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Firing Line

Season 2 1967

  • 1967-01-12T15:00:00Z on Syndication
  • 1h
  • 1d 2h (28 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
Firing Line was an American public affairs show founded and hosted by conservative William F. Buckley, Jr., founder and publisher of National Review magazine. Its 1,504 episodes over 33 years made Firing Line the longest-running public affairs show in television history with a single host. The erudite program, which featured many of the most prominent intellectuals and public figures in the United States, won an Emmy Award in 1969. Reflecting Buckley's talents and preferences, the exchange of views was almost always polite, and the guests were given time to answer questions at length, slowing the pace of the program. "The show was devoted to a leisurely examination of issues and ideas at an extremely high level", according to Jeff Greenfield, who frequently appeared as an examiner. John Kenneth Galbraith said of the program, "Firing Line is one of the rare occasions when you have a chance to correct the errors of the man who's interrogating you." The show might be compared in politeness and style of discourse to other national public interview shows, specifically those hosted by Charlie Rose or Terry Gross, but Buckley was clearly interested in debate. In a 1999 Salon.com article, The Weekly Standard editor William Kristol summarized Buckley's approach to the show: "Buckley really believes that in order to convince, you have to debate and not just preach, which of course means risking the possibility that someone will beat you in debate." Ended December 15, 1999

28 episodes

1967-01-12T15:00:00Z

2x02 LBJ and the Intellectuals

2x02 LBJ and the Intellectuals

  • 1967-01-12T15:00:00Z30m

2x03 Academic Freedom and Berkeley

  • 1967-01-16T15:00:00Z1h

We eventually get to Berkeley-where the Free Speech Movement and associated radicalisms had completely broken down academic discipline-but before that, we have a never-the-twain-shall-meet discussion of which views might and which might not, under the tenets of academic freedom, disqualify a scholar from being hired by a university.

2x04 Academic Freedom and Berkeley

  • 1967-01-16T15:00:00Z1h

We eventually get to Berkeley-where the Free Speech Movement and associated radicalisms had completely broken down academic discipline-but before that, we have a never-the-twain-shall-meet discussion of which views might and which might not, under the tenets of academic freedom, disqualify a scholar from being hired by a university.

1967-01-19T15:00:00Z

2x05 The Role of the Advocate

2x05 The Role of the Advocate

  • 1967-01-19T15:00:00Z1h

1967-01-19T15:00:00Z

2x06 The Future of the UN

2x06 The Future of the UN

  • 1967-01-19T15:00:00Z1h

1967-03-06T15:00:00Z

2x08 LBJ and Vietnam

2x08 LBJ and Vietnam

  • 1967-03-06T15:00:00Z1h

2x09 Politics and the President

  • 1967-03-07T15:00:00Z1h

1967-03-07T15:00:00Z

2x10 Black Power

2x10 Black Power

  • 1967-03-07T15:00:00Z1h

1967-04-10T15:00:00Z

2x14 The World of LSD

2x14 The World of LSD

  • 1967-04-10T15:00:00Z1h

1967-05-01T14:00:00Z

2x16 The Regular in Politics

2x16 The Regular in Politics

  • 1967-05-01T14:00:00Z1h

1967-05-01T14:00:00Z

2x17 How to Protest

2x17 How to Protest

  • 1967-05-01T14:00:00Z1h

1967-06-26T14:00:00Z

2x21 Vietnam Protests

2x21 Vietnam Protests

  • 1967-06-26T14:00:00Z30m

2x23 The Decline of Anti-Communism

  • 1967-06-29T14:00:00Z1h

1967-07-07T14:00:00Z

2x25 Is the World Funny?

2x25 Is the World Funny?

  • 1967-07-07T14:00:00Z1h

1967-07-08T14:00:00Z

2x26 Vietnam

2x26 Vietnam

  • 1967-07-08T14:00:00Z1h

2x29 A Foreign Policy for the GOP

  • 1967-09-11T14:00:00Z1h

1967-09-14T14:00:00Z

2x30 The Future of the GOP

2x30 The Future of the GOP

  • 1967-09-14T14:00:00Z30m

Richard Nixon assays his 1968 electoral prospects, the 1964 fragmentation of the Republican Party, the perceived failure of Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society program, and the looming threat of third party candidates such as George Wallace.

1967-09-25T14:00:00Z

2x32 Medicare

2x32 Medicare

  • 1967-09-25T14:00:00Z1h

1967-12-11T15:00:00Z

2x40 Mobilizing the Poor

2x40 Mobilizing the Poor

  • 1967-12-11T15:00:00Z1h

1967-12-14T15:00:00Z

2x42 Was Goldwater a Mistake?

2x42 Was Goldwater a Mistake?

  • 1967-12-14T15:00:00Z30m

Senator Mark Hatfield explains why he opposed Barry Goldwater's nomination in the 1964 Republican primary. He suggests the country evolve towards a parliamentary system and that politicians should be delegates ever beholden to voters.

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