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BOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereAn Interview with our Host Randal Wallace on the show "Tripp and Graham Have Issues" (Special Edition)Send a textI had the honor of appearing on the show "Tripp and Graham have Issues" this past week. It is a new podcast in Myrtle Beach. I was thrilled to do it and we talked pretty extensively on the history of our show and the entire Wallace Podcast Network (WPN). We hope you enjoy this special edition. Here is the write up from their podcast and we encourage you tune into their show too. Here is their link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2590218/episodes/18782174Tripp and Graham uncover the issues of...
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Grand Strand PoliticsFEBRUARY 2026 : A Preview for across The Wallace Podcast Network (WPN) An exciting month of podcastsSend a textFebruary 2026 on the Wallace Podcast Network — One Month. Three Podcasts. A Shared Journey Through History.This February, all three shows across the Wallace Podcast Network come together for a powerful month of storytelling that connects world history with hometown legacy.On Grand Strand Politics, we revisit our acclaimed January 2024 special series, “Robert Hirsch: Our Mayor.” This special rebroadcast honors Mayor Robert Hirsch — a World War II pilot who flew soldiers over enemy lines before returning home to help guide Myrtle Beach through a defining era of growth a...
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The Richard Nixon ExperienceFEBRUARY 2026 : A Preview for across The Wallace Podcast Network (WPN) An exciting month of podcastsSend a textFebruary 2026 on the Wallace Podcast Network — One Month. Three Podcasts. A Shared Journey Through History.This February, all three shows across the Wallace Podcast Network come together for a powerful month of storytelling that connects world history with hometown legacy.On Grand Strand Politics, we revisit our acclaimed January 2024 special series, “Robert Hirsch: Our Mayor.” This special rebroadcast honors Mayor Robert Hirsch — a World War II pilot who flew soldiers over enemy lines before returning home to help guide Myrtle Beach through a defining era of growth a...
2026-01-3109 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereFEBRUARY 2026 : A Preview for across The Wallace Podcast Network (WPN) An exciting month of podcastsSend a textFebruary 2026 on the Wallace Podcast Network — One Month. Three Podcasts. A Shared Journey Through History.This February, all three shows across the Wallace Podcast Network come together for a powerful month of storytelling that connects world history with hometown legacy.On Grand Strand Politics, we revisit our acclaimed January 2024 special series, “Robert Hirsch: Our Mayor.” This special rebroadcast honors Mayor Robert Hirsch — a World War II pilot who flew soldiers over enemy lines before returning home to help guide Myrtle Beach through a defining era of growth a...
2026-01-3109 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereAll 3 Books previewSend a textHere is a little bit about our coming book projects: 16 Leadership Lessons From the Cold WarBy Randal WallaceWhat does it really take to lead in moments when history is on the line?Drawing on five years of research from The Randal Wallace Presents Podcast, 16 Leadership Lessons From the Cold War distills timeless leadership principles from the men and women who shaped the American Century. From President Herbert Hoover through leaders like Robert Dole—and countless senators, diplomats, and public servants in...
2026-01-0906 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereEpisode 419 (Part 17) Politicians turned Novelists: JIMMY CARTER, MARILYN QUAYLE, NEWT GINGRICH, BILL CLINTON and JAMES PATTERSON, Plus Our Host RANDAL WALLACE with some News of our own (Season Finale)Send a textIn this landmark season finale, The Great American Authors brings its sweeping literary and political journey to a powerful close by spotlighting a remarkable group of leaders who turned to fiction to tell their stories — Jimmy Carter, Marilyn Quayle, Newt Gingrich, Bill Clinton, and James Patterson — and by sharing major news from our own host, Randal Wallace.We begin with President Jimmy Carter’s The Hornet’s Nest, a deeply researched historical novel that reflects Carter’s lifelong devotion to moral complexity, faith, and the human...
