Witness History
A podcast by BBC World Service
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1259 Episodes
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The Australian women who protested against the Vietnam war
Published: 3/9/2022 -
Russia's war in Georgia in 2008
Published: 3/4/2022 -
The takeover of NTV in Russia
Published: 3/3/2022 -
Boris Yeltsin's surprise resignation
Published: 3/2/2022 -
Putin's war in Chechnya
Published: 3/1/2022 -
Economic 'shock therapy' in Russia
Published: 2/28/2022 -
The 2014 annexation of Crimea
Published: 2/25/2022 -
The death of Trayvon Martin
Published: 2/24/2022 -
The Navajo Code Talkers in World War 2
Published: 2/23/2022 -
Nixon in China
Published: 2/22/2022 -
The first sex worker strike
Published: 2/21/2022 -
The world's first civil union
Published: 2/18/2022 -
Bollywood's pioneering lesbian drama
Published: 2/17/2022 -
The Berlin Patient
Published: 2/16/2022 -
"Don't ask, don't tell" in the US Armed Forces
Published: 2/15/2022 -
The first LGBT film in war-torn Yugoslavia
Published: 2/14/2022 -
The 1972 mass killings in Burundi
Published: 2/11/2022 -
Ukraine's 'Maidan Revolution'
Published: 2/10/2022 -
Shoe designer Manolo Blahnik
Published: 2/9/2022 -
The invention of Google Maps
Published: 2/8/2022
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.