The 10 Best Witness History Podcast Episodes
1) The Warsaw uprising
On 1 August 1944, resistance fighters in the Polish capital rose up against German occupying forces. The uprising lasted for 63 days and some 200,000 people were killed, Warsaw itself was largely dest...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.2) Broadcasting D-Day
Hear how the BBC reported the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France on June 6th 1944. The operation was a crucial step in the liberation of western Europe. Using original BBC reports from the time -...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.3) Fighting for the pill in Japan
After decades of campaigning in Japan, the pill was finally legalised in 1999. In contrast the male impotency drug Viagra was approved for use in just six months, and legalised before the contraceptiv...Show More
4) Slaughterhouse-Five
In March 1969, the cult American author, Kurt Vonnegut, published his famous anti-war novel, Slaughterhouse-Five. The novel is a mixture of science fiction and Vonnegut's experiences as a prisoner-of-...Show More
mm recommended:
One of the best books I’ve ever read! Was great to get to know the author’s life behind his book and how it influenced his masterpiece.
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.5) US Psychological Warfare in Vietnam
During the Vietnam war, the US army's Psychological Operations, or PSYOP, teams were deployed to battle communist Viet Cong guerillas and the North Vietnamese Army. Their goal was to try to weaken the...Show More
asbak recommended:
Love these little parts of history that are just easy to overlook completely.
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.6) The Stockholm Syndrome
In August 1973 Kristin Enmark and three colleagues were taken hostage during a bank siege in Stockholm, Sweden. Kristin came to trust one of the kidnappers more than the police, the condition later na...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.7) The secret history of Monopoly
In 1904, a left-wing American feminist called Lizzy Magie patented a board game that evolved into what we now know as Monopoly. But 30 years later, when Monopoly was first marketed in the United State...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.8) Bollywood's pioneering lesbian drama
The Bollywood film "Fire" was the first in Indian history to depict a lesbian relationship. Released in 1998, the movie sparked a row over censorship and then a wider debate about LGBT rights in a cou...Show More
9) Confessions of a Prince
Over a period of four years before his death in December 2004, Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, the consort and husband of former Queen Juliana, gave a series of secret interviews to two Dutch jour...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.10) D-Day
Eyewitness accounts of the Allied landings on the coast of Normandy during World War Two on 6 June 1944. The massive operation was a crucial step in the liberation of western Europe from years of Nazi...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.