2026-01-081h 19BOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereHAPPY NEW YEAR 2026!!! (B) Exciting news, three books and two podcast seasons!!Send a textHAPPY NEW YEAR 2026!!!Last year ws a year of extremes but overall we saw our show expand to include a new local broadcast and we completed several projects we hope to bring you in this coming year of 2026. Please join us here for another exciting year at "Randal Wallace Presents" , "The Richard Nixon Experience" and " Grand Strand Politics" Here is what is on tap for next years: BOB DOLE — A Three-Season Audio Documentary SeriesTwo Upcoming InstallmentsSeason Two
2025-12-3145 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereA tribute to my Aunt Margie Wallace and Uncle Kenneth Huggins both of Hartsville S.C. , and dedications to several local people in our home community of Myrtle Beach S.C. (Special Edition)Send a textIn this episode our host honors two of his family members who passed away in recent times. Aunt Margie Wallace - My Aunt was a substitute teacher in Darlington County for two decades after finishing a 30 year career at the sewing plant there. She was known to all the students there as "Grandma" and they turned out to her funeral in mass. She was a delightful, thoughtful lady and it is an honor for our show to remember her with this broadcast. Uncle Kenneth Huggins - My Uncle worked at th...
2025-11-2727 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereVICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY, 1941 - 2025 : A TributeSend a textLast week, former Vice President Dick Cheney passed away, he was 84 years old. There has been no more powerful a figure in the history of politics in the modern era. He transformed the Vice Presidency into a power center all its own. In this episode, we will look back at his life, his love of the outdoors, his life after the White House and his life long battle with coronary heart disease. Dick Cheney is also a heart transplant recipient. The family of our host, Randal Wallace, is a donor family, as h...
2025-11-101h 13BOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereEpisode 393 BOB DOLE 1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing (Part 30) Lindsey Graham for Congress 1994, A National Leader EmergesSend a textIn 1994, our host Randal Wallace, was active in the leadership of the Lander University College Republicans. That year the long term Congressman from the Third Congressional District of South Carolina , Butler Derrick, decided to retire from Congress. That made the race for Congress a wide open one to fill the seat.It was then that he got involved in the Congressional campaign of a one term State House member named Lindsey Graham. It was a political friendship that would continue on until this day. Graham would win in 1994 and again in 1996, 1998, 2000, and th...
2025-10-071h 22BOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereBOB DOLE 1993 -1995 The Last Man Standing Welcome to our new series, A Housekeeping ShowSend a textIn this brief episode we talk about the new series that will begin on June 11, 2025. Plus we also talk about the future of this broadcast. This look back at Bob Dole will also mark the end of our look at the Greatest Generation of Americans that overcame a depression, fought World War 2 , and came home to build the American Century while winning the Cold War. Bob Dole's story is their final story on the national political stage. After Bob Dole walks away in 1996, this generation will begin their gradual fading aw...
2025-06-1006 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereMyrtle Beach Spring Break 2025 Shooting - The Full Press Conference (Special Edition)Send 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 the c...
2025-05-0243 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereSenator 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 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 party t...
2025-04-031h 30BOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereEpisode 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 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. We w...
2025-03-311h 09BOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereFarewell and Welcome Backs (Part 6) Joe Biden's 52 year Career comes to a CloseSend 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 th...
2025-01-191h 45BOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereON THE ROAD AGAIN - We are heading to Washington D.C. For the Inauguration of Donald Trump - A Housekeeping showSend 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 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereFarewells and Welcome Backs ( Special Series episode 3) Farewell to Jimmy Carter 39th President of the United StatesSend 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 two o...
2025-01-131h 47BOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereHappy New Year 2025!!! A look back at an impactful year and forward into the FutureSend 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 the W...
2024-12-311h 05BOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereA Question for you about the future of the "Richard Nixon Experience" We want to hear from you!!Send 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 are at...
2024-12-0205 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereA Housekeeping Show about issues with our timeline for the next few episodesSend 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 are a...
2024-09-0505 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereA South Carolina Hall of Fame Special PresentationSend 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 who c...
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 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 end of...
2024-04-2944 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereTHANK YOU!!! We are now Ranked Number 1 , by FEEDSPOT, As one of the 70 Best American History Podcasts of 2024!!! How About That!!Send 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 have som...
2024-02-2706 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereGrand Strand Politics Show 9: The Weaponization of Justice, A History & an EndorsementSend 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, with...
2024-02-231h 01BOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereThe 2024 South Carolina Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony - The Inductees: Rudy Mancke, Francis Salvador & Joe Frazier, (Part 2)Send 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 Jensen (wi...
2024-02-0855 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereThe 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 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 their live...
