Witness History
A podcast by BBC World Service
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1259 Episodes
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Derek Jarman
Published: 12/3/2021 -
South Africa and Aids drugs
Published: 12/2/2021 -
AZT: The breakthrough treatment for Aids
Published: 12/1/2021 -
The early days of HIV/Aids
Published: 11/30/2021 -
The Aids 'patient zero' myth
Published: 11/29/2021 -
The assassination of the Mirabal sisters
Published: 11/26/2021 -
Estonia’s internet ‘Tiger Leap’
Published: 11/25/2021 -
The doctor who helped her mother to die
Published: 11/24/2021 -
Europe's last smallpox epidemic
Published: 11/23/2021 -
The Woman in Gold by Gustav Klimt
Published: 11/22/2021 -
Sudan's October Revolution
Published: 11/18/2021 -
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Published: 11/17/2021 -
The capture of war criminal Radovan Karadzic
Published: 11/16/2021 -
Kuwaiti oil fires of 1991
Published: 11/15/2021 -
Shoot: A milestone in performance art
Published: 11/15/2021 -
The South African football star murdered for being a lesbian
Published: 11/11/2021 -
Spying in Berlin
Published: 11/10/2021 -
Chanel No. 5
Published: 11/9/2021 -
Britain's Black Schools
Published: 11/8/2021 -
When Eritrea silenced its critics
Published: 11/5/2021
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.