Witness History
A podcast by BBC World Service
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1259 Episodes
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Marikana Massacre
Published: 8/29/2022 -
India's onion election
Published: 8/26/2022 -
The 'Nixon Shock' and the end of the Gold Standard
Published: 8/25/2022 -
The Gay Games
Published: 8/24/2022 -
Hundreds die in Darayya
Published: 8/23/2022 -
Bulgaria's cash crisis
Published: 8/22/2022 -
The Bard of Bengal
Published: 8/19/2022 -
The death of Jawaharlal Nehru
Published: 8/18/2022 -
The last Viceroy of India
Published: 8/17/2022 -
India's Partition - Part Two
Published: 8/16/2022 -
India's Partition - Part One
Published: 8/15/2022 -
The nightclub that changed Ibiza
Published: 8/12/2022 -
Discovering Hale Bopp
Published: 8/11/2022 -
Indonesia's forest fires
Published: 8/10/2022 -
Sweden’s pronoun battle
Published: 8/9/2022 -
The resignation of President Nixon
Published: 8/8/2022 -
The return of Asians to Uganda
Published: 8/5/2022 -
The city shaped by Ugandan Asians
Published: 8/4/2022 -
The exodus of Asians from Uganda
Published: 8/3/2022 -
When Asians were forced to leave Kenya
Published: 8/2/2022
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.