Witness History
A podcast by BBC World Service
1508 Episodio
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How Rosa Parks took a stand against racism
Pubblicato: 08/02/2024 -
Lucha Reyes: Peruvian music star
Pubblicato: 07/02/2024 -
A young mother saved from death by stoning
Pubblicato: 06/02/2024 -
Queen of the 'fro
Pubblicato: 05/02/2024 -
First internet cafe
Pubblicato: 01/02/2024 -
The Arctic’s doomsday seed vault
Pubblicato: 31/01/2024 -
Brazil's Landless Workers Movement
Pubblicato: 30/01/2024 -
Silenced by the Vatican
Pubblicato: 29/01/2024 -
Jack Strong aka Ryszard Kukliński: Cold War traitor or hero?
Pubblicato: 26/01/2024 -
The Hungarian footballer executed for love
Pubblicato: 25/01/2024 -
Wang Jingwei: China’s traitor or protector?
Pubblicato: 24/01/2024 -
Axis Sally: World War II traitor who broadcast for the Nazis
Pubblicato: 23/01/2024 -
Vidkun Quisling: Norway's traitor
Pubblicato: 22/01/2024 -
Jamuna Tudu: The real life 'Lady Tarzan'
Pubblicato: 19/01/2024 -
Ibadan Zoo
Pubblicato: 18/01/2024 -
Tortured in Iran's Evin Prison
Pubblicato: 17/01/2024 -
The Green March: Moroccans take over the Sahara
Pubblicato: 16/01/2024 -
The hunger-striking Bolivian president
Pubblicato: 15/01/2024 -
Gürtel scandal: Spain's Watergate
Pubblicato: 12/01/2024 -
The first World Laughter Day
Pubblicato: 11/01/2024
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 the death of Adolf Hitler, the first spacewalk and the making of the movie Jaws, to celebrity tortoise Lonesome George, the Kobe earthquake and the invention of superglue. We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: Eva Peron – Argentina’s Evita; President Ronald Reagan and his famous ‘tear down this wall’ speech; Thomas Keneally on why he wrote Schindler’s List; and Jacques Derrida, France’s ‘rock star’ philosopher. You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the civil rights swimming protest; the disastrous D-Day rehearsal ; and the death of one of the world’s oldest languages.
