BBC Radio Podcasts from Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Early Years (1940s, 1950s and 1960s)
Bobby Kennedy's assassination, 1968
Cooke's eyewitness account of the assassination of Bobby Kennedy (1925-1968).
1000th letter - American reactions to Vietnam, 1968
The human tragedy of the Vietnam War and its impact on Americans.
Christmas 1967
Senator Jacob Javits' parking fine, and a President Truman Christmas story.
Honeymoon with President Johnson, 1966
How President Lyndon B Johnson had to make way for a honeymoon.
The LA Watts riots, 1965
What caused the 1965 Los Angeles Watts riots and what do they say about America?
Clay vs Liston Fight
The debacle of the Cassius Clay–Sonny Liston boxing prize and American sportsmanship.
President Johnson's inauguration, 1965
President Lyndon B Johnson's inauguration, and a history of others.
Assassination of J F Kennedy, 1963
The death of J F Kennedy (1917-1963), the first president of the television age.
Big brains
How the new 'big brain' computer will change work and lives.
500th letter
How the series Letter from America began in 1946, and how America has changed since.
William Kapell (1922-1953)
A tribute to American pianist William Kappell, and music in America.
Television in America, 1951
The early days of television in America, as reported by Alistair Cooke.
A fragment from 1947
The 80th Congress meets, and maintaining capitalism's 'last stand'.