The Clinton Years (1993-1996) Podcast
Alistair Cooke on Bill Clinton鈥檚 first term. The Israeli-Palestinian Oslo accords, gays in the military, the North American Free Trade Agreement and attempted healthcare reform.
Bill Clinton鈥檚 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 鈥� 2004).
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Single issue groups
Fri 24 May 1996
President Clinton's stance on gay marriage and the power of single issue groups.
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Diplomacy and the Star Wars defence program
Fri 10 May 1996
The Star Wars defence program and the response to overseas elections.
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The South Florida University bomb
Fri 19 Apr 1996
America's anti-terror legislation and the South Florida University bomb.
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Euthanasia and the terminally ill
Fri 5 Apr 1996
Should the terminally be helped to die, and the trials of doctors who have done so.
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The first Letter from America 1946
Fri 22 Mar 1996
Alistair Cooke re-presents his first American Letter.
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Churchill's Soviet warning and the Chinese threat
Fri 8 Mar 1996
Winston Churchill's predictions and the threat of communist China.
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Pat Buchanan and divisions with the Republican Party
Fri 23 Feb 1996
Middle America and Presidential candidate Pat Buchanan
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The US tax system
Fri 16 Feb 1996
A look at various democracies around the world, and the US tax system.
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Great American frauds
Fri 9 Feb 1996
The frauds of Phineas T Barnum, Hershel Geguzin and Ruldolph Walter Wanderone.
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Clinton's State Of The Union address
Fri 26 Jan 1996
Bill Clinton's 1996 State of the Union address.
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Hilary Clinton, Eleanor Roosevelt and Abigail Smith
Fri 19 Jan 1996
A comparison of prominent first ladies.
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Government services and the budget bill
Fri 5 Jan 1996
A halt on government services and no resolution to the budget bill.
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Christmas 1995
Fri 29 Dec 1995
The joys of absolute silence, as experienced during a Christmas in Vermont.
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School prayers
Fri 22 Dec 1995
What makes a good government, and should prayers be read in American public schools?
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US troops enter Bosnia, 1995
Fri 15 Dec 1995
Does the power to declare war lie with Congress or, as many assume, with the President?
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James Reston (1909-1995)
Fri 8 Dec 1995
A tribute to the respected political columnist James Reston.
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Church and state
Fri 1 Dec 1995
The freedom of speech within the school classroom, and the separation of Church and state.
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Bosnia and the Dayton Agreement
Fri 24 Nov 1995
The US role in the Bosnian peace treaty of signed in Dayton in November 1995.
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1995 Shutdown of the federal government
Fri 17 Nov 1995
The United States debt crisis and the shutdown of the federal government in 1995.
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General Colin Powell
Fri 10 Nov 1995
How broad is the public appeal of Colin Powell, and could he be a presidential candidate?
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Quebec and French relations
Fri 3 Nov 1995
A brief history of Quebec and the American and Canadian relationship with France.
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Arafat visits New York
Fri 27 Oct 1995
Details of Yasser Arafat's speech at the 1995 meeting of the UN in New York City.
Why do Americans love their flag?
How The Stars and Stripes became an emotional symbol of a nation.
