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Yo TRIO! PodcastYo TRIO! in Puerto Rico (kinda)Send us a textOn this special Yo TRIO! episode, Rod and Jim travel to beautiful Puerto Rico to connect with the CAEOPP Region officers Mara Luna, Maryel Artiles Fonseca, and Fabiola Falto Castro. But when Rod mysteriously goes missing at the Bacardi Rum Factory (blame the rum tour, not the GPS), it’s up to the crew to hold it down. Thankfully, Super Producer Richard A. Nixon jumps in like a true MVP to help make the interview happen without a hitch.What follows is a lively, insightful conversation full of leadership gems, island en...2025-08-0158 min
Staffcast48 - Less Kissable Than Nixon with Emma BaccellieriFor episode 48 of Staffcast, Tom and Richard are joined by Sports Illustrated's Emma Baccellieri to talk about Richard Nixon and his awful first kiss, the White Sox Fan Pope, turning breakfast into a holy relic, getting into the X-Files 30 years late, Old Slop, SODA, the true origin of 7-Up, the real freaks of Quora, r/50Something, scoring games, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest:Emma BaccellieriSean DoolittleTrevor HildenbergerRichard StaffTom HackimerEpisode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com)Self-censored and edited by Tom HackimerIntro: Checkers Speech - President Richard NixonOutro: Shooting S2025-05-141h 27
CAPTURED: Shot Down In Vietnam"If Nixon Stayed" Episode 1 - When Nixon LeftThe first episode of a new show from the CAPTURED team. August 8th, 1974 marked the end of Richard Nixon’s presidency, but what if it didn’t? In this series premiere, we revisit the emotional final hours of Nixon’s administration and imagine what might’ve happened if he had fought to stay in office. Featuring archival audio and expert interviews, the episode blends history and fiction to ask: how different would America be if Watergate never happened? Before the hypotheticals begin, we confront the moment everything changed. Learn more about your ad choices...2025-04-1012 min
CAPTURED: Shot Down In VietnamIf Nixon Stayed - Coming April 10From the team that brought you CAPTURED comes a new series that explores the concept of Richard Nixon staying in office for his full second-term: If Nixon Stayed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2025-03-2401 minCAPTURED: Shot Down In VietnamIntroducing: If Nixon Stayed (Trailer)Introducing a new docuseries, from the team that brought you CAPTURED: Shot Down In Vietnam, that reimagines the course of history. Using newly-released archival materials, expert interviews and historical analysis, this podcast takes a deep-dive to explore what could have been if President Nixon continued the success of his 1972 landslide election victory to complete his second term and fulfill his bold vision of peace and prosperity for a new American century.“Therefore, I should resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow.” When President Richard Nixon somberly delivered those words on August 8, 1974, as m...2024-08-0903 min
Richard Nixon - Great SpeechesRichard Nixon - Remarks on Departure From the White House 08-09-1974President Nixon speaks to members of his cabinet and the White House staff as he leaves the White House after resigning the presidency on August 8, 1974. Forced to resign because of the Watergate scandal, he tells them he is proud of their work and accomplishments. Nixon pledges that leaving the presidency will be a new beginning.2024-04-1817 min
Rich EnglishWhat do Karel Capek, the iPhone and Richard Nixon have in common?Rich English {Podcast -Season 02 Episode 04What do Karel Capek, the iPhone, and Richard Nixon have in common?Well, I'm not telling you hear, you have to listen to find out...Welcome to the Rich English Podcast - Learn English the Smart Way Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2024-01-1012 minCAPTURED: Shot Down In VietnamBonus Episode | An Interview w/ Sid StockdaleRecorded live at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum's 50th-Anniversary Reunion for former Vietnam War POWs in May 2023, Sid Stockdale, one of Vice Admiral Jim and League of Wives co-founder Sybil Stockdale's four sons, joins Tyler to discuss what he remembers of his parents' critical roles in the Vietnam POW crisis and how their impact reverberates five decades later.Sid's book, A World Apart: Growing Up Stockdale During Vietnam, is available now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-11-1112 min
The Paranormal Factor PodcastREPLAY: The Shocking Case of President Nixon, Jackie Gleason, and Dead Alien Bodies