2024-02-051h 00BOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereIntroduction by Randal Wallace of our special series "MAYOR HIRSCH"Send 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 Member fo...
2024-01-2206 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereA New Introduction to “Nixon and Watergate” for The Richard Nixon Experience 50th Anniversary Re-broadcast 2024Send 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 episod...
2024-01-2154 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereHappy New Year !!! A look back at 2023 and a preview for 2024!!! THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!!Send 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 entertainers th...
2023-12-3151 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereSeason Eleven Wrap up and Thank You for Tuning in!!!Send 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 Carter.
2023-12-2904 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereEpisode 243 The LEADERSHIP of GEORGE BUSH (part 14) The Exxon Valdez DisasterSend a textIn this episode we take a look back at one of the biggest environmental disasters of all time. The Exxon Valdez oil tanker hit the Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989 and dumped 10.8 million gallons of oil into the water. Prince William Sound was so remote that it could only be gotten too by boat or air, and that made getting to it in order to clean the spill up nearly impossible for Exxon and the Government. The result was that the oil drifted everywhere, eventually covering 1300 miles of the coast affecting dr...
2023-12-111h 15BOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereHenry Kissinger , A Tribute to an Extraordinary 100 Years 1923 - 2023Send 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 the c...
2023-11-3055 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him There2023 Myrtle Beach City Council Race : ELECTION DAY on the TrailSend 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 old s...
2023-11-131h 05BOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereA Special Message to the Citizens of Myrtle Beach.....Send 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 are no...
2023-11-0705 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him There2023 Myrtle Beach City Council NAACP Debate from the Mary C. Canty Recreation CenterSend 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. Questions or co...
2023-11-051h 39BOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him There2023 Myrtle Beach Race for Council : Randal Wallace For Council, Public Safety 2017 plan, and our address to the Horry County Republican Women's ClubSend 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 ideas for...
2023-11-0345 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him There2023 Myrtle Beach Race for Council : Randal Wallace For Council, an interview with Reese BoydSend 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 Questions or comments at , Randalrgw1@aol.com , https://twitter.com/randal_wa...
2023-11-0237 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereMyrtle Beach City Council 2023 Election Series PreviewSend 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 Wallace (no...
2023-11-0127 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereEpisode 228 The LEADERSHIP of GEORGE BUSH ( Part 4) The Campaign of 1980 (part A The Primary)Send 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 the R...
2023-10-051h 09BOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereSeason 10 wrap up, thank you, and a few announcements of things to comeSend 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 Carolina in...
2023-09-0105 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereWe would like to ask a favor - from the folks at the Randal Wallace Presents History PodcastSend 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 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereEpisode 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 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 former 6t...
2023-07-101h 25BOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereEpisode 208 JOHN JENRETTE OUR CONGRESSMAN and JIMMY CARTER too (Part 18) Ode to RITA...Rita JenretteSend 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 York...
2023-07-051h 24BOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereEpisode 205 JOHN JENRETTE OUR CONGRESSMAN and JIMMY CARTER too (Part 15) The Case and the Election against John JenretteSend 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 had o...
2023-06-1951 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereA couple of announcements about a classic cooking an outdoors website, our own website, and our new sister podcastSend 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. F...
2023-05-1704 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereLucy, Desi, John Jenrette and a Pousse-Cafe , from the Black Thai in Myrtle Beach (with mixology experts Hamilton Vereen and Keith Jacobs)Send 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 to...
2023-05-1629 minThe Richard Nixon ExperienceBad News, GOOD NEWS, Here is what is going on with this new podcastSend 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 Documentary po...
2023-05-0105 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereHow to make a batch of Chicken Bog (Special Culinary Edition) with Outdoorsman Chef Brad Daniels, and special guest Thad ViersSend 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 every low...
2023-04-3031 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereRandal Wallace, The New Chairman of the South Carolina Hall of FameSend 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 fun to...
2023-04-1728 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereThe Randal Wallace Show Podcast Preview!! (It is up Now wherever you get your Podcasts)Send 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 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 longest...
2023-02-081h 08The Richard Nixon ExperienceThe Randal Wallace Show PreviewSend 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 ca...
2023-02-0802 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereThe Randal Wallace Show : The Speaker's Fight Part 3 Finally Elected ( Exclusive Special Edition)Send 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 House fl...
