Witness History
A podcast by BBC World Service
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1259 Episodes
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Mindfulness for the masses
Published: 6/14/2021 -
The Fall of Madrid
Published: 6/11/2021 -
The elections that Hamas won
Published: 6/10/2021 -
Benjamin Britten's War Requiem
Published: 6/9/2021 -
Tunisia’s legal brothels
Published: 6/8/2021 -
When Israel destroyed Iraq's nuclear reactor
Published: 6/7/2021 -
How Switzerland defeated its heroin epidemic
Published: 6/4/2021 -
Afghanistan's poppy problem
Published: 6/3/2021 -
When Peru mistook missionaries for drug traffickers
Published: 6/2/2021 -
The killing of Pablo Escobar
Published: 6/1/2021 -
The war on drugs
Published: 5/31/2021 -
The Tulsa Race Massacre
Published: 5/28/2021 -
Rock concert for Chernobyl
Published: 5/27/2021 -
Amilcar Cabral: An African liberation legend
Published: 5/26/2021 -
The first Arab woman pilot
Published: 5/25/2021 -
The strike that shocked India
Published: 5/24/2021 -
Fighting forced marriage in war
Published: 5/21/2021 -
Saving the world's wetlands
Published: 5/20/2021 -
Striking in South Korea in 1980
Published: 5/18/2021 -
When Ariel Sharon visited the Al-Aqsa compound
Published: 5/17/2021
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.