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George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardMyrtle Beach Spring Break 2025 Shooting - The Full Press Conference (Special Edition)Send us a textOn April 26, 2025, a shooting occurred in Myrtle Beach S.C. on Ocean Boulevard in the city's downtown area. There were 11 people injured and one person, the alleged gunman, was killed by an officer of the Myrtle Beach Police Department. This podcast is produced in Myrtle Beach, and it just so happened that our host, Randal Wallace, was only one block away at an area restaurant when the shooting occured. Wallace was also a former city councilman in Myrtle Beach for 16 years, and just a year and a half ago, ran for t...2025-05-0243 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardEpisode 356 GEORGE H. W. BUSH 1992 The Changing of the Guard (Part 38) Election Night '92 (A)Send us a textIt is election Night 1992. We will be using the coverage I collected that night , mainly, from ABC News, but it will also feature segments from CNN, NBC, and CBS News. We saved some interesting interviews with political figures like South Carolina Governor Carroll Campbell, and Texas Governor Ann Richards, you will get insights from the leading reporters of the age such as David Brinkley, Peter Jennings, Jeff Greenfield, Cokie Roberts, Sam Donaldson, Lyn Sherr, Brit Hume, Chris Bury, Bernard Shaw, Judy Woodward, and countless other journalist who made up the best e...2025-04-281h 07George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardEpisode 354 GEORGE H. W. BUSH 1992 The Changing of the Guard (Part 36) The October Surprise (Guest Starring Ronald Reagan)Send us a textIn this episode I really want to give you the feeling that George H. W. Bush had finally turned the corner because that was what was really happening at the end of the 1992 campaign. After a tough primary challenge from a surprisingly strong Pat Buchanan, an upstart billionaire in Ross Perot jumping in who had a personal ax to grind with Bush going back many years, and then a formidable, charismatic, Southern Governor in Bill Clinton to face at the head of a resurgent Democratic Party, all combined with a struggling economy, George...2025-04-211h 00George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardSenator Alan Simpson, The Best Wit in the Senate (with dedications to My Aunt Kathy Wallace, Former SC State Rep Bubber Snow, and Big George Foreman) A TributeSend us a textIn this special edition episode of our podcast we take a look back at a very special man, former Senator Alan Simpson of Wyoming. He passed away in March at age 93. He had been the Senate Republican Whip under Bob Dole for a decade and together they made the institution work. Alan Simpson had one of the best wits in the Senate, or even all of Congress. He could make you laugh outload uproariously at times. He also never pulled any punches, whether it was holding the President of the opposing p...2025-04-031h 30George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardEpisode 349 GEORGE H. W. BUSH 1992 The Changing of the Guard (Part 31) On the trail with Ric Flair and George Bush (and later Gov Mike Huckabee)Send us a textThis might be the most fun episode we ever produced. As we look back at George H. W. Bush , Pro wrestling fan. With the help of Charleston Post and Courier articles written by their star reporter Mike Mooneyham, we will examine the Bush connection to the world of Professional wrestling and especially his fondness for wrestling's greatest athlete, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair. We will hear about Bush's friendship with promoter Paul Boesch, his lifelong connection to "Chief" Ed "Wahoo" McDaniel, and his later friendship with "The Big Cat" Ernie Ladd. W...2025-03-311h 09George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardFarewell and Welcome Backs (Part 6) Joe Biden's 52 year Career comes to a CloseSend us a textOn this final day of the administration of the 46th President of the United States, Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr, we will look back at his Life and Career, and his final week as President of the United States. It began in 1972, when our Host Randal Wallace, was only a year and a half old, and it would continue unabated for the next 52 years. A remarkable run for any political figure in either party. We start the episode with a phone call from President Richard Nixon on a tragic day in...2025-01-191h 45George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardON THE ROAD AGAIN - We are heading to Washington D.C. For the Inauguration of Donald Trump - A Housekeeping showSend us a textWe have an announcement. We are heading to Washington D.C. to cover the Inauguration of Donald Trump. Tune in to our Facebook Live videos on our "Randal Wallace Presents" podcast Facebook page and then we will have the show ready to go when we get back. Questions or comments at , Randalrgw1@aol.com , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcastsThanks for listening!!2025-01-1705 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardFarewells and Welcome Backs ( Special Series episode 3) Farewell to Jimmy Carter 39th President of the United StatesSend us a textThis is our tribute to the 39th President of the United States. This episode features highlights from the State Funeral last week of the former President , interspersed with segments of his life in his own words, or from the coverage of the day, with music from the State funeral in the background. This is truly the end of an era for our host Randal Wallace as Jimmy Carter has been a central figure in his political life from the very start. Wallace stood on the side of the road campaigning for t...2025-01-131h 47George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardHappy New Year 2025!!! A look back at an impactful year and forward into the FutureSend us a textHappy New Year 2025!!! What an amazing year 2024 was for us at this podcast. For 18 weeks we were the number 1 American History Podcast on Feedspot, and for just a little while we had our sister podcast "The Richard Nixon Experience" ranked at number 7 at the same time. We had two podcasts in the top 10. I am proud of that!!It was a year in which we said goodbye to a lot of legendary figures and in this episode we spend sometime looking back at their remarkable contributions to America and t...2024-12-311h 05
The Richard Nixon ExperienceThe RICHARD NIXON EXPERIENCE presents Angelo J. Lano , Field Agent throughout Watergate for the FBI (Part 3) Oral History interview for the Nixon LibrarySend us a textThis is the final episode in our look at the oral history of FBI Field Agent Angelo Lano. It covers the Saturday Night Massacre, his opinion of John Dean, and his thoughts on the reporting of the Washington Post's Woodward and Bernstein. It is a fascinating look into what the investigators thought of the case as it unfolded in front of them. On a side note, this is the type of broadcast we plan to run if we are renewed for a seventh season. Please let me know what you think...2024-12-111h 05George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardA Question for you about the future of the "Richard Nixon Experience" We want to hear from you!!Send us a textThis short housekeeping show will air on both of our podcasts because we want to hear from you. We are about to air an uninterupted oral history on The Richard Nixon Experience. We want to know if you would be interested in more episodes in this type of format and have us, at the Richard Nixon Experience, comeback for a seventh season. Just let us know by emailing me here on the website or at our website RandalWallace.Com or at my personal email address Randalrgw1@Aol.com We ar...2024-12-0205 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardA Housekeeping Show about issues with our timeline for the next few episodesSend us a textDue to the death of our legal advisor, James Wiles, here at "The Randal Wallace Presents" Podcast we were caught in a situation on August 1, 2024, that led to some episodes we had produced not being aired in the order they were supposed to be aired on. They are episodes that deal with General Norman Schwarzkopf. We will be airing these two shows next week and a special edition episode later today. In this brief episode we are just going to explain the situation and how these episodes will work out. We ar...2024-09-0505 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardA South Carolina Hall of Fame Special PresentationSend us a textWelcome to our look at the South Carolina Hall of Fame. Our host Randal Wallace is the current Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the South Carolina Hall of Fame. It is a title he is very proud to claim. He recently traveled to the Landmark Conference for the Confederation of