Letter from America by theme
Discover the best of Letter from America broadcasts - from elections and presidents to movies and television.
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Presidents of the United States
Presidents – FDR, Truman, JFK, LBJ, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan.
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Lost Recordings 1970s
Nixon resignation, Patty Hearst, the death of Elvis and John Wayne.
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Lost Recordings 1980-1984
Reagan the Space Shuttle and The World Series.
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Lost Recordings 1985-1989
A Papal visit, a loans warning and the computer age.
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Alistair Cooke's scripts
See Cooke’s original scripts for Letter from America
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Race and the United States
From the civil rights movement through to affirmative action cases in the 1990s.
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Festivals, celebrations and commemorations
From Halloween to Columbus day, how Americans commemorate events.
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Nixon and Watergate
The story of Richard Nixon, from his re-election, through to his disgrace after Watergate.
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Significant moments in modern American history
History as it happened – from the Wall Street Crash to 9/11.
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United States: war and terror
America's involvement in wars in the 20th and early 21st centuries.
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The American view on the world
What shaped America’s view on world events.
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Music, movies and television in America
Television, American movie stars and great jazz musicians.
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American institutions explained
Courts and caucuses, political parties and primaries demystified.
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About Alistair Cooke
Interviews and programmes about Alistair Cooke.