Witness History
A podcast by BBC World Service
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1259 Episodes
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The polio vaccine
Published: 3/11/2020 -
The Ebola virus
Published: 3/10/2020 -
The 'Spanish' flu
Published: 3/9/2020 -
Battling Soviet psychiatric punishment
Published: 3/5/2020 -
Strikers in saris
Published: 3/4/2020 -
The petrol that was poisoning children
Published: 3/3/2020 -
Womenomics in Japan
Published: 3/2/2020 -
Freeing American prisoners from Iran
Published: 2/28/2020 -
The last smallpox outbreak
Published: 2/27/2020 -
The rebel nuns who left their convent behind
Published: 2/26/2020 -
The first mobile phone call
Published: 2/25/2020 -
An Antarctic mystery
Published: 2/24/2020 -
Saving Antarctica
Published: 2/21/2020 -
Saddam Hussein's 'Supergun'
Published: 2/20/2020 -
Fighting oil pollution with art in Nigeria
Published: 2/19/2020 -
How meditation changes your brain
Published: 2/18/2020 -
The Pale Blue Dot
Published: 2/17/2020 -
The Rules: A dating handbook
Published: 2/14/2020 -
The best-seller Fear of Flying
Published: 2/13/2020 -
Diary of life in a favela
Published: 2/12/2020
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.