Historical Societies in South Carolina held in Orangeburg S.C. at South Carolina State University. In that presentation Wallace talked about the South Carolina Hall of Fame and shared many of the segments from the hall to the folks w...2024-06-2552 minThe Richard Nixon ExperiencePhone Interview of Host Randal Wallace on Richard Nixon and Watergate, on the New York City Talk Show "The Alex Garret Podcast" ( Special Edition)Send us a textDuring our hiatus and just after the 50th anniversary of the Watergate break in we were invited to do an interview on the New York City based talk show podcast "The Alex Garret Show" where for the first time we were interviewed basically just on our podcast show. In it we discuss Richard Nixon , Watergate, how we put the show together, researching the material, our thoughts on the current state of politics, and what we have in store for our viewers over the next season or two as we cover the en...2024-04-2944 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardTHANK YOU!!! We are now Ranked Number 1 , by FEEDSPOT, As one of the 70 Best American History Podcasts of 2024!!! How About That!!Send us a textFeedspot released yesterday, February 26, 2024, our ranking at number 1 of the 70 Best American History Podcasts of 2024. https://podcasts.feedspot.com/american_history_podcasts/ Here is the ListWe are enormously proud to have been listed in that position and we thought we would have a little fun on our victory lap in this episode, but most importantly, we are enormously grateful to all of you who have tuned in for the past nearly four years and 12 Seasons. It has been an honor, and a pleasure to tell these stories and hav...2024-02-2706 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardGrand Strand Politics Show 9: The Weaponization of Justice, A History & an EndorsementSend us a textIn our final show to air before the South Carolina Presidential Primary election, our Host Randal Wallace , will discuss what he believes is the root cause of much of the division our country faces today. It is the criminalization of politics and the weaponization of Justice in America. It is the legacy of the worst and least qualified Attorney General to ever hold the position, Robert F. Kennedy, and it has morphed into a tragic way of administering Justice in this country that has left a legacy politically of extreme bitterness that may...2024-02-231h 02George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardThe 2024 South Carolina Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony - The Inductees: Rudy Mancke, Francis Salvador & Joe Frazier, (Part 2)Send us a textWelcome to the 2024 South Carolina Hall of Fame Induction ceremony in Myrtle Beach , South Carolina. In this episode , we have included some of the news coverage of the induction ceremony both before the event with an interview with SC Hall of Fame Chairman Randal Wallace (also the host of this podcast) and the coverage after the ceremony occured from the evening newscast on WBTW - TV 13, which is the local CBS affiliate. The episode includes the entire 2024 Induction Ceremony with acceptance addresses from Judge Alan Clemmons, SC Historical Society President Faye Je...2024-02-0856 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardThe Return of our George H. W. Bush Series (A Housekeeping update)Send us a textThis is a housekeeping show to let everyone know when the George Bush series will be returning to the podcast. It will also fill you in on what we have been doing and what else we have in store over the next few weeks. We hope you are enjoying the various new things and subjects we have been trying to cover. Please let us know what you think. Randal Questions or comments at , Randalrgw1@aol.com , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/Ple...2024-02-0704 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardThe 2024 South Carolina Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony - The Inductees: Rudy Mancke, Francis Salvador & Joe Frazier, with a Q&A with Joe Frazier Jr. (Part 1)Send us a textIn one of the true honors of our host Randal Wallace's career has been his appointment as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the South Carolina Hall of Fame. 2024 marks the first time Mr. Wallace would preside over the induction ceremony of honorees inducted into the South Carolina Hall of Fame. He decided that we would make a podcast covering the event. In this two part episode we look on at the 2024 Induction Ceremony honoring Francis Salvador, Rudy Manke and Joe Frazier. We begin by looking at the honorees and thei...2024-02-051h 01George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardIntroduction by Randal Wallace of our special series "MAYOR HIRSCH"Send us a textIn this episode we have a brief introduction by our Host Randal Wallace on Mayor Robert J. Hirsch and the circumstances that led to this special series on his life and career. Bob Hirsch was the Mayor of Myrtle Beach S.C. from 1973 to 1977, and then later served as a Myrtle Beach City Councilman from 1990 to 1994. He would also serve as a member of South Carolina Governor James Edward's staff running the Energy programs for the State and he has been a driving force as the Chairman, Chairman Emeritus, and a Board Me...2024-01-2206 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardA New Introduction to “Nixon and Watergate” for The Richard Nixon Experience 50th Anniversary Re-broadcast 2024Send us a textIn this new introduction to our podcast documentary series “Nixon and Watergate” we take you through the many exculpatory examples of events that are exposed over the next three seasons that the public was unaware of a half century ago. All of which points to one extraordinary fact, that Richard Nixon did not deserve to be forced out of the office he had earned. That there truly was a sinister force at work to remove one of the greatest political figures of the century from public office. We hope this e...2024-01-2155 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardHappy New Year !!! A look back at 2023 and a preview for 2024!!! THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!!Send us a textHAPPY NEW YEAR !!! THANK YOU FOR TUNING IN THIS PAST YEAR OF 2023 TOO!!In this episode, we look back at several people we have featured through the years who passed away during 2023. They included Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, former Congressman John Jenrette, Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, and Senator Dianne Feinstein of California. Sadly, Congressman Jenrette passed away just as we were completing our series on him and his eventful and often colorful career. We also lost two of my favorite en...2023-12-3152 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardSeason Eleven Wrap up and Thank You for Tuning in!!!Send us a textDear Friends, Thank you for tuning in to our podcast during 2023. It was a year that saw us delve into our most personal of podcasts to date, as we looked back at our friend former Congressman, John Jenrette, and his role on the national stage during the middle - late 1970s. We also examined the Presidencies of the two Presidents that came to office after the overthrow of Richard Nixon, as they were forced to try and keep the country stable in the most tumultuous of times, Gerald Ford and Jimmy C...2023-12-2904 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardHenry Kissinger , A Tribute to an Extraordinary 100 Years 1923 - 2023Send us a textHenry Kissinger, a giant of American History, and arguably the nations greatest diplomat died on November 29, 2023 at the age of 100. In this episode we look back at his extraordinary 100 years as he worked with Richard Nixon to bring peace to millions of people around the world and keep our nation safe here at home. His passing comes at an unusual moment as our rebroadcast of the Nixon Podcast Documentary is, in December, coming to the section that brings to a close the end of the Vietnam War. The bulk of th...2023-11-3056 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the Guard2023 Myrtle Beach City Council Race : ELECTION DAY on the TrailSend us a textIn our final full episode on the 2023 Myrtle Beach City Council Election special series we take you along on election day with a candidate in the race (who is also the host of our show) In it you will hear him talking to people, checking the poll numbers, (which as a candidate he is allowed to do) and talking with people as he goes from precinct to precinct on Election Day. We also take a look at the changing dynamics of our city, Myrtle Beach, as this election moves from an o...2023-11-131h 05George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardA Special Message to the Citizens of Myrtle Beach.....Send us a textDear Friends, As you may know I am a candidate tomorrow for