Witness History
A podcast by BBC World Service
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1259 Episodes
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Alva Myrdal - the woman who made modern Sweden
Published: 3/17/2021 -
Paris is Burning
Published: 3/15/2021 -
The woman who asked Britain to return the Parthenon marbles
Published: 3/11/2021 -
Jane: The underground abortion network
Published: 3/10/2021 -
Cixi: China's most powerful woman
Published: 3/9/2021 -
The women of Egypt's Arab Spring
Published: 3/8/2021 -
Churchill's 'Iron Curtain' speech
Published: 3/5/2021 -
The Sharpeville massacre
Published: 3/4/2021 -
When US police dropped explosives on a Philadelphia home
Published: 3/3/2021 -
Refugee Island
Published: 3/2/2021 -
The world's deepest dive 11km down
Published: 3/1/2021 -
The WW2 airman from Sierra Leone
Published: 2/25/2021 -
The fall of Kwame Nkrumah
Published: 2/24/2021 -
Ireland's bank bailout
Published: 2/23/2021 -
Acid rain
Published: 2/22/2021 -
Mary Wilson
Published: 2/19/2021 -
Free breakfasts with the Black Panthers
Published: 2/18/2021 -
The Immortal Cells of Henrietta Lacks
Published: 2/17/2021 -
Britain's forgotten slave owners: Part two
Published: 2/16/2021 -
Britain's forgotten slave owners: Part one
Published: 2/15/2021
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.