成人快手 Radio 4 - Letter from America by Alistair Cooke, From Nixon to Carter (1969-1980)

From Nixon to Carter (1969-1980) Podcast

From America鈥檚 great hope after Nixon鈥檚 election victory, to disillusionment after Watergate through to President Carter鈥檚 election. A fascinating social, cultural and political history of American life, through the words of British-American journalist and broadcaster, Alastair Cooke (1908 鈥� 2004).

Updated: occasionally

Episodes available: indefinitely

Assassination attempt on Ford

Fri 12 Sep 1975

Are presidents too at risk to mingle with crowds, and is it necessary in the TV age?
Ford on Portuguese revolution

Fri 22 Aug 1975

Ford warns Soviets on interfering in Portugese revolution.
Grain export boycott

Fri 15 Aug 1975

Dock workers boycott grain shipments to USSR.
Nuclear power

Fri 1 Aug 1975

Hazards of relying on nuclear power.
The secret of longevity

Fri 25 Jul 1975

What鈥檚 the secret to a long, happy life?
US/USSR handshakes, 1975

Fri 18 Jul 1975

Russian-American handshakes in space, and the denunciations of Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
The Helsinki Accords

Fri 11 Jul 1975

Signing of the Helsinki Accords treaty.
Tax exiles, July 1975

Fri 4 Jul 1975

Noel Coward, Sean Connery, Tony Jacklin - all tax exiles.
The Ford presidency

Fri 27 Jun 1975

Ford's presidency is working better than most expected.
Travel myths

Fri 20 Jun 1975

Travel myths rarely live up to reality.
Big MAC saves New York

Fri 13 Jun 1975

Big MAC to take over troubled NYC finances.
Doctors' strike

Fri 6 Jun 1975

Doctors strike over rocketing insurance cover.
English language problems

Fri 30 May 1975

Same language, different country can lead to misunderstandings.
Global climate change

Fri 23 May 1975

Global weather is cooling, say forecasters.
Cambodia gunboat diplomacy

Fri 16 May 1975

Reports that the US has sunk three Cambodian ships lead to tense diplomacy.
Arab-Israeli peace deal collapses, March 1975

Fri 28 Mar 1975

Arab-Israeli peace deal fails. King Faisal shot. Cambodia collapses.
Women's Lib, 1975

Fri 21 Mar 1975

Equal Rights amendment splits both Women's and Men's Lib factions.
Row over Cambodia aid

Fri 14 Mar 1975

Ford presses for further aid package to Cambodia.
US import restrictions, March 1975

Fri 7 Mar 1975

US import restrictions. Possible trade with Cuba.
Changing United Nations

Fri 27 Dec 1974

How the power balance at the UN is shifting to the Third World.
TV news coverage, 1974

Fri 29 Nov 1974

America's rolling TV news coverage, and why it makes for better democracy.
Boston busing crisis, 1974

Fri 18 Oct 1974

The violent protests against W Arthur Garrity Jr's forced busing in South Boston.
Gerald Ford, the new man in the White House, 1974

Fri 23 Aug 1974

New revelations about President Gerald Ford's past, are discussed by the press.
Nixon's resignation speech, August 1974

Fri 16 Aug 1974

Nixon's resignation speech. No apology from Nixon in resignation speech.
Nixon's resignation, 1974

Fri 9 Aug 1974

Nixon's political downfall and resignation on 9 August 1974.
San Francisco: Detroit of the Pacific?

Fri 7 Jun 1974

The crime, gang problems and skyscrapers spoiling San Francisco, and Patty Hearst.
Duke Ellington

Fri 31 May 1974

A profile of jazz musician Duke Ellington (1899-1974).
Corruption

Fri 10 May 1974

When lobbying goes too far, and degenerates into morally contemptible corruption.
Nixon's tax returns go public

Fri 14 Dec 1973

Nixon makes tax returns public after evasion claims.
Should Nixon resign?

Fri 9 Nov 1973

The Arab embargo on oil to the US, and what the polls show about Nixon's reputation.