Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Reagan Years (1981-1988)
BBC Radio 4
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).
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1988 presidential primaries
Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Reagan Years (1981-1988)
03/11/88 • 13 min
The 1988 presidential primaries are underway, the Democrats are ambivalent about their contenders, and California aims to curb developers in Orange County.
Hotels for the homeless
Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Reagan Years (1981-1988)
08/22/86 • 14 min
New York mayor to look at suggestion to house the city's homeless in empty hotel rooms.
This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 650 Letter From America programmes from 1973 to 1989. It was restored by the BBC in 2014.
US bombing of Libya, 1986
Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Reagan Years (1981-1988)
04/25/86 • 13 min
Alistair Cooke on the aftermath of the US air raid on Libya of 15th April 1986, and the demands of pianist Vladimir Horowitz during his first visit to the USSR.
Gangsters in Chicago
Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Reagan Years (1981-1988)
10/05/84 • 13 min
Alistair Cooke looks at mafia involvement in alcohol during prohibition, cattle during World War II and in the heroin trade, as an international ring of gangsters is arrested.
Yakima Canutt, 1986
Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Reagan Years (1981-1988)
05/30/86 • 14 min
Loans warning on economy, January 1986
Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Reagan Years (1981-1988)
01/24/86 • 14 min
Limousine envy, 1985
Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Reagan Years (1981-1988)
10/25/85 • 13 min
Yellowstone National Park, 1988
Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Reagan Years (1981-1988)
09/09/88 • 14 min
Nancy Reagan's astrologer, 1988
Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Reagan Years (1981-1988)
05/27/88 • 13 min
A surfeit of scandal
Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Reagan Years (1981-1988)
07/03/87 • 14 min
The James Bond-style story emerging from the Iran-Contra hearings may be too much to believe.
This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 650 Letter From America programmes from 1973 to 1989. It was restored by the BBC in 2014.
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Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Reagan Years (1981-1988) currently has 390 episodes available.
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The episode title 'Nancy Reagan's astrologer, 1988' is the most popular.
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The average episode length on Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Reagan Years (1981-1988) is 14 minutes.
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Episodes of Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Reagan Years (1981-1988) are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Reagan Years (1981-1988)?
The first episode of Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Reagan Years (1981-1988) was released on Jan 2, 1981.
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