Witness History
Un pódcast de BBC World Service
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1259 Episodo
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Baghdad heavy metal
Publicado: 16/5/2024 -
How nuclear testing changed politics in French Polynesia
Publicado: 15/5/2024 -
The creation of the state of Israel
Publicado: 14/5/2024 -
The ‘Catastrophe’ for Palestinians
Publicado: 13/5/2024 -
Princess Diana at the Taj Mahal
Publicado: 10/5/2024 -
How a billion Indians got a digital ID
Publicado: 9/5/2024 -
The pioneering eye surgery that led to Lasik
Publicado: 8/5/2024 -
East Germany's coffee from Vietnam
Publicado: 7/5/2024 -
Friends: The making of a smash hit
Publicado: 6/5/2024 -
The Channel Tunnel breakthrough
Publicado: 3/5/2024 -
Ukraine's 'museum of corruption'
Publicado: 2/5/2024 -
How to win friends and influence people
Publicado: 1/5/2024 -
How the Milgram 'obedience' experiment shocked the world
Publicado: 30/4/2024 -
Finding the victims of Stroessner's Paraguay
Publicado: 29/4/2024 -
Oliver Tambo returns to South Africa from exile
Publicado: 26/4/2024 -
Brenda Fassie: Madonna of the townships
Publicado: 25/4/2024 -
Sarah Baartman's 200-year journey back home
Publicado: 24/4/2024 -
Soweto uprising: Children who marched against apartheid
Publicado: 23/4/2024 -
South Africa's referendum on apartheid
Publicado: 22/4/2024 -
Major Charity Adams and the Six-Triple-Eight
Publicado: 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.