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In this episode we present to you one of the weirdest UFO legends out there: the night President Richard Nixon showed the TV/movie star Jackie Gleason alien bodies at Homestead AFB in Florida. Is it true that the event really happened? Jackie Gleason’s wife at the time certainly believed it. We’ll also provide you a little history about some of our past Presidents and their rumored and actual UFO experiences. And we’ll talk about...2023-07-2144 minCAPTURED: Shot Down In VietnamChapter 10: Freedom BirdThe finale of our story brings us to December 1972, as President Richard Nixon's administration strives to bring an end to the stalemate in peace negotiations with the North Vietnamese.In this episode, we'll hear how Operation Homecoming came to bring 591 POWs home in February of 1973, 8.5 long years after Everett's capture.For more info and photos specific to this episode, visit www.capturedpodcast.com.CAPTURED: Shot Down in Vietnam is a docuseries from the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Foundation, produced by the team at Foundwave, and respectfully created in honor of R...2023-07-1751 minCAPTURED: Shot Down In VietnamChapter 9: The Son Tay RaidIn November of 1970, fifty-six U.S. Special Forces soldiers executed the most ambitious rescue mission of the Vietnam War, raiding a North Vietnamese prison camp known as "Son Tay," just outside of Hanoi.In this episode, we hear from Terry Buckler, the youngest of the Son Tay Raiders. At the time, he was a 20-year-old Buck Sergeant who had never before seen combat. Despite this lack of experience, Terry was selected out of thousands of top-tier applicants to participate in this hazardous mission. Terry walks us through the events leading up to the raid and...2023-07-1032 minCAPTURED: Shot Down In VietnamChapter 8: Seal Team Six in PearlsIn Part 2 of our two-part focus on the League of Wives, we examine how exactly this courageous band of women was able to organize under Sybil Stockdale and make a significant impact on the return of their lost men. We rejoin Andrea Rander, wife of Chief Warrant Officer Donald Rander, and Pat Mearns, wife of Lt. Col. Arthur Mearns, in 1967. Andrea has been notified that Don was a confirmed POW, being held in North Vietnam with several hundred other American servicemen; a surprising phone call in '69 launches her and fellow wives to new heights on a...2023-06-2652 minCAPTURED: Shot Down In VietnamChapter 7: Not a Widow, Not a WifeIn Part 1 of our two-part focus on the League of Wives, we are introduced to Andrea Rander and Pat Mearns, each young mothers to two girls when their husbands were shot down in North Vietnam.Guided by expert historian and author Heath Hardage Lee, we set the scene for the League's formation by tracing Andrea and Pat's experiences up until the notification, or lack thereof, that their husbands had been captured.In the next chapter, we'll focus on how exactly this courageous band of women was able to organize under leader Sybil Stockdale and make...2023-06-2629 minCAPTURED: Shot Down In VietnamIntermission: The TapesIn this special episode, we depart from our central narrative and turn our attention to Washington D.C., where Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson & Richard Nixon were making a crucial impact on the treatment and release of the hundreds of American prisoners of war who were being brutally mistreated in North Vietnamese prisons.By way of recordings from the White House, curator & historian Bob Bostock walks us down President Nixon's path to the Presidency and examines how his administration's policies on Vietnam intersected with his personal attention to the POW crisis.Newly-unearthed archival audio, like tapes...2023-06-1934 minCAPTURED: Shot Down In VietnamChapter 5: The Last Word We HeardMike McDaniel was nine years old when his father, Capt. Red McDaniel, was shot down and captured in the jungles of North Vietnam on May 19, 1967. It would be three long years until he and the rest of the clan heard any further news on the status of their patriarch.Meanwhile, Everett hinged his optimism on the dream of an eventual reunion with his wife, whom had promised that she would wait for him forever.This episode focuses in on Red & Everett's communication (or lack thereof) with their loved ones back on US soil. Though their...2023-06-1226 min