the Myrtle Beach City Council. I am asking for and hoping you will vote for me in that election if you live in Myrtle Beach. I have recorded this special message for you and with it my hope to return to the city council and continue to work on your behalf to insure our city remains the great, family, working class beach it has been for over 80 years. We are a wonderful place that is why we ar...2023-11-0705 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the Guard2023 Myrtle Beach City Council NAACP Debate from the Mary C. Canty Recreation CenterSend us a textThis episode allows you to listen in on the only debate of the campaign with the candidates answering questions and interacting on stage. There were some fireworks between a couple of candidates. One candidate , Stuart Behar, was not able to attend due to a medical procedure but he would attend the event in our next episode. The participants in the debate, hosted by the NAACP and Micky James, were : Kenya Hennigan, Mike Chestnut, Debbie Conner, John Krajc, Bill McClure, Myra Starnes, and Randal Wallace. Boundless Insights...2023-11-051h 40George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the Guard2023 Myrtle Beach Race for Council : Randal Wallace For Council, Public Safety 2017 plan, and our address to the Horry County Republican Women's ClubSend us a textIn this episode we listen as Randal Wallace discusses some of the plans that were cut short in 2017 when he was not re-elected. How he had hoped they would be continued but were not after he departed and how he thinks they are still things that could help with issues the city continues to wrestle with here in 2023.Then we can listen in on the speech he gave to the Horry County Republican Women’s Club at Magnolia’s Restaurant in Myrtle Beach. It is an address that lays out his idea...2023-11-0346 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the Guard2023 Myrtle Beach Race for Council : Randal Wallace For Council, an interview with Reese BoydSend us a textOur first episode of the podcast on the Myrtle Beach City Council campaign of 2023 features our Host Randal Wallace's speech to the Forrest Dunes Home Owners Association and that is followed by his appearance on " Morning Coffee with Reese Boyd" a local Radio show that airs each Saturday Morning. The Radio show is also available as a podcast on Apple I-tunes. You can learn more about the Randal Wallace for Myrtle Beach City Council Campaign at www.RandalforCouncil.com Boundless Insights - with Aviva KlompasIn depth analysis of wh...2023-11-0238 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardMyrtle Beach City Council 2023 Election Series PreviewSend us a textWelcome to our special podcast series all week looking back at the the past two months of events leading up to the Myrtle Beach City Council Election. In this episode we will briefly introduce you to the eight city council candidates that have stepped up to the plate to make a difference here in our little corner of the World. They are :Kenya HenniganStuart BeharMike Chestnut (Incumbent)Debbie Conner John Krajc (Incumbent)Bill McClureMyra Starnesand our host Randal Wal...2023-11-0128 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardEpisode 228 The LEADERSHIP of GEORGE BUSH ( Part 4) The Campaign of 1980 (part A The Primary)Send us a textGeorge Bush was an asterisk in the polls. He was up against several of the top brass of the Republican Party in America when he announced his run for President in 1980. He was facing Howard Stassen, Representative Phil Crane, Senator Bob Dole, Senator Howard Baker, Governor John Connally, Representative John Anderson and former California Governor Ronald Reagan. There was literally no one who thought he had any chance in that crowd at all. On the other side of the political aisle was a race that was stealing all the attention from t...2023-10-051h 09George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardSeason 10 wrap up, thank you, and a few announcements of things to comeSend us a textThank you, Thank you!! From all of us at the Randal Wallace Presents Podcast where we hit 25,000 Downloads during our tenth season looking back at Congressman John Jenrette and former President Jimmy Carter. We appreciate it more than we can say. We are also planning on mixing some new features to our show during season eleven. We are planning some special interviews, covering three elections over the next six months, The Myrtle Beach City Council Election, a council our host once served on, and the two Presidential Primaries coming to South Ca...2023-09-0105 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardWe would like to ask a favor - from the folks at the Randal Wallace Presents History PodcastSend us a textWe would like to ask you for a favor, from all of us here at the "Randal Wallace Presents" History Podcast . Thank you too!! Questions or comments at , Randalrgw1@aol.com , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcastsThanks for listening!!2023-07-1602 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardEpisode 209 JOHN JENRETTE OUR CONGRESSMAN and JIMMY CARTER too (Part 19) AFTER ABSCAM : Later Life and the History of the SC Congressional District 6/1/7Send us a textThis episode for our Host Randal Wallace may be the most fun of any we have done. It tells the story of the life of the Congressional District and region of South Carolina that was the 6th District of South Carolina. It opens after ABSCAM has ended John Jenrette's career and everyone involved is moving on from the scandal. The District was represented by John Napier for a single term, then by a Florence , South Carolina Democrat named Robin Tallon for a number of years. But after the 1990 census the f...2023-07-101h 26George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardEpisode 208 JOHN JENRETTE OUR CONGRESSMAN and JIMMY CARTER too (Part 18) Ode to RITA...Rita JenretteSend us a textThis episode is a special profile of the great survivor of the collapse of the career of John Jenrette. It is the story of his ex-wife Rita Jenrette. She has led a life no novelist would have dared to create. She was married to a charismatic Congressman who self destructed in front of the country, posed in Playboy Magazine, wrote a tell all book, became a B-Movie actress, then a tabloid reporter for "A Current Affair", then got her Real Estate and commodities license and had an enormously successful career in New...2023-07-051h 25George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardEpisode 205 JOHN JENRETTE OUR CONGRESSMAN and JIMMY CARTER too (Part 15) The Case and the Election against John JenretteSend us a textIn this episode, we will lay out the case made by the government against Congressman John Jenrette. We will also go through the differences between this one case and literally all the other cases involved in the scandal known as ABSCAM. We will also examine the daunting task John Jenrette faced as all of this unfolded as he was indicted and tried during an election year. An election year that would see him having to run in both a primary election and a general election against a formidable Republican candidate, who h...2023-06-1952 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardA couple of announcements about a classic cooking an outdoors website, our own website, and our new sister podcastSend us a textWe had a couple of announcements and a couple of websites to direct you in this brief housekeeping episode.1. Thanks to the interest in our show " How to cook a pot of Chicken Bog", we have discovered that the legendary "Southern Sportsman" Franc White still has a website up that is run by his two daughters. YOU CAN STILL GET HIS COOKBOOKS. So I went out and bought two more. So we thought we would send you over to their site if you had an interest. You will never regret it. 2023-05-1704 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardLucy, Desi, John Jenrette and a Pousse-Cafe , from the Black Thai in Myrtle Beach (with mixology experts Hamilton Vereen and Keith Jacobs)Send us a textIn this special edition we take a break from the history of politics to enjoy the history of entertainment from the golden age of television. Here we look back at two of the giants of television, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. The couple who invented the way America watches comedy, from the the three camera filming, to the saving of the show on film, to be preserved for generations, to always being thoughtful for the folks who are off camera or, even the folks working in the bar. Which brings us...2023-05-1630 minThe Richard Nixon ExperienceBad News, GOOD NEWS, Here is what is going on with this new podcastSend us a textThe Bad News, we have cancelled "The Randal Wallace Show" , which is a big disappointment for me personally. I had hoped to feature some interesting interviews