2023-02-051h 03BOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereThe Randal Wallace Show : The Speaker's Fight Part 2 (Exclusive Special Edition)Send 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 the s...
2023-02-031h 05BOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereThe Very First "RANDAL WALLACE SHOW" Podcast (Exclusive Special Edition) Part 1Send 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 longest fig...
2023-02-011h 09BOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereGerald Ford : The Accidental President PreviewSend 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 government, pard...
2023-01-3007 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereHAPPY 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 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 of "D...
2022-12-3141 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereEpisode 175 Final Thoughts on Richard Nixon by our Host Randal Wallace. (Special Editorial Edition)Send 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 look...
2022-12-291h 33BOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereEpisode 168 RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1974 The Fall (Part 18) The Last DaySend 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. T...
2022-12-081h 32BOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereThe 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 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 between P...
2022-10-1352 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereThe Pre-Debate Special Event Show for Wine Banks vs Shepard , The Debate A Half Century in the Making (SPECIAL EVENT)Send 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 here
2022-10-1324 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereThe Jill Wine Banks vs Geoff Shepard Debate Nixon and Watergate Special Event PreviewSend 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, with a l...
2022-10-0903 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereEpisode 145 RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1974 Through the Fire (Part 20) The House Impeachment Inquiry BeginsSend 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 known...
2022-09-2952 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereEpisode 144 RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1974 Through the Fire (Part 19) President Richard Nixon's February 25, 1974 Press Conference (Special Edition)Send 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 up...
2022-09-2744 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereEpisode 143 RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1974 Through the Fire (Part 18) Deep Throat and L. Patrick Gray the truly innocent man of WatergateSend 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 capable o...
2022-09-251h 23BOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereEpisode 142 RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1974 Through the Fire (Part 17) The Get Nixon SquadSend a text"A small Justice Department unit of lawyers and investigators, informally known as the "Get-Hoffa Squad," was assembled to uncover and prosecute any unlawful activity within organized labor.'....Yet Robert Kennedy's campaign against union corruption, and Hoffa in particular, raised questions about the role of an attorney general in prosecuting crimes. The constant investigations resembled a vendetta to those who suspected Kennedy's motives. Some thought the Attorney General was dogging Hoffa out of personal spite. Others questioned the ethics of the nation's chief law enforcement officer aggressively investigating an individual before evidence...
2022-09-2352 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereEpisode 141 RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1974 Through the Fire (Part 16) The Fix Is InSend a textAmerican Bar Association Rulebook defines the rules on ex parte meetings"Rule 2.9: Ex Parte Communications:(A) A judge shall not initiate, permit, or consider ex parte communications, or consider other communications made to the judge outside the presence of the parties or their lawyers, concerning a pending* or impending matter,* except as follows:(1) When circumstances require it, ex parte communication for scheduling, administrative, or emergency purposes, which does not address substantive matters, is permitted, provided:(a) the judge reasonably believes that no party will gain...
2022-09-2153 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereEpisode 140: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1974 Through the Fire (Part 15) The Calls in Question 2, April - May 1973 (Special Tape Series 4)Send 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, all s...
2022-09-181h 35BOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereEpisode 139: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE: 1974 Through the Fire ( Part 14 ) The Calls in question 1, April 1973 (Special Tape Series 3)Send 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 th...
2022-09-161h 23BOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereEpisode 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 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 long...
2022-09-141h 36BOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereEpisode 137 RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1974 Through the Fire (Part 12) The Full Cancer on the Presidency Conversation March 21, 1973 (Special Tape Series 1 )Send a textWith this episode we will be introducing our tapes series, this is the first of four such episodes in a row. These will be episodes that center on tapes from either meetings or phone calls involving the President and the various Watergate defendants and other Nixon Administration players. These first four episodes center on the most damning of the Watergate tapes involving the President and used by the Watergate Special Prosecutor's Office. Again, no defense attorney was ever given a chance to defend the President nor make his case, nor, most importantly, point ou...
2022-09-121h 44BOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereEpisode 136 : RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1974 Through the Fire (Part 11) The Sinister Force Strikes Chuck ColsonSend 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 notorious...
2022-09-081h 07BOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereEpisode 135 : RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1974 Through the Fire (Part 10) The Sinister Force DividedSend 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 not i...
