Firing Line

Firing Line: The Idea of the Great Ideas
On the March 13, 1970, episode of Firing Line, WFB talks with Professor Mortimer Adler about the great ideas that should animate education and the effect of graduate schools on ...
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Firing Line: Higher Education Has Failed Democracy
On the April 15, 1987, episode of Firing Line, WFB interviews Allan Bloom about his book The Closing of the American Mind and the sad state of the American academy. Purchase ...

Firing Line: The Economic Lot of Minorities
On the November 12, 1981, episode of Firing Line, WFB interviews economic Thomas Sowell, who had taken a great deal of flak from the establishment for his dissection of clichés about ...

Firing Line: The World of LSD
On the April 10, 1967, episode of Firing Line, WFB interviews Dr. Timothy Leary about the use and effects of LSD, how it differs from opiates and alcohol, and what ...

Firing Line: The Armies of the Night
On the May 28, 1968, episode of Firing Line, WFB interviews author Norman Mailer about his latest book, The Armies of the Night. Purchase the full episode here.

Firing Line: What Have We Learned From the Failure of Socialism?
In the July 25, 1977, episode of Firing Line, WFB interviews Margaret Thatcher, two years before she became prime minister, on the state of democracy and the economy in Britain. Purchase ...

Are Liberal Vulnerabilities Now Apparent?
In the Sept. 16, 1992, episode of Firing Line, WFB interviews talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh. Purchase the full episode here.

Is Modern Architecture Disastrous?
In the Oct. 1, 1981, episode of Firing Line, WFB interviews author Tom Wolfe about the shibboleths of modern architecture. Purchase the full episode here.

Presidential Hopeful: Ronald Reagan
In the January 14, 1980, episode of Firing Line, WFB has a wide-ranging discussion with Ronald Reagan about Eastern Europe, the energy crisis, and unemployment. Purchase the full episode here.

The Rising Tide of Islam
In the March 16, 1979, episode of Firing Line, WFB discusses the precepts and beliefs of the Islamic world with professors P. J. Vatikiotis, Gabriel Warburg, and Gabriel Ben-Dor.Purchase the full ...