on our new show however it proved to be difficult to get the guests we had hoped to have on the show. We also had not seen the numbers we had hoped to lead off with in order to remain on the air. We still plan to have interviews from time to time and will post some of those in special segments on our History Do...2023-05-0105 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardHow to make a batch of Chicken Bog (Special Culinary Edition) with Outdoorsman Chef Brad Daniels, and special guest Thad ViersSend us a textIf you have not noticed in our first two episodes, and in the next, we have a character that is almost as big a star in our 10th season as John Jenrette or Jimmy Carter. It is a low country South Carolina dish famously known as Chicken Bog. If you watch campaign rallies on C-Span or make it to the Democratic Party's Galivants Ferry Stump or the Republican Party's Horry County Stampede you will see it in abundance on the plates of every candidate and every audience member. It is a staple of eve...2023-04-3032 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardRandal Wallace, The New Chairman of the South Carolina Hall of FameSend us a textOn April, 14, 2023 , I was asked to speak , briefly, to the Confederation of Local Historical Societies in my new role as Chairman of the South Carolina Hall of Fame. I only spoke for a few minutes just to introduce myself and inform them of our three inductees this year in 2023. They are Francis Salvador, the first Jewish American casualty in the fight for American Independence, Rudy Mancke the contemporary inductee and the Naturalist for SCETV, and "Smoking" Joe Frazier , the former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion. I thought it might be fu...2023-04-1729 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardEpisode 185 GERALD FORD The Accidental President, ( Part 10 ) Campaign 1976 Reagan and Carter ( Mini Series show A )Send us a textCampaign 1976!!! It is one of the most interesting Presidential elections in all of American History. It is also the gateway to the end of one era, that of the Vietnam - Watergate years and the start of the Reagan Era. It is a Presidential Campaign that early on featured figures from the battles of the 1960's and 1970s, from George Wallace to Hubert Humphrey and George McGovern, to the men who would dominate the next era of American History in Gerald Ford, Bob Dole, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. It will fe...2023-03-291h 10George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardThe Randal Wallace Show Podcast Preview!! (It is up Now wherever you get your Podcasts)Send us a textOur New Sister Podcast, The Randal Wallace Show is up now and you can find it wherever you get your podcast. So please tune in and we hope you will stick around for a lot of good conversation and some shows covering current events too!! https://www.buzzsprout.com/1532626 The Randal Wallace Show Link Questions or comments at , Randalrgw1@aol.com , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcastsThanks for listening!!2023-02-1202 minThe Richard Nixon ExperienceEpisode 1: A Tour of Washington DC and the Fight for Speaker of the House (Part 1)Send us a textExclusive first episode of our new sister podcast "The Randal Wallace Show" This is the first of three episodes we will release this week on our site to introduce the show. In it we will take you on a tour of Washington D.C. during the first week of January as we were in Washington to celebrate and witness the swearing in ceremony for the 118th Congress and the new South Carolina Congressman Russell Fry. Things did not go as planned. Instead we got to witness the...2023-02-081h 08The Richard Nixon ExperienceThe Randal Wallace Show PreviewSend us a textWelcome to the Randal Wallace Show, the sister Podcast to our history podcast on Leadership titled "Randal Wallace Presents" formerly known as "Bridging the Political Gap" , This program centers on conversations about the biggest issues of the day. We plan to have some great guests to discuss a wide range of issues and topics from politics, to history, to entertainment, Journalism, and even some occasional history. We also plan to take a look at the current events that we are dealing with today. We hope to figure out a few lessons we...2023-02-0802 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardThe Randal Wallace Show : The Speaker's Fight Part 3 Finally Elected ( Exclusive Special Edition)Send us a textIn part three of "The Randal Wallace Show" we bring you the conclusion of the fight for the Speakership of United States House of Representatives. In this episode, we see the negotiations begin to finally bring the debate to a close. Representative Kevin McCarthy gives in to several of the requests of the conservative wing of the Party. But just when you think a deal has been done Representative Matt Goetz throws' a monkey-wrench into the works. That leads to one of the most dramatic things seen in politics on the Ho...2023-02-051h 03George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardThe Randal Wallace Show : The Speaker's Fight Part 2 (Exclusive Special Edition)Send us a textIn part two of our introductory podcast series for "The Randal Wallace Show" we let the leading news outlets of the day cover the fight for the Speakership of the 118th Congress. You will get to sit through all the twists and turns of the middle days of the open rebellion of conservative firebrand congressmen who tried to block Representative Kevin McCarthy from becoming the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. You will hear the speeches from the floor and listen in on the coverage of the maneuverings behind t...2023-02-031h 06George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardThe Very First "RANDAL WALLACE SHOW" Podcast (Exclusive Special Edition) Part 1Send us a textExclusive first episode of our new sister podcast "The Randal Wallace Show" This is the first of three episodes we will release this week on our site to introduce the show. In it we will take you on a tour of Washington D.C. during the first week of January as we were in Washington to celebrate and witness the swearing in ceremony for the 118th Congress and the new South Carolina Congressman Russell Fry. Things did not go as planned. Instead we got to witness the lon...2023-02-011h 10George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardGerald Ford : The Accidental President PreviewSend us a textComing on February 20, 2023, The "Randal Wallace Presents Podcast" begins our 9th season with a very special look back at Gerald R. Ford, 38th President of the United States. He was the only man in the history of the Presidency that was never elected to either the Presidency nor the Vice Presidency. He was the Accidental President. Over 14 episodes we'll look back at his time in office that has proven to have been a time of enormous consequence. He was more than just a caretaker President. He restored people's trust in gove...2023-01-3007 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardThe Federalist Society WATERGATE Symposium ( Bonus Edition ) Part 4Send us a textWelcome to The Revealing Documents from the Watergate Prosecutions featuring :• Prof. Stephen Saltzburg, Wallace and Beverley Woodbury University Professor of Law; Co-director of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Program, The George Washington University Law School• Geoff Shepard, Author of The Nixon Conspiracy (2021) and The Real Watergate Scandal (2015)• Hon. Laurence Silberman, United States Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit• Moderator: Hon. Paul S. Diamond, United States District Judge, Eastern District of PennsylvaniaIf you would like to watch t...2023-01-2655 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardThe Federalist Society WATERGATE Symposium ( Bonus Edition ) Part 3Send us a textWelcome to The Revealing Documents from the Watergate Prosecutions featuring :• Prof. Stephen Saltzburg, Wallace and Beverley Woodbury University Professor of Law; Co-director of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Program, The George Washington University Law School• Geoff Shepard, Author of The Nixon Conspiracy (2021) and The Real Watergate Scandal (2015)• Hon. Laurence Silberman, United States Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit• Moderator: Hon. Paul S. Diamond, United States District Judge, Eastern District of PennsylvaniaIf you would like to watch the...2023-01-2544 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardThe Federalist Society WATERGATE Symposium ( Bonus Edition ) Part 2Send us a textFYI: There is a 30 second break between what was a 10 minute break, please stay tuned in Welcome to The Revealing Documents from the Watergate Prosecutions featuring :• Prof. Stephen Saltzburg, Wallace and Beverley