Witness History
A podcast by BBC World Service
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1259 Episodes
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Fighting for Uyghur rights in China
Published: 5/6/2022 -
The chemistry of cannabis
Published: 5/5/2022 -
Roe v Wade
Published: 5/4/2022 -
Surviving the Falkands War
Published: 5/3/2022 -
The sinking of the Belgrano
Published: 5/2/2022 -
Algeria's rebel footballers
Published: 4/29/2022 -
The Algerians who fought for France
Published: 4/28/2022 -
Algeria: The Massacre in Paris
Published: 4/27/2022 -
The War in Algeria: A French soldier's experience
Published: 4/26/2022 -
Algeria’s Milk Bar Bomber
Published: 4/25/2022 -
The battle for Kinder Scout
Published: 4/22/2022 -
Iranian revolution: The Kurdish uprising
Published: 4/21/2022 -
Britain's Soviet spy scandal
Published: 4/20/2022 -
Women's rights in Basra
Published: 4/19/2022 -
Erasmus: Europe's student exchange scheme
Published: 4/18/2022 -
The World Wide Web
Published: 4/15/2022 -
How Tinder changed the dating game
Published: 4/14/2022 -
Greece's Great Famine
Published: 4/13/2022 -
The largest war crimes trial in history
Published: 4/12/2022 -
Nato intervenes in Kosovo
Published: 4/11/2022
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.