Witness
Summary: History as told by the people who were there. Witness talks to people who lived through moments of history to bring you a personal perspective on world events. Broadcast on weekdays.
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Podcasts:
How thieves stole the body of Charlie Chaplin from a Swiss cemetery
In March 1959 the people of Tibet turned against Chinese occupying forces.
Airman Leonard Matlovich fought the ban on gays in the US military way back in 1975.
15 years ago a new "wonder" drug was approved for use on the American market.
One man's mission to bring the fun back to the Swat Valley in Pakistan.
It is 25 years since rioting broke out in the city of Sumgait in Azerbaijan.
It's seventy years since 173 people were crushed to death in an air-raid shelter in London.
A Cardinal tells the story of the Papal Conclave that elected Pope Benedict in 2005.
40 years ago American Indian activists took on the US authorities at the site of massacre.
A member of the security staff recalls the huge bomb blast at the World Trade Center nearly a decade before 9/11
In 1994 Edvard Munch's famous painting "The Scream" was stolen from a Norwegian art gallery.
It is seventy years since three German students were executed in Munich for trying to start a revolt against Hitler.
In 1963, three young Welsh nationalists took up arms against the construction of a controversial dam.
How four days of protests swept President Ferdinand Marcos from power in 1986.
It's 50 years since a frustrated American housewife published a text that helped inspire the women's liberation movement.
