Witness History
A podcast by BBC World Service
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1259 Episodes
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Kosovo’s house schools
Published: 1/18/2023 -
Europe's horse meat scandal
Published: 1/17/2023 -
Miracle on the Hudson
Published: 1/16/2023 -
World’s first tidal power station
Published: 1/13/2023 -
Galápagos Islands’ sea cucumber dispute
Published: 1/12/2023 -
Paul Robeson and the transatlantic phone line
Published: 1/11/2023 -
Dutch North Sea flood
Published: 1/10/2023 -
Plastics in oceans
Published: 1/9/2023 -
Pussy Riot’s cathedral protest
Published: 1/6/2023 -
The man Pinochet wanted dead
Published: 1/5/2023 -
When America banned silicone breast implants
Published: 1/4/2023 -
Arctic African
Published: 1/3/2023 -
One team in Tallinn
Published: 1/2/2023 -
The birth of the Slow Food Movement
Published: 12/30/2022 -
Inventing instant noodles
Published: 12/29/2022 -
Malta's bread strike
Published: 12/28/2022 -
Inventing Chicken Manchurian
Published: 12/27/2022 -
Creating ciabatta bread
Published: 12/26/2022 -
Chile mine rescue
Published: 12/23/2022 -
Grozny siege
Published: 12/22/2022
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.