Witness History
A podcast by BBC World Service
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1259 Episodes
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Invention of the ballpoint pen
Published: 7/10/2023 -
A right royal night out
Published: 7/7/2023 -
When tourism came to the Maldives
Published: 7/6/2023 -
The National Health Service begins
Published: 7/5/2023 -
Longest-serving democratically elected communist government
Published: 7/4/2023 -
The trial of John Demjanjuk
Published: 7/3/2023 -
I made Lady Gaga's meat dress
Published: 6/30/2023 -
The 'graveyard' for communist statues
Published: 6/29/2023 -
Sampoong department store disaster
Published: 6/28/2023 -
First reports of Ebola
Published: 6/27/2023 -
JFK’s Ich Bin Ein Berliner speech
Published: 6/26/2023 -
My dad played golf on the moon
Published: 6/23/2023 -
The Empire Windrush arrives
Published: 6/22/2023 -
Anti-gay police raid at Tasty nightclub
Published: 6/21/2023 -
The Somali pilot ordered to bomb his own country
Published: 6/20/2023 -
Uprising in East Germany
Published: 6/19/2023 -
Ming Smith makes history at MoMA
Published: 6/16/2023 -
Sir Don McCullin’s photo of a US marine
Published: 6/15/2023 -
Malick Sidibé: Mali’s star photographer
Published: 6/14/2023 -
A Great Day in Harlem: The story behind the iconic jazz photo
Published: 6/13/2023
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.