Firing Line Season 9 Episodes

Episode 1

The Future of the GOP

Sun, Jan 6, 1974

Former Attorney General Elliot Richardson and host William F. Buckley discuss how Watergate and the Nixon Administration's economic policies may effect the Party's chances in the 1974 elections.

Episode 2

Revisionist Historians

Sun, Jan 27, 1974

Former Secretary of State Dean Rusk discusses the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations with William F. Buckley.

Episode 12

The Question of Rhodesia

Sun, Apr 28, 1974

Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith talks about his country's racial policies and the lack of diplomatic recognition by other nations.

Episode 13

The Republican Party and Mr. Nixon

Fri, May 3, 1974

How will Republicans fare in the 1974 elections? Their chances are assessed by George Bush, chairman of the Republican National Committee, and host William F. Buckley Jr.

Episode 14

Justice and the Fifth Amendment

Sun, May 12, 1974

William F. Buckley debates attorney Edward Bennett Williams: should the Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination be repealed as it impedes American justice?

Episode 15

Where Do We Go from Here in the Middle East?

Sun, May 19, 1974

Dr. Fayez Sayegh, a United Nations delegate from the country of Kuwait, discusses oil and tensions in the Middle East with host William F. Buckley.

Episode 21

The Limits of Journalistic Investigation

Tue, Jul 9, 1974

Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward discuss the Watergate investigation and their own doubts regarding certain investigative decisions. A debate ensues regarding their contact with grand jurors to glean more details about the Watergate case.

Episode 22

Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward

Sun, Jul 14, 1974

Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, whose Watergate coverage earned them a Pulitzer Prize, discuss their investigative style of journalism.

Episode 23

Dr. William Shockley

Sun, Jul 21, 1974

Sterilization of persons with IQs less than 100 is one of the controversial proposals voiced by Dr. William Shockley, a Nobel Prize-winner in physics. Dr. Shockley defends his views on genetics and his linking of race and intelligence.

Episode 24

Public Medicine?

Sun, Aug 4, 197460 mins

Episode 29

The Political Responsibility of Artists

Sun, Aug 25, 1974

The political responsibility of artists in today's society is measured by literary critic Hugh Kenner, author of "The Pound Era."

Episode 31

The Nixon Experience and American Conservatism

Sun, Sep 15, 1974

Episode 33

Chile and the CIA

Sun, Sep 29, 1974

Episode 41

Democratic Culture

Sun, Dec 1, 1974

William F. Buckley's guest is writer/professor Leslie Fiedler. Fiedler's essay "Love and Death in the American Novel" has become recognized as both highly controversial and profoundly influential in the worlds of literary criticism and academia. The discussion opens by debating the question of whether American culture is too much wrapped up in itself.