Tax exiles, July 1975
Noel Coward, Sean Connery, Tony Jacklin - why stars of stage, screen and sport have to become tax exiles. And how golfer Tom Watson avoided being struck by lightning.This archive edition of Letter fro...
24 Sep 14min
Patty Hearst arrest, 1975
Patty Hearst arrest. Media speculation about Hearst. Assassination attempts on President Ford by Squeaky Fromme and Sara Moore.This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two li...
24 Sep 14min
Women's Lib, 1975
Equal Rights amendment to the US constitution causes splits in both women's and men's liberation groups.This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between th...
24 Sep 14min
Nixon's resignation speech, August 1974
Disgraced President Nixon resigns. His resignation speech does not contain any sort of apology for his misconduct.This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who ...
24 Sep 14min
Carter Playboy interview, September 1976
Carter Playboy interview. Public reaction to Carter's 'adultery in my heart' admission.This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labe...
24 Sep 14min
The 1970s
1970s America rediscovered through lost recordings of Letter from America, on the 10th anniversary of legendary journalist Alistair Cooke's death. Paddy O'Connell and guests including historian Domini...
30 Mar 20141h 57min
Soviets need soap, December 1989
Give the Communist masses what they really want - a delivery of consumerism.This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 6...
8 Des 198914min
Yellowstone National Park, 1988
Too strange to be believed, the natural phenomena that prompted the founding of the US national parks.This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them...
9 Sep 198814min