Woodbury University Professor of Law; Co-director of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Program, The George Washington University Law School• Geoff Shepard, Author of The Nixon Conspiracy (2021) and The Real Watergate Scandal (2015)• Hon. Laurence Silberman, United States Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit• Moderator: Hon. Paul S. Dia...2023-01-2450 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardThe Federalist Society WATERGATE Symposium ( Bonus Edition ) Part 1Send us a textWelcome to The Revealing Documents from the Watergate Prosecutions featuring :• Prof. Stephen Saltzburg, Wallace and Beverley Woodbury University Professor of Law; Co-director of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Program, The George Washington University Law School• Geoff Shepard, Author of The Nixon Conspiracy (2021) and The Real Watergate Scandal (2015)• Hon. Laurence Silberman, United States Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit• Moderator: Hon. Paul S. Diamond, United States District Judge, Eastern District of PennsylvaniaIf you would like to watch the entire...2023-01-2354 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardHAPPY NEW YEAR 2023!!! A Look Back , A Thank You, and a look at our Coming Attractions: The Randal Wallace Show, Gerald Ford, John Jenrette, and George H. W. BushSend us a textDear Listeners,I cannot say thank you enough. You have taken our little history podcast to an entirely new an unexpected level. We grew over leaps and bounds this year in our second year on the air. We have had nearly 14,000 downloads and have had them from 79 countries. There is no way for us to express our gratitude and say thank you enough. We hope you have gotten something out of each and every episode. We have already put together several episodes for next year. Including a great collection o...2022-12-3141 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardEpisode 175 Final Thoughts on Richard Nixon by our Host Randal Wallace. (Special Editorial Edition)Send us a textThis episode is one of final thoughts on Richard Nixon. Our thoughts cover a number of areas. We start with the shameful treatment he received from the national news media and how they have actively worked to keep the public in the dark on the facts of Watergate. This was a problem both when it occurred and even today as an enormous amount of easily verifiable documentation has come to light that has exposed misconduct across the board by just about every entity involved in the Watergate story. We will...2022-12-291h 33George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardEpisode 168 RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1974 The Fall (Part 18) The Last DaySend us a textThis episode covers the last day of the administration of Richard Nixon. It begins with the arrogant Special Prosecutors as they reminisce about their plans to figure out a way to get Richard Nixon indicted knowing they had him at his weakest moment. Host Randal Wallace will discuss the fairness of that attempt, the stealing of the President's records and tapes even as he was having them packed to be shipped to San Clemente, and several other of the indignities thrust on him as his power slipped away on that August day. 2022-12-081h 33George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardEpisode 163 RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1974 The Fall ( Part 13 ) A Court, A Vote, and a Smoking GunSend us a textFinally, the United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee cast its vote on the Articles of Impeachment. It is an emotional vote for the congressmen who were thrust into history and totally unprepared for the experience. They did their best they felt, and cast the vote they had to cast. It was strangely an unemotional moment for the President himself. Richard Nixon, worn out by two years of public assault, had prepared himself for the moment, and ever since his talk with Governor George Wallace had felt the vote was coming and...2022-11-291h 03George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardEpisode 162 RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1974 The Fall ( Part 12 ) The Public Debate on the Impeachment of Richard NixonSend us a textThis episode opens with President Richard Nixon's March 1974 visit to the Grand Ole Opry. Nixon was there to open the brand new Opry House on its first night after moving from downtown Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. It is a symbol of the one section of the country that never wavered, as President Nixon's problems mounted. In the South, we don't cut and run, especially when it is a President that stood strong during war time as this President had done. Unfortunately, the public support was not translating to the Judiciary Committee's three in...2022-11-271h 02George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardThe Post - Debate Show with highlights, analysis, and setting the record straight from the Debate a Half Century in the Making: Wine Banks vs Shepard (SPECIAL EVENT)Send us a textI told you it was a barn burner of a debate didn't I, and it lived up to the billing!! Now if you have not seen it here is the link: https://www.c-span.org/video/?521064-5/washington-journal-jill-wine-banks-geoff-shepard-discuss-watergate-50th-anniversaryIn this episode we go through many of the exchanges and provide you with the facts of the case.We will go back through:- Who hired G. Gordon Liddy to run the campaign intelligence plan- The Bombshell phone call b...2022-10-1353 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardThe Pre-Debate Special Event Show for Wine Banks vs Shepard , The Debate A Half Century in the Making (SPECIAL EVENT)Send us a textWELCOME TO OUR FIRST EVER SPECIAL EVENT!!!!!We are so excited to put this event together to kick off the final season of our look back at, not only Watergate, but at our five season look back at the most controversial period in American History, the Vietnam War Era . This episode is an attempt to introduce you to the two historic figures, Jill Wine Banks and Geoff Shepard, who will face off on the episode of The Washington Journal from C-Span. The link to the debate is here2022-10-1325 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardThe Jill Wine Banks vs Geoff Shepard Debate Nixon and Watergate Special Event PreviewSend us a textGet Ready for an event like no other in the past half century. Finally Richard Nixon will get his day. It is a podcast event that we guarantee you will change everything you thought you knew about Richard Nixon and the Watergate Scandal. As Finally, The Special Prosecutors, Jill Wine Banks, have to face the Nixon Defense team, Geoff Shepard, on live television. We will go over all of it here on "Randal Wallace Presents: Nixon and Watergate" October 12, 2022 at 8 pm Pre- Debate, and 10 pm Post Debate shows, wit...2022-10-0903 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardEpisode 145 RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1974 Through the Fire (Part 20) The House Impeachment Inquiry BeginsSend us a textThe House Judiciary Committee is about to take center stage. In February 1974, the House votes to start the inquiry on Impeachment in ernest. They assign the task to the House Judiciary Committee under its new Chairman Peter Rodino, a little known New Jersey Democrat from Jersey City. He had assumed the position out of seniority after Elizabeth Holtzman's upset victory had unseated Chairman Emanuel Celler, who had served 50 years in the House and was a friend and supporter of President Nixon. Most of the committee was made up of lesser...2022-09-2953 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardEpisode 144 RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1974 Through the Fire (Part 19) President Richard Nixon's February 25, 1974 Press Conference (Special Edition)Send us a textAn energy crisis, inflation crisis, problems in the Middle East & with Russia and a growing scandal. Sounds like headlines from today doesn't it?Over the years there have been countless stories of the out of control Nixon. That as the pressure mounted President Nixon was not in control of his mental faculties nor his Administration. One such fanciful claim has been repeated about Richard Nixon's decision making during the Yom Kippur War, a full 5 months prior to the events in this episode. However, the documentation backs none of that...2022-09-2745 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardEpisode 143 RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1974 Through the Fire (Part 18) Deep Throat and L. Patrick Gray the truly innocent man of WatergateSend us a textArguably, the most famous story of Watergate, save Richard Nixon's resignation itself, is that of the famous Washington Post secret source, My