2022-09-0647 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereEpisode 134: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE , 1974 Through the Fire ( Part 9 ) Things aren't always what they seemSend 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. Now...
2022-09-011h 03BOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him There"But is it fair?" ( Archibald Cox, the Foundation, and the Dean Defense) Special EditionSend 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 explain w...
2022-08-301h 14BOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereEpisode 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 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 President N...
2022-08-281h 12BOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereEpisode 132: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE , 1974 Through the Fire (Part 7 ) The Special Prosecutors, the Sinister Force of Watergate ( Part B )Send 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 from t...
2022-08-2534 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereEpisode 131: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE. 1974 Through the Fire ( Part 6) Introducing the Players and reliving the Saturday Night Massacre (Part A )Send 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 people w...
2022-08-241h 07BOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereEpisode 130 : RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE, 1974 Through the Fire ( Part 5 ) January and The State of the UnionSend 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?" with , i...
2022-08-221h 02BOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereEpisode 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 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 him b...
2022-08-181h 04BOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereEpisode 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 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, John Dea...
2022-08-1551 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereEpisode 126 RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE : 1974 Through the Fire ( Part 1) Conventional WisdomSend a textOur Season 7 story opens with a look at the conventional wisdom most of America, and the world holds on Watergate. It is the story of the heroic Special Prosecutors who investigated the heinous crimes of Watergate. The story of a Washington Press Corp determined not to let the sly , crooked , Richard Nixon get away with running his, as Dan Rather called it, "crime syndicate" from the White House. It is the story of the heroic Democrats in Congress who continued to push for more and more information in order to protect t...
2022-08-091h 01BOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereIntroduction of Season 7 " RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE , 1974 Through the Fire"Send 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 in t...
2022-08-0916 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereMAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT : We have a new name " Randal Wallace Presents : NIXON AND WATERGATE "Send 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 hope...
2022-08-0705 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him TherePhone Interview of Host Randal Wallace on Richard Nixon and Watergate, on the New York City Talk Show "The Alex Garret Podcast" ( Special Edition)Send 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...
2022-08-0445 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereStrom Thurmond : A Life in Full , Preview of our Special 3 part SeriesSend 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. In o...
2022-07-0307 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereOur Host Randal Wallace's 2017 appearance on "City Council Chronicles with Michael Karlik" (Special Edition)Send 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 Generation we...
2022-07-0133 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereA Trip Down Memory Lane (Bonus Edition) The Randal Wallace for Congress 2012 campaign, various speeches and interviews a decade later....Send 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 my o...
2022-05-0154 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereOur Host, Randal Wallace, on the Exceptional Conservative with Ken McClinton during the 2012 7th District of South Carolina Congressional primary campaignSend 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 seat w...
2022-04-2856 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereORRIN HATCH A Giant of the Senate ( Special Tribute Edition )Send 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 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereA Thank You, a Request, and WatergateSend 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 will be...
2022-04-2010 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereHAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! 2022, A Look back at our first year of 2021 and forward to next yearSend 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 in t...
2021-12-3113 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereUp With America with Tom Herron with guest Randal Wallace , Host of Bridging the Political Gap (Special Edition)Send 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 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereBOB DOLE : A Tribute (Part 6) To the Stars through Difficulties, Two Historic Days in Washington D.C.Send 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 hear...
2021-12-171h 26BOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereEpisode 50 UPHEAVAL!! ( Part 9 ) 1968 The Transition, taking it all in, & Looking back at LyndonSend 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. If n...
2021-10-0759 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereThe Importance of Organ Donation: The story of my brother Keith Wallace (Special Edition)Send 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 after hi...
2021-08-0321 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereEpisode 31: A Eulogy for a Dog (A very Special Farewell to a member of our team, Cooper Wallace)Send 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 impact on...
2021-07-1518 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereSpecial Edition: This Week with Tim McGinnis, Interview with Randal Wallace, Host of Bridging The Political Gap an author of "Always Vote Your Conscience"Send 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 the...
2021-06-2515 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereMemorial Day Special Edition: Randal Wallace's 2012 Speech to the Memorial Day Gathering in Myrtle Beach S.C.Send 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 on t...
2021-05-3117 minBOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereEpisode 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 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 which gi...
2021-05-2444 min