Firing Line Season 2 Episodes

Episode 1

Rhodesia, the UN, and Southern Africa

Thu, Jan 12, 1967

A debate on the role of the West in general and America in particular in post-colonial Africa. Specifically, how should we react to the Rhodesian government's Unilateral Declaration of Independence?

Episode 2

LBJ and the Intellectuals

Thu, Jan 12, 1967

Episode 3

Academic Freedom and Berkeley

Mon, Jan 16, 1967

Harold Taylor debates whether American universities exhibit bias in regards to faculty members with Communist predilections. The debate shifts to student activism and civil disobedience at Berkeley.

Episode 4

Presidential Politics

Mon, Jan 16, 1967

Episode 5

The Role of the Advocate

Thu, Jan 19, 1967

Attorney F. Lee Bailey opines on a series of juridical questions encompassing the utility of the Fifth Amendment; the recidivism of American penitentiaries, and the deliberative tendencies of impaneled juries. Interviewer William Buckley remarks that Bailey's views approximate the arguments of certain U.S. sociologists who provide creative excuses for wickedness.

Episode 6

The Future of the UN

Thu, Jan 19, 1967

Episode 7

Do the States Have a Chance?

Mon, Mar 6, 1967

Episode 8

LBJ and Vietnam

Tue, Mar 7, 1967

Senator Vance Hartke criticizes Lyndon B. Johnson's war policies and explains why American forces should withdraw from Vietnam. Hartke emphasizes the dissatisfaction of the South Vietnamese with the Saigon regime.

Episode 9

Politics and the Press

Tue, Mar 7, 1967

Episode 10

Black Power

Tue, Mar 7, 1967

Episode 11

Is There a Role for a Third Party?

Wed, Mar 8, 1967

Episode 12

U.S. Policy in Southeast Asia

Wed, Mar 8, 1967

Episode 13

Do We Have Anything Left to Fear from Socialism?

Thu, Mar 9, 1967

Episode 14

The World of LSD

Mon, Apr 10, 1967

Timothy Leary attempts to persuade interviewer Buckley to "turn on, tune in, drop out." In contrast to his hippie persona, Leary declares himself to be a conservative who despises public education and government overreach.

Episode 15

Censorship and the Production Code

Mon, Apr 10, 1967

Episode 16

The Regular in Politics

Mon, May 1, 1967

Episode 17

How to Protest

Mon, May 1, 1967

Buckley grapples with political scribe and film critic Dwight MacDonald on the Vietnam War, civil disobedience, anarchism, and income tax. MacDonald orchestrated a walk-out of Vice President Hubert Humphrey's speech on Mark Twain. In MacDonald's view, Humphrey was an apologist for the Vietnam War and the walk-out was an acceptable form of public censure.

Episode 18

The Liberals and LBJ

Mon, May 15, 1967

Episode 19

The Poverty Problem

Mon, May 15, 1967

Episode 20

Is Ramparts Magazine Un-American?

Mon, Jun 26, 1967

Episode 21

Vietnam Protests

Mon, Jun 26, 1967

Episode 22

The Mideast Crisis

Mon, Jun 26, 1967

Episode 23

The Decline of Anti-Communism

Thu, Jun 29, 1967

Episode 24

Is It Possible to Be a Good Governor?

Thu, Jul 6, 1967

Episode 25

Is the World Funny?

Fri, Jul 7, 1967

Episode 26

Vietnam

Sat, Jul 8, 1967

Robert Vaughn, star of The Man from U.N.C.L.E., expatiates upon his claim that no moral man can support the Vietnam War. He criticizes Kennedy's earlier support of the war and insists that Ho Chi Minh isn't a threat to the United States.

Episode 27

The Ghetto

Mon, Aug 28, 1967

Episode 28

Municipal Government

Mon, Aug 28, 1967

Episode 29

A Foreign Policy for the GOP

Mon, Sep 11, 1967

Episode 30

The Future of the GOP

Thu, Sep 14, 1967

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.

Episode 31

Vietnam and the GOP

Mon, Sep 25, 1967

Episode 32

Medicare

Mon, Sep 25, 1967

Episode 33

Is There a New God?

Fri, Oct 6, 1967

Episode 34

The English Conservatives

Fri, Oct 6, 1967

Episode 35

The Union in Modern Society

Sat, Oct 7, 1967

Episode 36

Is Socialism the Answer?

Sat, Oct 7, 1967

Episode 37

War Crimes

Mon, Nov 13, 1967

Episode 38

The Struggle for Democracy in Brazil

Mon, Nov 13, 1967

Episode 39

Do We Need Public Schools?

Mon, Dec 11, 1967

Episode 40

Mobilizing the Poor

Mon, Dec 11, 1967

Episode 41

Is There a Need for Intelligence?

Thu, Dec 14, 1967

Allen Welsh Dulles is interviewed on the subject of the CIA's unpopular reputation, as well as national security topics. This interview occurs six years after President John F. Kennedy dismissed him as the Director of Central Intelligence.

Episode 42

Was Goldwater a Mistake?

Thu, Dec 14, 1967

Senator Mark Hatfield suggests the United States must evolve towards a parliamentary system. Hatfield insists politicians should be delegates ever beholden to voters. Buckley argues they must function as Burkean trustees akin to John Adams.