Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Early Years (1940s, 1950s and 1960s)
BBC Radio 4The 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).
| Episodes | 13 | Founded | 12 years ago | Category | Society & Culture |
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Good historical podcast on the times in the United States prior to 1970. Since I was born afterwards it was interesting what was going on in America prior to the Kennedy assassination in 1968.
Podchaser43 years agoDavid Lau- More so now than ever
I have just found this and it has hit me like a ton of bricks. Cooke was beyond compare when I first heard him oh so many years ago and this brings it all back. Never, ever, have I heard anyone describe so perfectly that strange and magical place on the other side of the Atlantic. This should be required listening for everyone. Er, wow.
Apple Podcasts5McBaldrick
United Kingdom4 years ago - Letter to the Present
I grew up listening to Alastair Cooke’s Letters because my father enjoyed them, and for me, the accuracy and political significance of his material, certainly decades later, is hardly the point. more
Apple Podcasts5MarcrattueUnited Kingdom5 years ago - Excellent
Thank you BBC!
Apple Podcasts5Kent Parkstreet
Australia5 years ago - Insightful record of the lives of America
I grew up loving the voice of Alistair Cooke, I savour my revisits into this world.
Apple Podcasts5GreatifitworkedAustralia6 years ago - Letters
Here in 2017 the idea or task of writing letters may have fallen foul of technological highways. But people do still write. They call it blogging. Alistair Cooks letters are timeless. If only others did something similar.
Apple Podcasts5drtalbionAustralia7 years ago - Alistair.
Erudite, educated, light hearted, polite, intelligent, naive, well spoken, with a touch of over sentimentality, that he wouldn’t have used if reporting to his fellow Britians. more
Apple Podcasts4DKP1973United Kingdom10 years ago
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