The Clinton Years (1997-2000) Podcast
Alistair Cooke on Bill Clinton鈥檚 second term including Monica Lewinsky scandal, the attempt to impeach him, the al-Qaeda attack on US embassies in east Africa and war in Kosovo.
Bill Clinton鈥檚 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 鈥� 2004).
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The Art and Curse of Television
Fri 9 Apr 1999
Alistair Cooke reflects on TV war reports since the abolition of front-line censorship.
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In the Hot Seat
Fri 2 Apr 1999
In the aftermath of a NATO airstrike, Alistair Cooke reflects on the tactics of war.
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Doves, Hawks, Owls and the People
Fri 26 Mar 1999
Alistair Cooke considers the power held by Alan Greenspan over the economic market plunge.
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Wholesale Flouting of the Law
Fri 19 Mar 1999
Alistair Cooke considers how US Presidents keep flouting the War Powers Resolution.
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A Natural Gentleman
Fri 12 Mar 1999
Alistair Cooke pays tribute to the placid, talented, baseball player Joe DiMaggio.
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Played for a Sucker
Fri 5 Mar 1999
After revelations about the CIA in Iraq, Alistair Cooke ask; who watches the watchmen?
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The Pursuit of Self-Determination
Fri 26 Feb 1999
Alistair Cooke explores how President Woodrow Wilson helped redmap Europe after WWI.
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Our Long Holiday from History is Over
Fri 19 Feb 1999
The political fallout of Clinton鈥檚 impeachment trial is explored by Alistair Cooke.
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It ain't Over, Till it's Over
Fri 12 Feb 1999
Alistair Cooke reflects on President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial.
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Dot Dot Dash Dash, Over and Out
Fri 5 Feb 1999
To commemorate the last wireless telegraph, Alistair Cooke remembers some Morse code.
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The Moral Pillar and the Moral Contortionist
Fri 29 Jan 1999
Alistair Cooke reflects on the ethical dilemmas that arise when the Pope visits the USA.
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Striving for a More Perfect Union
Fri 22 Jan 1999
Alistair Cooke reflects on the celebration of Rev. Martin Luther King Day.
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The US Senate trial of Bill Clinton, 1999
Fri 15 Jan 1999
Alistair Cooke reports on the US Senate trial of President Bill Clinton.
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Illuminating Events with Unpredictable Results
Fri 8 Jan 1999
In light of Clinton's impeachment trial Alistair Cooke recalls the only other of its kind.
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America, 1998
New Year's Day 1999
Alistair Cooke reflects on some of the more memorable moments of 1998.
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Decline in US personal savings
Christmas Day 1998
The differing opinions of economists on the drop in personal savings to below zero.
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Operation Desert Fox begins
Fri 18 Dec 1998
As the UN is refused access to weapons sites in Iraq, Operation Desert Fox begins.
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Clinton impeachment hearing
Fri 11 Dec 1998
A discussion of the likely outcome of the hearing to decide on Clinton's impeachment.
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Thanksgiving 1998
Fri 4 Dec 1998
The history and traditions of Thanksgiving and the opposition to the celebration in 1998.
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Saddam's nuclear arsenal
Fri 27 Nov 1998
A discussion on America's possible reaction to Saddam Hussein's nuclear stockpile.
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Some memorable letters from America
Fri 20 Nov 1998
Alistair Cooke recalls some of his most memorable talks from the last 52 years.
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Hurricane Mitch devastates Honduras and Nicaragua
Fri 13 Nov 1998
Hurricane Mitch strikes Honduras and Nicaragua and why trivial news can be so distracting.
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Democrat victory 1998 midterms
Fri 6 Nov 1998
The Democrats make historical gains in the 1998 midterms and Clinton's confidence returns.
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Congressional midterms 1998
Fri 30 Oct 1998
Have Republican attempts to use the Lewinsky scandal against Clinton to have backfired?
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John Glenn returns to Space
Fri 23 Oct 1998
Remembering the televised spectacle of John Glenn, the first American to orbit the earth.
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Separated by Language
Fri 16 Oct 1998
Jerome Weidman, America's first 'street-smart novelist' and peculiarities of US English.
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Presidential infidelities impeachment
Fri 9 Oct 1998
The modest history of presidential infidelity and how the impeachment process works.
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The President's economic problems
Fri 2 Oct 1998
Asian economic problems spread to Brazil; the limits of the president's economic power.
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George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Fri 25 Sep 1998
The life and music of George Gershwin and a post-Soviet boom in Russian immigration to NY.
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George Wallace
Fri 18 Sep 1998
George Wallace,(1919 - 1998) Governor of Alabama and reformed segregationist, remembered.
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