Witness History
A podcast by BBC World Service
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1259 Episodes
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Blackwater killed my son
Published: 9/24/2020 -
When Nelson Mandela went to Detroit
Published: 9/23/2020 -
How Liberia wrote off its debts
Published: 9/22/2020 -
The Galileo project
Published: 9/21/2020 -
The mothers of Argentina's disappeared
Published: 9/18/2020 -
Tank Man
Published: 9/17/2020 -
The Greensboro lunch counter sit-in
Published: 9/16/2020 -
The Mau Mau struggle against British rule
Published: 9/15/2020 -
Resisting 'Europe's last dictator' in Belarus
Published: 9/14/2020 -
Why the US rejected universal healthcare
Published: 9/11/2020 -
Banning alcohol in an Indian state
Published: 9/10/2020 -
The birth of Reddit
Published: 9/9/2020 -
The Dawson's Field hijacking
Published: 9/9/2020 -
Haiti's cholera outbreak
Published: 9/8/2020 -
Care in the Community
Published: 9/4/2020 -
The Cape Town bombings
Published: 9/3/2020 -
The birth of the Sony Walkman
Published: 9/2/2020 -
Flying through a volcano
Published: 9/1/2020 -
Inventing James Bond
Published: 8/31/2020 -
Who has the right to vote in America?
Published: 8/28/2020
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.