Witness History Podcast
History as told by the people who were there.
Episodes to download
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The Pakistani teens who became disco superstars
Wed 8 Nov 2023
How Nazia and Zoheb Hassan changed South-East Asian pop with their album, Disco Deewane
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Debbie McGee in Iran
Tue 7 Nov 2023
Showbiz star, Debbie McGee describes being caught up in the Iranian revolution in 1978
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Ycu谩 Bola帽os supermarket fire
Mon 6 Nov 2023
More than 300 people died in Paraguay's capital in 2004
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Freddie Mercury 'marries' Jane Seymour
Fri 3 Nov 2023
The actress Jane Seymour shares what it was like being rock star Freddie Mercury's bride
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Che Guevara鈥檚 daughter: A Cuban doctor in Angola
Thu 2 Nov 2023
In 1986 Dr Aleida Guevara travelled from Cuba to treat children in communist Angola
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Inventing the black box
Wed 1 Nov 2023
In 1962 a prototype of the cockpit flight recorder was tested in Australia
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The discovery of the HIV virus
Tue 31 Oct 2023
In 1983, scientists at the Pasteur Institute in Paris first discovered the HIV virus
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The billion dollar bid to stop oil drilling in the Amazon
Mon 30 Oct 2023
In 2010 a $3.6billion fund began to stop oil drilling in Ecuador鈥檚 Yasuni national park
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Turkey: Gezi Park protests
Fri 27 Oct 2023
In 2013 protests in Istanbul鈥檚 Gezi Park led to civil unrest across Turkey
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'The streets of Harare were littered with money'
Thu 26 Oct 2023
Professor Gift Mugano describes when Zimbabwe鈥檚 inflation hit 89.7 sextillion per cent
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The 1993 MAD hijack
Wed 25 Oct 2023
In 1993, a Nigerian Airways flight from Lagos to Abuja was hijacked
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The first Bosphorus Bridge
Mon 23 Oct 2023
In 1973, the first bridge connecting Europe and Asia was completed
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Launching Lagos Fashion Week
Thu 19 Oct 2023
Lagos Fashion Week was launched in 2011 putting Nigerian style on the global map
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Mexico鈥檚 murdered women
Wed 18 Oct 2023
In the 1990s, hundreds of young women were murdered in a Mexican border town
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Rana Plaza building collapse
Tue 17 Oct 2023
In 2013, an eight-storey building in Bangladesh collapsed killing more than 1,000 people
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Cambodian peace walk
Mon 16 Oct 2023
In 1992, Cambodia held its first peace walk aimed at uniting a country torn apart by war
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Surviving an acid attack and changing the law
Fri 13 Oct 2023
In 2013, acid attack survivors in India celebrated a landmark Supreme Court ruling
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Kwame Nkrumah: Ousted from power
Thu 12 Oct 2023
In 1966, Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah, one of Africa's most famous leaders was ousted from power
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Theodosia Okoh: Designer of Ghana鈥檚 flag
Wed 11 Oct 2023
Ghana's independence in 1957 was marked with a new flag designed by Theodosia Okoh
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The 84-year-old primary school pupil
Tue 10 Oct 2023
In 2004, Kenyan great grandfather Kimani Maruge became the oldest person to start school
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Yinka Shonibare: Nelson's Ship in a Bottle
Mon 9 Oct 2023
On 24 May 2010, artist Yinka Shonibare unveiled his sculpture, Nelson鈥檚 Ship in a Bottle
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Protectors of the Amazon
Fri 6 Oct 2023
In 2003, the Sarayaku community began a legal battle against an oil company
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The Amoco Cadiz oil spill
Thu 5 Oct 2023
In 1978, a crude oil tanker was shipwrecked off the coast of France
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The oilfield that changed Kazakhstan
Tue 3 Oct 2023
In 1993 Kazakhstan partnered with Chevron and started drilling for oil
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The oil crisis of 1973
Mon 2 Oct 2023
In October 1973, Arab nations slashed oil production causing prices to sky rocket
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The Lampedusa shipwreck tragedy
Thu 28 Sep 2023
In 2013, a ship carrying more than 500 migrants sank off the coast of Lampedusa.
