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Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

Alistair Cooke’s weekly talks on American life, history and politics, as broadcast on ��˿�� Radio 4 from 1946 – 2004.

Radio 4,1471 episodes

Episodes

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Should Nixon resign?
The Arab embargo on oil to the US, and what the polls show about Nixon's reputation.
15 mins09 Nov 1973
Watergate investigators and Nixon
President Nixon's refusal to assist the Watergate investigators.
15 mins26 Oct 1973
The inauguration of Gerald Ford as Vice President, 1973
The transition of power to Gerald Ford after the resignation of Vice President Agnew.
15 mins19 Oct 1973
Nixon's Watergate speech, 1973
The polling that showed Nixon's speech on Watergate failed to persuade Americans.
15 mins25 Aug 1973
Watergate: Nixon's changing stories, 1973
Nixon's changing explanations of the events leading to Watergate.
15 mins26 May 1973
Sam Ervin and Watergate
How the tenacious lawyer Senator Sam Ervin of North Carolina challenged Nixon.
15 mins19 May 1973
Watergate reporting
The impact of the reporting of the Watergate scandal.
15 mins12 May 1973
Watergate hearings 1973
Can the Watergate hearings restore public trust in government?
15 mins05 May 1973
Roe v Wade
The US Supreme Court rules on abortion for all in Roe v Wade.
15 mins27 Jan 1973
President Truman (1884–1972)
An obituary of President Harry S Truman (1884–1972).
15 mins30 Dec 1972
Richard Nixon re-elected President, 1972
Why Americans chose Republican Richard Nixon on 7 November 1972.
15 mins11 Nov 1972
American reactions to Bloody Sunday, 1972
News of 'Deep interrogation' used by the British against the IRA shocks Americans.
15 mins05 Feb 1972
Taiwan and China
How the balance of power at the United Nations is changing, as Taiwan is forced out.
15 mins30 Oct 1971
Art Buchwald
The wit of Art Buchwald, a political satirist for the Washington Post.
15 mins18 Sep 1971
Louis Armstrong
A profile of trumpeter Louis Armstrong (1901-1971).
15 mins10 Jul 1971
Veteran's Day 1970
Why protests at Hunter College, New York, dishonour those who died for their country.
15 mins14 Nov 1970
The My Lai massacre revealed, 1969
The horrors of the massacre at My Lai in 1968, shatter the joy of Thanksgiving in 1969.
15 mins30 Nov 1969
Bobby Kennedy's assassination, 1968
Cooke's eyewitness account of the assassination of Bobby Kennedy (1925-1968).
15 mins09 Jun 1968
1000th letter - American reactions to Vietnam, 1968
The human tragedy of the Vietnam War and its impact on Americans.
15 mins24 Mar 1968
Christmas 1967
Senator Jacob Javits' parking fine, and a President Truman Christmas story.
15 mins24 Dec 1967
Honeymoon with President Johnson, 1966
How President Lyndon B Johnson had to make way for a honeymoon.
15 mins21 Aug 1966
The LA Watts riots, 1965
What caused the 1965 Los Angeles Watts riots and what do they say about America?
15 mins22 Aug 1965
Clay vs Liston Fight
The debacle of the Cassius Clay–Sonny Liston boxing prize and American sportsmanship.
15 mins30 May 1965
President Johnson's inauguration, 1965
President Lyndon B Johnson's inauguration, and a history of others.
15 mins17 Jan 1965
Assassination of J F Kennedy, 1963
The death of J F Kennedy (1917-1963), the first president of the television age.
15 mins24 Nov 1963
Big brains
How the new 'big brain' computer will change work and lives.
15 mins21 Jan 1962
500th letter
How the series Letter from America began in 1946, and how America has changed since.
15 mins08 Sep 1957
William Kapell (1922-1953)
A tribute to American pianist William Kappell, and music in America.
15 mins05 Nov 1953
Television in America, 1951
The early days of television in America, as reported by Alistair Cooke.
15 mins19 Jan 1951
Santa Fe
The legendary broadcaster recounts his first proper encounter with a native American.
15 mins12 Dec 1949

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