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1989 Soviet-Chinese summit

Release Date: 02/17/1989

Description: The obsession with Gorbachev and the nonchalant attitude towards President Bush in the foreign press, and the 1989 Soviet-Chinese summit, as discussed by Alistair Cooke.

Explicit: No

Hurricanes 1992

Release Date: 08/28/1992

Description: Remembering his time aboard a ship travelling in extreme weather conditions from England to New York, Alistair Cooke anticipates the beginning of the 1992 hurricane season.

Explicit: No

President Bush and the 1990 national budget

Release Date: 10/19/1990

Description: President Bush and the Senate struggling to agree on a national budget, the workings of the federal system, and the 1990 Congressional elections, as detailed by Alistair Cooke.

Explicit: No

Space shuttle Endeavour

Release Date: 05/15/1992

Description: The latest mission of the space shuttle Endeavour, and what President Bush will have to do to improve his approval rating following the Gulf War, are discussed by Alistair Cooke.

Explicit: No

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: Alistair Cooke's Letter from America Rediscovered

Release Date: 08/21/2020

Authors: BBC Radio 4

Description: Highlights from lost recordings from the 1970 and 80s.

Explicit: No

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Bush Jr Years (2001- 2004)

Release Date: 08/22/2020

Authors: BBC Radio 4

Description: The 9/11 attacks, the war on terror and invasion of Iraq defined George W Bush’s first term. A fascinating social, cultural and political look at American life from Alistair Cooke

Explicit: No

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Bush Jr Years (2001- 2004)

Release Date: 05/28/2021

Description: The 9/11 attacks, the war on terror and invasion of Iraq defined George W Bush’s first term. A fascinating social, cultural and political look at American life from Alistair Cooke

Explicit: No

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Clinton Years (1993-1996)

Release Date: 08/22/2020

Authors: BBC Radio 4

Description: Bill Clinton’s first term encompassed controversies from the Israeli-Palestinian Oslo accords and gays in the military to the North American Free Trade Agreement and an attempt at healthcare reform. A fascinating social, cultural and political history of American life, through the words of British-American journalist and broadcaster, Alistair Cooke (1908 – 2004).

Explicit: No

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Reagan Years (1981-1988)

Release Date: 08/22/2020

Authors: BBC Radio 4

Description: Ronald Reagan’s presidency, from Reagonomics and the invasion of Grenada in his first term, to the Iran-contra scandal and reconciliation with Soviet leader Mihail Gorbachev in his second. A fascinating social, cultural and political history of American life, through the words of British-American journalist and broadcaster, Alistair Cooke (1908 – 2004).

Explicit: No

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Clinton Years (1997-2000)

Release Date: 08/22/2020

Authors: BBC Radio 4

Description: Bill Clinton’s second term was dominated at home by the Monica Lewinsky scandal and the attempt to impeach him, but there were major events abroad with the al-Qaeda attack on US embassies in east Africa and the war in Kosovo. A fascinating social, cultural and political history of American life, through the words of British-American journalist and broadcaster, Alistair Cooke (1908 – 2004).

Explicit: No

In Alistair Cooke's Footsteps

Release Date: 08/22/2020

Authors: BBC Radio 4

Description: Alvin Hall travels the USA revisiting the insights and observations of Alistair Cooke's Letter from America, on subjects as diverse as jazz, immigration and the American Dream

Explicit: No

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Early Years (1940s, 1950s and 1960s)

Release Date: 08/22/2020

Authors: BBC Radio 4

Description: The assassinations of John F Kennedy and Bobby Kennedy through to Vietnam and America’s shame at the My Lai massacre. A fascinating social, cultural and political history of American life, through the words of British-American journalist and broadcaster, Alistair Cooke (1908 – 2004).

Explicit: No

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: From Nixon to Carter (1969-1980)

Release Date: 08/22/2020

Authors: BBC Radio 4

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

Explicit: No

Kristie’s Immigration Story

Release Date: 08/20/2020

Authors: Kristie Lu

Description: This is the story of my mom’s immigration from Taiwan to America in 1989.

Explicit: No