Witness History
Podcast tekijän mukaan BBC World Service
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1416 Jaksot
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Surviving re-education in China’s Cultural Revolution
Julkaistiin: 19.3.2024 -
Pinyin: The man who helped China to read and write
Julkaistiin: 18.3.2024 -
The last eruption of Mount Vesuvius
Julkaistiin: 15.3.2024 -
Winifred Atwell: The honky-tonk star who was Sir Elton John’s hero
Julkaistiin: 14.3.2024 -
Paraguay adopts its second language
Julkaistiin: 13.3.2024 -
Finding the longest set of footprints left by the first vertebrate
Julkaistiin: 12.3.2024 -
11M: The day Madrid was bombed
Julkaistiin: 11.3.2024 -
MH370: The plane that vanished
Julkaistiin: 8.3.2024 -
Rehabilitating Kony's child soldiers in Uganda
Julkaistiin: 7.3.2024 -
The Carnation Revolution in Portugal
Julkaistiin: 6.3.2024 -
French child evacuees of World War Two
Julkaistiin: 5.3.2024 -
Uruguay v the tobacco giant
Julkaistiin: 4.3.2024 -
The Whisky War: Denmark v Canada
Julkaistiin: 1.3.2024 -
The discovery of the Lord of Sipan in Peru
Julkaistiin: 29.2.2024 -
The lost Czech scrolls
Julkaistiin: 28.2.2024 -
Crimea's Soviet holiday camp
Julkaistiin: 27.2.2024 -
Russia annexes Crimea
Julkaistiin: 26.2.2024 -
Whistler: Creating one of the world’s biggest ski resorts
Julkaistiin: 23.2.2024 -
Columbus Lighthouse
Julkaistiin: 22.2.2024 -
Trans murder in Honduras
Julkaistiin: 21.2.2024
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.