Friend, Mr. X, or better known thanks to the movie and book "All the President's Men" as Deep Throat. He turned out to be the number 2 man at the FBI, W. Mark Felt. Felt denied it for decades even though he was among the list of suspects and he only came forward due to his family pushing him for what appears to be a payday long after Felt himself was c...2022-09-251h 23George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardEpisode 140: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1974 Through the Fire (Part 15) The Calls in Question 2, April - May 1973 (Special Tape Series 4)Send us a textThis is our fourth episode looking back on the calls and meetings of April and May of 1973. It is the heart of the Prosecution case against our 37th President. When you listen to these calls , in there entirety, not just snippets, or fragments but all of them. You cannot help but come away realizing just how weak the case against the President and his upper staff really was. It was a case totally dependent on the testimony and words of one man, John Dean, the White House Counsel. All trails, a...2022-09-181h 36George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardEpisode 139: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE: 1974 Through the Fire ( Part 14 ) The Calls in question 1, April 1973 (Special Tape Series 3)Send us a textIn our third special tapes series episode we look at various meetings and calls between the President and his staff. Some of these tapes have been spun to make the President look as bad as possible by liberal historians, Special Prosecutors, and liberal media personalities. However, when you listen to these tapes in there entirety I would argue they paint an entirely different picture for anyone listening with an open mind. So we are sharing these conversations as we did the two earlier meetings in there entirety, or as close to...2022-09-161h 23George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardEpisode 138 RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1974 Through the Fire ( Part 13 ) Recounting The Cancer on the Presidency Conversation , a meeting on April 26, 1973 (Special Tape Series 2 )Send us a textThe second in our tape series is another meeting held on April 26, 1973 between the President, Richard Nixon, and his then Chief of Staff Bob Haldeman. In it they try and reconstruct what was discussed in the earlier meeting between themselves and John Dean. The You Tube page "I Tape You Bored" describes this meeting this way "A conversation between Nixon and his top aide which might deserve the overused tag of "meta". John Dean has now defected, and is helping the prosecutors; the discussion here centers on the...2022-09-141h 36George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardEpisode 136 : RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1974 Through the Fire (Part 11) The Sinister Force Strikes Chuck ColsonSend us a text"Charles W. Colson, the Republican political operative who boasted that he would “walk over my own grandmother” to ensure the reelection of President Richard M. Nixon and went on to found a worldwide prison fellowship ministry after his conversion to evangelical Christianity, .......Mr. Colson’s reputation as a “dirty tricks artist” overshadowed his achievements as a darkly brilliant political strategist. He helped lay the groundwork for the Nixon landslide of November 1972 by appealing to disgruntled Democrats and blue-collar minority voters.A self-described “hatchet man” for Nixon, Mr. Colson compiled the n...2022-09-081h 08George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardEpisode 135 : RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1974 Through the Fire (Part 10) The Sinister Force DividedSend us a textIt's February of 1974 and the Special Prosecutor's Office, the Sinister Force of Watergate, has gone to work to lay down their indictments of those accused of orchestrating the cover up of the Watergate burglary. But they also have fanned out into other areas of interest and zeroed in on targets for no other reason than for the effective leadership they have provided for the President they loathed. Here you will listen in as a Grand Juror talks about the reaction of his fellow Grand Jurors to being told they could n...2022-09-0648 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardEpisode 134: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE , 1974 Through the Fire ( Part 9 ) Things aren't always what they seemSend us a textThis episode begins with a simple statement that says it all about the Watergate Scandal from Nixon Speech Writer Ray Price "We screwed up so badly because we really never knew what we were being accused of"And that was by design. In this episode we look at the radicalization of Leon Jaworski, made largely possible by a tape of President Nixon giving advice to Bob Haldeman and John Dean on how to answer questions in a way that would not allow them to be charged with perjury...2022-09-011h 03George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the Guard"But is it fair?" ( Archibald Cox, the Foundation, and the Dean Defense) Special EditionSend us a textIn this special edition we lay the foundation for much of the story to come. At various times we will be listening in on history and truly examining the tapes of the Richard Nixon Administration. We will be focusing on the time period in which the most question has been raised about President Nixon's personal involvement in the cover up of the Watergate burglary. After his "Cancer on the Presidency" conversation with John Dean and subsequent conversations into late May of 1973. We have made this special edition in order to e...2022-08-301h 15George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardEpisode 133: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE, 1974 Through the Fire ( Part 8 ) The Players, who are these people and how did they get there ? ( Part C )Send us a textIn our third episode in our look at the various people whose oral histories we will be focusing on during our next two seasons of shows, we leave behind the events of October 1973, and look back on who these people are, and how they got to be players in the Watergate Scandal. This episode will concentrate on five people, Henry Ruth, Jill Wine Banks, Richard Ben Veniste , Alexander Haig and Ray Price. Three of them are Special Prosecutors and two worked for President Nixon. One other person who worked for P...2022-08-281h 13George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardEpisode 132: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE , 1974 Through the Fire (Part 7 ) The Special Prosecutors, the Sinister Force of Watergate ( Part B )Send us a textIn this second episode re-chronicling the Saturday Night Massacre a very disturbing picture will begin to emerge about the Watergate Special Prosecutor's office. You will begin to see a pattern of behaviour where paranoia, arrogance, and an overall belief in the correctness of their cause emerges. That latter shows itself in decisions that get made where they themselves are willing to take matters into their own hands, without even consulting the very person who is supposed to be in charge of their office. Listen as they proudly discuss removing evidence f...2022-08-2534 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardEpisode 131: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE. 1974 Through the Fire ( Part 6) Introducing the Players and reliving the Saturday Night Massacre (Part A )Send us a text In this episode we are going to step back to October of 1973. The singular event that changes everything in Watergate was the Saturday Night Massacre. When we originally told the story we did so from the overall perspective of the Nixon White House and the news media that covered it. We travel back in this episode and let you hear the story from the oral histories of the members of the Special Prosecutor's office whose boss was fired. It is, we thought, the best way to introduce you to several p...2022-08-241h 08George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardEpisode 130 : RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE, 1974 Through the Fire ( Part 5 ) January and The State of the UnionSend us a textIt is January 1974, and the nation is all a buzz over two missing conversations and an 18 and a half minute gap on subpoenaed tapes from the White House. Judge Sirica has demanded that the tapes all be turned over to him. It is a no win scenario for the White House and for the first time they are losing the public relations war. The gap would be one of the enduring mysteries of Watergate.Years later a couple of investigators would attempt to resolve the mystery of "who done it?" w...2022-08-221h 03George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardEpisode 129 : RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE, 