Richard Syrett's Strange Planet901 The Nixon-Gleason Alien EncounterEPISODE #901 THE NIXON-GLEASON ALIEN ENCOUNTERRichard welcomes a writer/researcher who separates fact from fiction regarding the decades old story that, undercover of night in February 1973, President Richard Nixon took his good friend, entertainer Jackie Gleason to view alien bodies at Homestead AFB in Florida.GUEST: Paul Blake Smith, author of "MO41:The Bombshell before Roswell," was born and raised in MO41's home town of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Son of a paralegal and an educator who worked in the suspected crash area, Paul is a fan of American...2023-06-0945 minCAPTURED: Shot Down In VietnamChapter 4: One Thing After Another18 months into Cmdr. Everett Alvarez's captivity, the North Vietnamese "torture regime" begins as he and fellow prisoners are forced to endure physical abuse, in addition to mental torture, amidst already-deplorable living conditions. After Capt. Red McDaniel is shot-down in May of 1967, he, too, is imprisoned in the 'Hanoi Hilton' and immediately subjected to an array of inhumane treatment.In this episode, Everett and Red share some of their most harrowing experiences in captivity, including how their heroic displays of duty & honor overlap in connection with a daring escape attempt. We explore how they persevered in...2023-06-0534 minCAPTURED: Shot Down In VietnamChapter 3: Hanoi HiltonOn a crisp afternoon in August of 1964, Everett Alvarez Jr. found himself floating in the emerald waters of Hạ Long Bay, North Vietnam, having just ejected from his flaming A-4 Skyhawk aircraft. He was about to be captured by hostile militia, becoming the first American POW in the Vietnam War.While President Lyndon B. Johnson's administration escalated aerial bombing attacks in the North, in support of the South Vietnamese, it was said that a war had not "officially" been declared; from Everett's perspective, the so-called "conflict" was about to become all-too official...This part of ou...2023-05-2933 minCAPTURED: Shot Down In VietnamChapter 2: Better Red Than DeadThe story continues with the harrowing Vietnam wartime experience for Naval Capt. Eugene "Red" McDaniel. His shoot-down and capture, three years after Alvarez's, highlights the differences in preparation American servicemen had for becoming a prisoner of war.Red was forced to endure North Vietnamese captivity, torture, and egregious mistreatment in the infamous "Hanoi Hilton" for more than six long years, many of which his family didn't know whether he was alive or dead. Red, now 91, shares everything from why he forwent the opportunity to become a professional athlete (in favor of intensive aviation training) to his own...2023-05-2232 minCAPTURED: Shot Down In VietnamChapter 1: The First GuyWe rewind to the year 1964 and are introduced to 26-year-old Naval aviator Everett Alvarez Jr. Hear from the now-85-year-old Commander Alvarez himself, as we follow his journey from modest beginnings in Salinas, CA to the moment of being shot down over North Vietnam, leading to more than eight years as a prisoner of war (POW).Following a brief period of American peacetime between the years of the Korean and Vietnam Wars, during which he volunteered for duty, Everett would soon be one of a handful of servicemen flying directly into the eye of a brewing storm...2023-05-2228 minCAPTURED: Shot Down In VietnamIntroducing CAPTURED (Full Trailer)Exactly 50 years ago, the Nixon administration saved 591 prisoners of war from North Vietnamese captivity. Many of them are still with us and willing to tell their stories like never before in this limited docuseries, from the dramatic moment of being shot down to the tearful family reunion. You will be put into the action with actual audio from the Vietnam era, original interviews with POWs and their families, and newly surfaced recordings from the Nixon and Johnson presidencies. This is the premiere podcast from the Richard Nixon Presidential Library - in...2023-05-1004 minYo TRIO! PodcastWhen did you feel old in TRIO?!Send us a text The inaugural episode of the Yo TRIO! Podcast is here. Listen to your hosts and TRIO alums Jim Oree, Rod Adams and Richard A. Nixon as they talk all things TRIO. The Yo TRIO! Podcast is THE podcast for TRIO Professionals!2022-07-2412 min
BookstackEpisode 57: Dwight Chapin on the Nixon White HouseWhat’s it like to be a part of history? With the 50th anniversary of Nixon’s famous trip to China taking place this year, Dwight Chapin joins host Richard Aldous to talk about his new book, The President’s Man: Memoirs of Nixon’s Trusted Aide. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.persuasion.community/subscribe2022-03-0835 min
Nixon Now PodcastRichard Nixon and the National Cancer Act of 1971December 2021 marked the 50th anniversary of President Nixon signing the National Cancer Act of 1971.
