Witness History
A podcast by BBC World Service
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1259 Episodes
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Prisoner of the Cultural Revolution
Published: 7/13/2021 -
The race for the jet engine
Published: 7/12/2021 -
The bombing of the Rainbow Warrior
Published: 7/9/2021 -
The first World Romani Congress
Published: 7/8/2021 -
The famine in North Korea
Published: 7/7/2021 -
Britain's wartime gold
Published: 7/6/2021 -
Cuba's blindness epidemic
Published: 7/5/2021 -
China's trailblazing foreign students
Published: 7/2/2021 -
The Chinese Communist Party
Published: 7/1/2021 -
The Syrian playwright who challenged the regime
Published: 6/29/2021 -
Zimbabwe's mass UFO sightings
Published: 6/28/2021 -
The repeal of 'Don't ask, don't tell'
Published: 6/25/2021 -
China's LGBT 'cooperative marriages'
Published: 6/24/2021 -
The secret diaries of 'Gentleman Jack'
Published: 6/23/2021 -
Woubis, yossis and travestis: LGBT activism in Côte d’Ivoire
Published: 6/22/2021 -
The Stonewall Inn
Published: 6/21/2021 -
China's 'Economic Miracle'
Published: 6/18/2021 -
The Trabant
Published: 6/17/2021 -
The police rape interview that shocked Britain
Published: 6/16/2021 -
The Confederate flag and America’s battle over race
Published: 6/14/2021
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.