Witness History
A podcast by BBC World Service
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1259 Episodes
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St Kilda
Published: 8/27/2020 -
Occupy Wall Street
Published: 8/26/2020 -
America's first woman combat pilot
Published: 8/25/2020 -
Margaret Ekpo - Nigeria's feminist pioneer
Published: 8/24/2020 -
The siege at Ruby Ridge
Published: 8/21/2020 -
The American who put women's rights in the Japanese constitution
Published: 8/20/2020 -
The Guatemalan syphilis scandal
Published: 8/20/2020 -
The first modern asthma inhaler
Published: 8/19/2020 -
The lost King of England
Published: 8/18/2020 -
Surviving Saddam
Published: 8/17/2020 -
The invention of the modern ventilator
Published: 8/14/2020 -
Scoring a victory for women's rights in Turkey
Published: 8/13/2020 -
Beirut's Hotel War
Published: 8/12/2020 -
Bremen’s Elephant Statue
Published: 8/11/2020 -
Radar and World War Two
Published: 8/10/2020 -
The atomic bombs dropped on Japan
Published: 8/6/2020 -
The battle of Midway
Published: 8/5/2020 -
The internment of Japanese Americans
Published: 8/4/2020 -
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Published: 8/3/2020 -
The death of Heinrich Himmler
Published: 7/31/2020
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.