To celebrate that visionary and transformative bipartisan legislation, the Richard Nixon Foundation hosted the first Nixon National Cancer Conference, a two-day gathering of distinguished Nobel laureates, cancer center directors, clinicians, researchers, and political and public health officials to assess the past, analyze the present, and envision the future of cancer treatment and research.
This episode focuses on the history of the National Cancer Act of 1971 and features highlights from the Nixon National Cancer Conference that took place at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum.
Our...2022-01-2717 min
Nixon Now PodcastJeffrey Garten on the President Nixon’s Transformation of the Global Monetary SystemFifty years ago today, President Nixon addressed the nation on television to announce “the most comprehensive new economic policy to be undertaken in this nation in four decades.”
Jeffrey Garten, the former dean of the Yale School of Management and Undersecretary of Commerce in the Clinton administration chronicles the August 1971 meeting at Camp David, where President Nixon unilaterally ended the last vestiges of the gold standard—breaking the link between gold and the dollar—transforming the entire global monetary system.
He is the author of the book, "Three Days at Camp David: How a Secret Meeting in 1971 Transformed the Global Economy...2021-08-1558 min
BookstackEpisode 29: Michael Dobbs on Nixon's Fatal FlawsRichard Nixon, an almost Shakespearean character, loomed over 20th century American history in ways that prefigure Trump. Author Michael Dobbs joins host Richard Aldous to discuss this deeply flawed individual, and his new book King Richard: Nixon and Watergate, an American Tragedy. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.persuasion.community/subscribe2021-06-1130 min
Nixon Now PodcastPresident's Club - Episode 6, Donald Trump and Richard NixonThis episode of the Nixon Now podcast explores a previously unknown and unexplored decades-long relationship between President Nixon and President Trump. During his presidency, Trump has cited his predecessor on multiple occasions. Earlier this year, a reflective Trump told reporters, “I think of Nixon more than anybody else.”2020-12-0221 min
Nixon Now PodcastPresident's Club - Episode 4, Nixon, Ike and JFKThis episode of the Nixon Now podcast explores two fascinating presidential relationships. We first delve into the bond between Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon, an apprentice-type relationship that created the modern vice presidency. The second segment of the podcast looks closely at John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, a friendship that preceded -–and has been overshadowed by— their rivalry in the 1960 election.2020-11-181h 01
Nixon Now PodcastKnown Unknowns: Watergate - Episode 3"Known Unknowns: Watergate" is a nine-part video and podcast series hosted by Hugh Hewitt, president of the Richard Nixon Foundation, that provides an in-depth look at Watergate with leading expert and member of the Nixon Defense Team, Geoff Shepard.2020-02-0243 min
Nixon Now PodcastKnown Unknowns: Watergate - Episode 2"Known Unknowns: Watergate" is a nine-part video and podcast series hosted by Hugh Hewitt, president of the Richard Nixon Foundation, that provides an in-depth look at Watergate with leading expert and member of the Nixon Defense Team, Geoff Shepard.2020-02-0246 min
Nixon Now PodcastKnown Unknowns: Watergate - Episode 4"Known Unknowns: Watergate" is a nine-part video and podcast series hosted by Hugh Hewitt, president of the Richard Nixon Foundation, that provides an in-depth look at Watergate with leading expert and member of the Nixon Defense Team, Geoff Shepard.2020-02-0245 min
Nixon Now PodcastKnown Unknowns: Watergate - Episode 5"Known Unknowns: Watergate" is a nine-part video and podcast series hosted by Hugh Hewitt, president of the Richard Nixon Foundation, that provides an in-depth look at Watergate with leading expert and member of the Nixon Defense Team, Geoff Shepard.2020-02-0245 min
Nixon Now PodcastKnown Unknowns: Watergate - Episode 6"Known Unknowns: Watergate" is a nine-part video and podcast series hosted by Hugh Hewitt, president of the Richard Nixon Foundation, that provides an in-depth look at Watergate with leading expert and member of the Nixon Defense Team, Geoff Shepard.2020-02-0231 min
Nixon Now PodcastKnown Unknowns: Watergate - Episode 7"Known Unknowns: Watergate" is a nine-part video and podcast series hosted by Hugh Hewitt, president of the Richard Nixon Foundation, that provides an in-depth look at Watergate with leading expert and member of the Nixon Defense Team, Geoff Shepard.2020-02-0255 min
