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Witness History: Archive 2011

by BBC World Service

The story of our times told by the people who were there.

Episodes

Wikipedia - 10 years on

8m · Published 13 Jan 09:10

It is 10 years since the Wikipedia online encyclopedia was launched. Jimmy Wales, one of the founders of Wikipedia, talks to Witness about the origins of one of the most popular websites in the world.

Cryonic freezing

9m · Published 12 Jan 09:32

It was during the 1960s in America that the idea of freezing people for the future, first became popular. Some of those frozen bodies are still suspended in labs in the US, in the hope that one day science will have progressed enough, to bring them back to life.

Crossing the Rubicon

9m · Published 11 Jan 09:10

The laws of ancient Rome made it illegal for the governor of a province to lead his soldiers into Italy. The Rubicon marked the border that could not be crossed. Afterwards, there was no going back.

Bojinka Airline Plot

8m · Published 10 Jan 09:09

How, in 1995, investigators in the Philippines stumbled upon a terrorist plot that would reverberate in the world's memory for years to come.

Clinton impeachment

9m · Published 07 Jan 14:48

Bill Clinton's press secretary at the time of the impeachment trial was Joe Lockhart. He talks to Witness about the politics behind the Lewinsky affair.

Sudan's civil war

8m · Published 06 Jan 09:09

This weekend the people of Southern Sudan will vote in a referendum on independence. We take you back to the last time the South tried to break free of the rest of Sudan. We hear from two Sudanese women about the war which began in 1983 following the push for autonomy.

Afghanistan's Secret Schools for Girls

9m · Published 05 Jan 10:30

Alan Johnston hears one woman's account of how she and others defied the Taliban's efforts to prohibit education for girls in Afghanistan, by setting up secret schools and helping teachers to give lessons in their homes.

LBJ State of Nation

9m · Published 04 Jan 10:39

Witness travels backs to 1965 when then president of the United States, Lyndon B Johnson was giving his state of the union address. In it, he set out his Great Society ideals, which included providing healthcare for the elderly and the poor.

Alaska statehood

9m · Published 03 Jan 09:30

We hear from Dennis Egan, whose father was to become the first governor of the newly formed state. He remembers the hope, pride and emotion of that historic day.

Witness History: Archive 2011 has 259 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 38:55:55. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 28th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on September 28th, 2023 09:10.