Witness History
A podcast by BBC World Service
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1259 Episodes
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The Higgs Boson: A scientific discovery that explains how the universe works
Published: 7/4/2022 -
Hong Kong: Abandoned children
Published: 6/30/2022 -
Hong Kong - Kowloon Walled City
Published: 6/30/2022 -
Hong Kong: The 5-19 football riot in China
Published: 6/29/2022 -
Hong Kong: Democracy campaigner
Published: 6/28/2022 -
Hong Kong: The handover
Published: 6/27/2022 -
The UK's first official gay Pride March
Published: 6/24/2022 -
Egypt's first democratic presidential election
Published: 6/23/2022 -
The killing of Vincent Chin
Published: 6/22/2022 -
Robot Surgeon
Published: 6/21/2022 -
India's surrogacy capital
Published: 6/20/2022 -
Cambodia war crimes
Published: 6/17/2022 -
James Joyce and Ulysses
Published: 6/16/2022 -
New York's LGBT High School
Published: 6/15/2022 -
Vietnam's 'Napalm Girl'
Published: 6/14/2022 -
Holy Cross school dispute
Published: 6/13/2022 -
The Gulabi Gang
Published: 6/10/2022 -
How Sri Lanka's president survived a suicide bombing
Published: 6/9/2022 -
Saving Gabon's rainforest
Published: 6/8/2022 -
The Diary of Anne Frank
Published: 6/7/2022
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.