Witness History
A podcast by BBC World Service
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1259 Episodes
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America attacks Afghanistan
Published: 9/9/2021 -
With the president on 9/11
Published: 9/8/2021 -
The killing of Ahmed Shah Massoud
Published: 9/7/2021 -
The warnings before 9/11
Published: 9/6/2021 -
North Korea's founding father
Published: 9/3/2021 -
The businessman who defied the Mafia
Published: 9/2/2021 -
Surviving the fall of Saigon
Published: 9/1/2021 -
The first modern electric car
Published: 8/31/2021 -
Nigeria's 'War Against Indiscipline'
Published: 8/27/2021 -
Syria's rebel poet
Published: 8/26/2021 -
Campaigning for Mexico's women with disabilities
Published: 8/25/2021 -
My father survived the sinking of the Titanic
Published: 8/24/2021 -
John Maynard Keynes
Published: 8/23/2021 -
When The Queen met Ceaușescu
Published: 8/20/2021 -
Saddam Hussein's foreign hostages
Published: 8/19/2021 -
India's secret freedom radio
Published: 8/18/2021 -
US withdrawal: The fall of Saigon
Published: 8/17/2021 -
The man who coined the term genocide
Published: 8/16/2021 -
Inside an East German jail
Published: 8/13/2021 -
East Germany's nudists
Published: 8/12/2021
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.