Witness History
A podcast by BBC World Service
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1259 Episodes
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When Sweden’s roads went right
Published: 11/23/2022 -
First women’s minister in Iran
Published: 11/22/2022 -
The invention of the seat belt
Published: 11/21/2022 -
Qatar's first female published author
Published: 11/18/2022 -
First Emirati female teacher
Published: 11/17/2022 -
Inventing robot camel jockeys
Published: 11/16/2022 -
Burj Khalifa: Designing the world’s tallest building
Published: 11/15/2022 -
Formation of the United Arab Emirates
Published: 11/14/2022 -
The child evacuees of World War Two
Published: 11/11/2022 -
Māori protests stops South African rugby tour
Published: 11/10/2022 -
The assassination of Pim Fortuyn
Published: 11/9/2022 -
First rape crisis centres in the US
Published: 11/8/2022 -
Polynesian Panthers
Published: 11/7/2022 -
Umuganda: Rwanda's community work scheme
Published: 11/4/2022 -
Dame Carmen Callil: Feminist publisher
Published: 11/3/2022 -
Campaigning against sex-selection in India
Published: 11/2/2022 -
Albania’s Stalinist purges
Published: 11/1/2022 -
The Little Black Book survival guide
Published: 10/31/2022 -
Julia Gillard’s misogyny speech
Published: 10/28/2022 -
Arrested for wearing trousers in Sudan
Published: 10/27/2022
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.