Nixon Now PodcastKnown Unknowns: Watergate - Episode 8"Known Unknowns: Watergate" is a nine-part video and podcast series hosted by Hugh Hewitt, president of the Richard Nixon Foundation, that provides an in-depth look at Watergate with leading expert and member of the Nixon Defense Team, Geoff Shepard.2020-02-0245 min
Nixon Now PodcastKnown Unknowns: Watergate - Epilogue"Known Unknowns: Watergate" is a nine-part video and podcast series hosted by Hugh Hewitt, president of the Richard Nixon Foundation, that provides an in-depth look at Watergate with leading expert and member of the Nixon Defense Team, Geoff Shepard.2020-02-0220 min
Nixon Now PodcastKnown Unknowns: Watergate - Episode 1"Known Unknowns: Watergate" is a nine-part video and podcast series hosted by Hugh Hewitt, president of the Richard Nixon Foundation, that provides an in-depth look at Watergate with leading expert and member of the Nixon Defense Team, Geoff Shepard.2020-02-0132 min
Nixon Now PodcastEvan Thomas on the Great Silent MajorityFifty years ago this week, President Nixon gave his address to the nation on the Vietnam War, popularly known as the "Silent Majority" Speech. On this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast, we explore this topic with Evan Thomas, former Newsweek editor, and best selling author of serious historical biographies including, “Being Nixon: A Man Divided.”
Interview by Jonathan Movroydis.
Read transcript here: https://www.nixonfoundation.org/2019/11/podcast-evan-thomas-great-silent-majority/
Photo: Press photographers in the White House Oval Office take photos of President Nixon on the evening of his address to the nation on the Vietnam War of November 3, 1969. (Richard Nixon Presidential Libr2019-11-0225 min
Nixon Now PodcastMichael Ebbing on the Role of the White House Communications AgencyOn this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast, we explore the history and mission of the White House Communications Agency or WHCA, the presidential support staff responsible for the facilitation of all communication throughout the White House, Camp David, presidential transportation, sites of major trips, and retreats like the Western White House in San Clemente. Our guest in studio is Michael Ebbing, who worked for WHCA as the head switchboard operator at Camp David.
Interview by Jonathan Movroydis.
Read transcript: https://www.nixonfoundation.org/2019/10/podcast-michael-ebbing-role-white-house-communications-agency/
Photo: President Nixon in the Oval Office on June 23, 1972. (Richard Nixon Presidential Library)2019-10-281h 01
Nixon Now PodcastJohn Marini on President Nixon and the Administrative StateThis edition of the Nixon Now Podcast explores President Nixon’s view on the role and machinery of government, and the administrative state.
Our guest is Dr. John Marini, professor of political science at the University of Nevada-Reno and a senior fellow of the Claremont Institute. He is co-editor of "The Imperial Congress: Crisis in the Separation of Powers," and author of The Politics of Budget Control, and "Unmasking the Administrative State: The Crisis of American Politics in the Twenty-First Century."
Interview by Jonathan Movroydis.
Read transcript here: https://www.nixonfoundation.org/2019/10/podcast-john-marini-president-nixon-administrative-state/
Photo: President Nixon in the Oval Office on...2019-10-2654 min
Nixon Now PodcastLori Cox Han on Pat Buchanan as Advisor to President NixonPatrick J. Buchanan ran for president three times -- in 1992, 1996, and 2000. Some say his influence can still be felt in the modern political landscape.
He worked in the Reagan administration as director of communications, but got his start under Richard Nixon first as an aide in the 1968 presidential campaign, and then as an advisor and speech writer to President Nixon.
In her new book due out this October, “Advising Nixon: The White House Memos of Patrick J. Buchanan” Chapman University professor of political science and presidential expert Lori Cox Han judiciously selects and examines significant memos written by Buchanan that have...2019-09-3024 min
Nixon Now PodcastIrv Gellman on Nixon, Castro and the Cuban Revolution2019 marks the 60th anniversary of the Cuban revolution and the take over of the island country by Communist leader Fidel Castro. In April 1959, Castro traveled to Washington and met with Vice President Nixon. On this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast, we explore this topic and the history of the American government’s Cuba policy with Dr. Irwin Gellman.