1974 Through the Fire (Part 4) Geoff Shepard's presentation of Fact Exhibit B (The Judge and the Special Prosecutors)Send us a textThis is our second episode where we listen to lectures from Geoff Shepard that deals directly with two of the most important, and frankly, sinister factors that led to the downfall of Richard Nixon. Judge John Sirica, often portrayed as the hero of Watergate, was in fact a known attention seeker with one of the worst records of any Judge on the D.C. Court. He was famous for disregarding the rights of defendants. It is combination of these weaknesses and his desire to play the hero, all fed to h...2022-08-181h 04George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardEpisode 128 : RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE: 1974 Through the Fire ( Part 3) Geoff Shepard's presentation of fact Exhibit A (Theories, Kennedy and John Dean)Send us a textIn this first of two episodes, we have culled several important points on the case that Geoff Shepard has laid out in his three books from several lectures he has made that are available on the internet and at his site. The links to which are below. This episode centers on various theories of Watergate that have been out there for a number of years, the role of Senator Ted Kennedy and his various staffers, and finally a focus on the role of former White House Counsel to the President, Joh...2022-08-1551 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardIntroduction of Season 7 " RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE , 1974 Through the Fire"Send us a textTHE TRUTH HAS FINALLY COME HOME!!Season 7 Richard Nixon and Watergate, 1974 Through the Fire will take you from the start of the New Year in 1974 through the March 1, 1974 indictments against the defendants in the Watergate Case. One of the 19 people named as an unindicted Co-Conspirator was President Richard Nixon. This is the story of how the President was named, how the defendants were indicted, and the ways those decisions were made. Using oral histories and newly released documents made available to us from the National Archives and organized i...2022-08-0916 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardMAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT : We have a new name " Randal Wallace Presents : NIXON AND WATERGATE "Send us a textFor Immediate release: We here at the Podcast " Bridging the Political Gap" are proud to announce the changing of our name from " Bridging the Political Gap" to " Randal Wallace Presents" with each season being the name of our moniker. As we begin Season 7 , " Richard Nixon and Watergate 1974: Through the Fire" we thought it the perfect time to announce the new name, unveil the new cover art, and move forward with a name more suitable to the given subject matter we are covering at any given moment. We h...2022-08-0705 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardPhone Interview of Host Randal Wallace on Richard Nixon and Watergate, on the New York City Talk Show "The Alex Garret Podcast" ( Special Edition)Send us a textDuring our hiatus and just after the 50th anniversary of the Watergate break in we were invited to do an interview on the New York City based talk show podcast "The Alex Garret Show" where for the first time we were interviewed basically just on our podcast show. In it we discuss Richard Nixon , Watergate, how we put the show together, researching the material, our thoughts on the current state of politics, and what we have in store for our viewers over the next season or two as we cover th...2022-08-0445 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardStrom Thurmond : A Life in Full , Preview of our Special 3 part SeriesSend us a textSenator Strom Thurmond was a symbol of the Old South and an icon of the New South. Coming at the end of this month, on July 25, 28, and 31st, is a three part special look back at Strom Thurmond's life in full. A giant of South Carolina history his impact through out the southern United States cannot be overstated, especially in South Carolina. His legacy, however, is dominated by his early career and his two decade stance fighting civil rights. But he served from 1928 until his retirement in January 2003 at age 100. I...2022-07-0307 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardOur Host Randal Wallace's 2017 appearance on "City Council Chronicles with Michael Karlik" (Special Edition)Send us a textIn this special edition of Bridging the Political Gap we travel back in time to our host's time as a city councilman in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Prior to his last election in 2017, Mr. Wallace did an interview for the podcast City Council Chronicles. It was the first and only experience at that point Mr. Wallace had had with podcasting and he enjoyed the show a lot. So now that he hosts our podcast on American History and learning ways to bring the country together from studying the World War 2 Ge...2022-07-0134 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardEpisode 103: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE: 1973 Enemies at the Gate (Part 3) The Press is the Enemy 2Send us a textIn this our third episode of RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE, we have our second part of a look at the journalists who covered Watergate in 1973 and 1974. Most of them were truly awful, but not all. In this episode you will hear from journalists, like Dan Rather and David Brinkley, who show a stunning lack of self awareness, in one case especially where the person actually says they could not stand Richard Nixon and had no respect for him but "I never attacked him on the air, and I always treated him...2022-05-1945 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardA Trip Down Memory Lane (Bonus Edition) The Randal Wallace for Congress 2012 campaign, various speeches and interviews a decade later....Send us a textIt was 10 years ago that we ran for Congress in South Carolina. At that time we campaigned on three crisis's we felt the nation needed to address. A Jobs crisis, a debt crisis, and a crisis of spirit in the nation. For a little while our campaign shocked the South Carolina establishment and we were doing well despite money issues, and a lack of establishment support from either the business community nor the Republican Party hierarchy in the District. But the race was not to be and as the money poured in for...2022-05-0155 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardOur Host, Randal Wallace, on the Exceptional Conservative with Ken McClinton during the 2012 7th District of South Carolina Congressional primary campaignSend us a textThe basis of the this podcast when we started it were stories about the relationships of the World War 2 Generation of leaders. The stories of the original podcast episodes were from my book "Always Vote Your Conscience, Don't take it personally and Don't fight the same old battles over and over again". That book was originally going to be a policy book of ideas from my 2012 campaign for the United States Congress South Carolina District 7 seat that I lost, now amazingly a decade ago. Time sure flies. The eventual winner of the s...2022-04-2856 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardORRIN HATCH A Giant of the Senate ( Special Tribute Edition )Send us a textSenator Orrin Hatch died on April 23, 2022 at the age of 88. He had just retired in 2019. He was a true giant in the history of the United States Senate and in History. He passed more pieces of legislation than any Senator living at the time of death. He reached across the aisle regularly and found workable solutions to problems even while being one of the Senate's most conservative members and he often did those things with Senator Edward Kennedy, no less, one if not the most liberal members of the U.S. Senate. 