Witness History
A podcast by BBC World Service
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1259 Episodes
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Benidorm and the birth of package tourism
Published: 7/30/2020 -
Adrift for 76 days
Published: 7/29/2020 -
Australia's 'Black Saturday' bushfires
Published: 7/28/2020 -
The writer who put Latinos centre stage
Published: 7/27/2020 -
The fastest vaccine ever developed
Published: 7/24/2020 -
The first safe house for Afghan women
Published: 7/23/2020 -
The struggle to save Borneo's rainforests
Published: 7/22/2020 -
The Million Man March
Published: 7/21/2020 -
The man who tried to kill Hitler
Published: 7/20/2020 -
South Korea's 1980s prison camps
Published: 7/17/2020 -
The scandal of Liverpool's missing Chinese sailors
Published: 7/16/2020 -
Returning Ethiopia's looted history
Published: 7/15/2020 -
How Club Med changed holidays
Published: 7/14/2020 -
The fight for women's prayer rights in Israel
Published: 7/13/2020 -
The 1960s report that warned the USA was racist
Published: 7/10/2020 -
The death of Frida Kahlo
Published: 7/9/2020 -
Montreal's 'Night of Terror'
Published: 7/8/2020 -
The unlawful death of Christopher Alder
Published: 7/7/2020 -
The doctor who discovered how cholera spread
Published: 7/6/2020 -
How South Africa banned skin-lightening creams
Published: 7/3/2020
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.