Witness History
Un pódcast de BBC World Service
1507 Episodo
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The man who invented the Pill
Publicado: 14/7/2022 -
When Tunisia led on women's rights
Publicado: 13/7/2022 -
Poland's strict abortion law
Publicado: 12/7/2022 -
How abortion was legalised in Great Britain
Publicado: 11/7/2022 -
The US’s first gay election candidate
Publicado: 8/7/2022 -
How the smear test was invented
Publicado: 7/7/2022 -
Escaping Nigeria’s Civil War
Publicado: 6/7/2022 -
Japanese university student riots
Publicado: 5/7/2022 -
The Higgs Boson: A scientific discovery that explains how the universe works
Publicado: 4/7/2022 -
Hong Kong - Kowloon Walled City
Publicado: 30/6/2022 -
Hong Kong: Abandoned children
Publicado: 30/6/2022 -
Hong Kong: The 5-19 football riot in China
Publicado: 29/6/2022 -
Hong Kong: Democracy campaigner
Publicado: 28/6/2022 -
Hong Kong: The handover
Publicado: 27/6/2022 -
The UK's first official gay Pride March
Publicado: 24/6/2022 -
Egypt's first democratic presidential election
Publicado: 23/6/2022 -
The killing of Vincent Chin
Publicado: 22/6/2022 -
Robot Surgeon
Publicado: 21/6/2022 -
India's surrogacy capital
Publicado: 20/6/2022 -
Cambodia war crimes
Publicado: 17/6/2022
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.
