Witness History
Ein Podcast von BBC World Service
1501 Folgen
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Striking in South Korea in 1980
Vom: 18.5.2021 -
When Ariel Sharon visited the Al-Aqsa compound
Vom: 17.5.2021 -
China's Democracy Wall
Vom: 14.5.2021 -
The trial of South Africa’s 'Dr Death'
Vom: 13.5.2021 -
The Jewish exodus from Iraq
Vom: 12.5.2021 -
Legalising contraception in Ireland
Vom: 11.5.2021 -
Why a British MP was filmed taking mescaline
Vom: 10.5.2021 -
The Great Wine Fraud
Vom: 6.5.2021 -
Ursula Le Guin
Vom: 5.5.2021 -
The IRA hunger strikes
Vom: 4.5.2021 -
How Amsterdam became the cannabis smoking capital of Europe
Vom: 3.5.2021 -
The killing of Osama Bin Laden
Vom: 30.4.2021 -
The battle of Tora Bora
Vom: 29.4.2021 -
The Nairobi US Embassy bombing
Vom: 28.4.2021 -
Meeting Osama bin Laden
Vom: 27.4.2021 -
The siege of Mecca
Vom: 26.4.2021 -
The first space shuttle mission
Vom: 23.4.2021 -
How the NRA became a US political lobbying giant
Vom: 22.4.2021 -
The Raymond Davis Incident
Vom: 21.4.2021 -
The return of Blue Lake
Vom: 20.4.2021
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.
