBC World Service
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1416 Épisodes
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The ‘Catastrophe’ for Palestinians
Publié: 13/05/2024 -
Princess Diana at the Taj Mahal
Publié: 10/05/2024 -
How a billion Indians got a digital ID
Publié: 09/05/2024 -
The pioneering eye surgery that led to Lasik
Publié: 08/05/2024 -
East Germany's coffee from Vietnam
Publié: 07/05/2024 -
Friends: The making of a smash hit
Publié: 06/05/2024 -
The Channel Tunnel breakthrough
Publié: 03/05/2024 -
Ukraine's 'museum of corruption'
Publié: 02/05/2024 -
How to win friends and influence people
Publié: 01/05/2024 -
How the Milgram 'obedience' experiment shocked the world
Publié: 30/04/2024 -
Finding the victims of Stroessner's Paraguay
Publié: 29/04/2024 -
Oliver Tambo returns to South Africa from exile
Publié: 26/04/2024 -
Brenda Fassie: Madonna of the townships
Publié: 25/04/2024 -
Sarah Baartman's 200-year journey back home
Publié: 24/04/2024 -
Soweto uprising: Children who marched against apartheid
Publié: 23/04/2024 -
South Africa's referendum on apartheid
Publié: 22/04/2024 -
Major Charity Adams and the Six-Triple-Eight
Publié: 19/04/2024 -
Deadly Everest avalanche
Publié: 18/04/2024 -
West Africa's Ebola virus epidemic
Publié: 17/04/2024 -
The friendship train: Connecting India and Bangladesh
Publié: 16/04/2024
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.
