Witness History

A podcast by BBC World Service

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History

1259 Episodes

  1. Baghdad heavy metal

    Published: 5/16/2024

  2. How nuclear testing changed politics in French Polynesia

    Published: 5/15/2024

  3. The creation of the state of Israel

    Published: 5/14/2024

  4. The ‘Catastrophe’ for Palestinians

    Published: 5/13/2024

  5. Princess Diana at the Taj Mahal

    Published: 5/10/2024

  6. How a billion Indians got a digital ID

    Published: 5/9/2024

  7. The pioneering eye surgery that led to Lasik

    Published: 5/8/2024

  8. East Germany's coffee from Vietnam

    Published: 5/7/2024

  9. Friends: The making of a smash hit

    Published: 5/6/2024

  10. The Channel Tunnel breakthrough

    Published: 5/3/2024

  11. Ukraine's 'museum of corruption'

    Published: 5/2/2024

  12. How to win friends and influence people

    Published: 5/1/2024

  13. How the Milgram 'obedience' experiment shocked the world

    Published: 4/30/2024

  14. Finding the victims of Stroessner's Paraguay

    Published: 4/29/2024

  15. Oliver Tambo returns to South Africa from exile

    Published: 4/26/2024

  16. Brenda Fassie: Madonna of the townships

    Published: 4/25/2024

  17. Sarah Baartman's 200-year journey back home

    Published: 4/24/2024

  18. Soweto uprising: Children who marched against apartheid

    Published: 4/23/2024

  19. South Africa's referendum on apartheid

    Published: 4/22/2024

  20. Major Charity Adams and the Six-Triple-Eight

    Published: 4/19/2024

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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.