2022-04-2539 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardA Thank You, a Request, and WatergateSend us a textDear Listeners,I want to take a moment to say a simple thank you for tuning in to our show. This season "Richard Nixon: 1972 The Foundation of Peace" saw our little Podcast recognized as one of the 60 Best American History Podcasts of 2022 by Feedspot.com . We are enormously proud of that designation and very grateful to all of you for making that happen. https://blog.feedspot.com/american_history_podcasts/We also hope that you will stay tuned in and enjoy our look at Watergate, it wi...2022-04-2010 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardEpisode 82: RICHARD NIXON 1972 The Foundation of Peace (Part 12) The PeakSend us a textPresident Richard Nixon's Address to the nation and to a joint session of Congress on June 1, 1972, would mark the arguable high point of his amazing political career. Fresh off two successful summits, first in Peking, China and then in Moscow, in the Soviet Union. President Nixon was poised to change the chess board of the world in 1972. It was an incredible moment when all seemed with in his grasp, that he would be bringing peace to the world and marking his place as one of America's greatest Presidents. You will he...2022-03-011h 19George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardEpisode 80: RICHARD NIXON 1972 The Foundation of Peace (Part 10) The Democratic Primary, Vietnam and a farewell to J. Edgar HooverSend us a textAfter President Richard Nixon returned from China he would have to catch up on all he missed as the Democratic Party began its campaign to challenge him in earnest. It would be a race that would feature one of the great come from nowhere candidates in all of American history, South Dakota Senator George McGovern. He would be up against Senator Edmund Muskie, the presumed frontrunner, former Vice President Hubert Humphrey the 1968 nominee, an Alabama Governor George Wallace who had run for President as an independent in 1968. McGovern had two thi...2022-02-251h 19George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardHAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! 2022, A Look back at our first year of 2021 and forward to next yearSend us a textHAPPY NEW YEAR 2022!!!In this episode we look back at 2021, a year of success here at "Bridging the Political Gap" and a year of sad farewells as we said good by to so many inspirational figures in our life from former Senator Bob Dole, to former Secretary of State George Shultz , to Former Senator John Warner, to the Mayor I served with through most of my time as a Myrtle Beach City Councilman, John Rhodes, and an Horry County pioneer who served as the first woman from Horry County to sit i...2021-12-3113 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardUp With America with Tom Herron with guest Randal Wallace , Host of Bridging the Political Gap (Special Edition)Send us a textOur Host Randal Wallace appeared on the Radio show "Up With America with Tom Heron" in November of 2021 and the segment is here. This interview stresses the importance of history in learning how to deal with today's divisions in our land. We hope you enjoy the interview. Questions or comments at , Randalrgw1@aol.com , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcastsThanks for listening!!2021-12-2516 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardBOB DOLE : A Tribute (Part 6) To the Stars through Difficulties, Two Historic Days in Washington D.C.Send us a textTo the stars through difficulties, the motto of the state of Kansas and a theme for the life of Bob Dole. In this final episode in our week long tribute to Senator Bob Dole we look back on two historic days in which the Senator laid in state in the rotunda of the Capitol of the United States of America. Here you will hear the President of the United States, Joseph R. Biden, speak about Dole's enormous impact on the nation and of their nearly 50 year friendship. You will...2021-12-171h 27George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardEpisode 50 UPHEAVAL!! ( Part 9 ) 1968 The Transition, taking it all in, & Looking back at LyndonSend us a textIn our 50th, and final episode of our third season, we watch the winding down of the Lyndon Johnson Administration. It is truly an end to an era, as few men have ever dominated the public stage as Lyndon Johnson did our country for over two decades, even before he wound up in the White House. Joe Califano, an aid to President Johnson, is correct when he says the United States today is more a reflection of the hopes and dreams of President Lyndon Johnson than of any other President. I...2021-10-071h 00George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardEpisode 46: UPHEAVAL (Part 6) 1968 The Chennault Affair 3, The LBJ Calls 1Send us a textThis is not as complicated as it looks, but we start with these two episodes to have a subset of a subset of our series on 1968. These are a collection of phone calls, in their entirety of President Lyndon Johnson talking to the three Presidential candidates, Richard Nixon, Hubert Humphrey and George Wallace, Republican Leader Everett Dirksen, Democratic Senator Richard Russell, and cabinet members Dean Rusk and Clark Clifford. In it you will hear Lyndon Johnson talking to people with different goals in mind. He is sending messages to others through...2021-09-201h 23George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardThe Importance of Organ Donation: The story of my brother Keith Wallace (Special Edition)Send us a textOn August 1, 2012, My brother Keith Wallace collapsed after he had a brain aneurysm burst in Manning S. C. He died on August 2, 2012. In Memory of him on this the 9th anniversary, I thought we would rebroadcast the ABC News "Carolina This Week with Tim McGinnis" show from 2013 in which I discussed his situation and the importance of organ donation. Thousands of people desperately wait on lists for kidneys, hearts, livers, lungs, and other needed life giving organs. Keith lives on because he signed up as an organ donor and af...2021-08-0321 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardEpisode 35: The Johnson Treatment (Part 4) Selma, Alabama and the Voter Rights Act of 1965Send us a textIf President Lyndon B. Johnson has a real claim to greatness it is for his work to pass the Voter's Rights Act of 1965. It was the act that guaranteed every citizen in this country the right to vote. It came after a horrifying Sunday in the Alabama town of Selma. It was there that a contingent of Alabama State Troopers attacked a group of protesters as they marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. The entire country watched it all on television, including the President.Lyndon Johnson had just passed a Civil R...2021-07-251h 09George H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardEpisode 31: A Eulogy for a Dog (A very Special Farewell to a member of our team, Cooper Wallace)Send us a textWhile we were in production for season 3 we lost a very special and important part of our production team, my dog Cooper. He was 11 years old and was a special member of my family. The two of us have weathered some very significant storms together and it warranted a special send off. Cooper's cancer diagnosis came as a surprise and he lived a brief four weeks after the major surgery to remove his spleen and two tumors, which were all together as big as a softball. If greatness is measured in im...2021-07-1518 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardSpecial Edition: This Week with Tim McGinnis, Interview with Randal Wallace, Host of Bridging The Political Gap an author of "Always Vote Your Conscience"Send us a textIn this special edition of "Bridging the Political Gap" , our host Randal Wallace sat down earlier in the month (June 2021) with This week with Tim McGinnis, a current South Carolina State House Member and former television anchorman for WPDE TV-15, the local ABC affiliate here in Myrtle Beach. Tim McGinnis is also the owner of "The Famous Toastery" in Carolina Forrest. Tim McGinnis now hosts a weekly radio broadcast on WTKM 94.5 Radio in Myrtle Beach - Murrells Inlet S.C. , that airs at 10 am on Saturday mornings. This interview is t...2021-06-2515 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardMemorial Day Special Edition: Randal Wallace's 2012 Speech to the Memorial Day Gathering in Myrtle Beach S.C.Send us a textOne of the truly most heartfelt and memorable things I was able to do as an elected official and candidate for Congress was speak at this event honoring those who had lost their lives in Military Service in 2012. This speech was very special to me because it involves three people I admired tremendously. I was able to talk about my political hero Bob Dole, My Great Uncle J.B. Crowley (two heroic World War 2 veterans) and I shared the stage that day with my friend and the Mayor I served with o...2021-05-3117 minGeorge H.W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the GuardEpisode 24 : Interviews with Randal Wallace, the host of "Bridging the Political Gap" an author of "Always Vote Your Conscience" , RandalWallace.com , & former City Councilman of the City of Myrtle Beach S.C.Send us a textIn December of 2019, our Host Randal Wallace published his first book, "Always Vote Your Conscience, don't take it personally and don't fight the same old battles over and over again". Just as he was going out to do book promotions the Covid- 19 Pandemic hit the United States and everything was cancelled.It was then that he put together and started this podcast "Bridging the Political Gap" on Buzzsprout . As the pandemic is beginning to fade into history we thought we would re-share several of the interviews from Mr. Wallace's book promotions wh...2021-05-2445 min