Dr. Gellman is a historian and Nixon biographer. He’s author of “The Contender: Richard Nixon, the Congress Years, 1946-1952,” and “The President and the Apprentice: Eisenhower and Nixon, 1952-1961.”
Interview by Jonathan Movroydis.
Read the transcript: https://www.nixonfoundation.org/2019/09/irv-gellman-ni...2019-09-2732 min
Nixon Now PodcastSecret Service Agent on Witnessing President Nixon's Phone Call to the MoonOn July 20 of this year the Nixon Foundation commemorated the 50th anniversary of America’s moon shot with AT&T at the Nixon Presidential Library with events all day on campus.
The keynote was a discussion between three White House aides who witnessed President Nixon’s historic call from the Oval Office to the moon.
On this edition of the Nixon Now podcast, we talk to a secret service agent detailed to President Nixon, who also witnessed the phone call.
His name is David Noznesky. He was a career agent, with over 25 years of service to the country.
Read the tran...2019-09-0815 min
Nixon Now PodcastNicholas Sarantakes on President Nixon and FootballWe are now about to begin football season. On an earlier podcast, we talked Nixon’s love for baseball what they call America’s past time. On this edition we’ll talk about Nixon’s love for America’s passion, football.
On this edition, we’re back with Nicholas Evan Sarantakes, professor of history at U.S. Naval War College and author of a new book due out this October, “Fan in Chief: Richard Nixon and American Sports, 1969 – 1974.
Read transcript here: https://www.nixonfoundation.org/2019/09/podcast-nicholas-sarantakes-president-nixon-football/
Interview by Jonathan Movroydis.
Photo: Richard Nixon was a member of the Whittier College football team. (Ri...2019-09-0356 min
Nixon Now PodcastMichael Bobelian on Fortas, Warren, Johnson, Nixon and the Shaping of the Modern CourtFifty years ago, President Nixon appointed Warren Burger as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court. Nixon would go on to appoint three additional justices.
Nixon believed these appointments to be one of the central pillars of his presidential legacy. On this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast, we explore this topic with Michael Bobelian, contributing writer for Forbes.com, and author of “Battle for the Marble Palace: Abe Fortas, Earl Warren, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon and the Forging of the Modern Supreme Court.”
Read the transcript here: https://www.nixonfoundation.org/2019/08/podcast-michael-bobelian-fortas-warren-johnson-nixon-shaping-modern-court/
Interview by Jonathan Movroydis.
Photo: President Nixo...2019-08-2740 min
Nixon Now PodcastLinda Hobgood on Pat Nixon and the PressWhat was First Lady Pat Nixon’s relationship with the media during the Presidency?
On this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast, we explore this subject with Linda Hobgood, director of the speech center at the University of Richmond, and instructor in their department of rhetoric and communications.
She is a contributing author of a new book, "Media Relations and the Modern First Ladies: From Jacqueline Kennedy to Melania Trump"
Read the transcript here: https://www.nixonfoundation.org/2019/08/podcast-linda-hobgood-pat-nixon-press/
Interview by Jonathan Movroydis.
Photo: Pat Nixon sitting with ABC correspondent Virginia Sherwood in the White House Yellow Oval Room on Oc...2019-08-2021 min
Nixon Now PodcastJeryl Cordell on Witnessing the Apollo Splash DownThis year marks the 50th anniversary of the historic moon landing. To commemorate this occasion, the Nixon Library has a new, exciting and interactive exhibit throughout the year. It’s called Apollo 11: One Giant Leap for Mankind.
Our guest today on this edition of the Nixon Now podcast not only witnessed the Apollo 11 Splashdown in the South Pacific 50 years ago. He participated in it as a young U.S. Navy lieutenant aboard the nearby USS Arlington.
His name is Jeryl Cordell. Mr. Cordell spent 21 years in the U.S. Navy. He took part in the all nuclear powered task force ab...2019-08-0818 min
Nixon Now PodcastKasey Pipes on Richard Nixon's Remarkable Post-PresidencyOn August 9, 1974, Richard Nixon became the first and only president to resign.
A decade later, Nixon was back as a trusted advisor to presidents dispensing wisdom on campaign strategy, and shaping the course of national and world events.
On this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast we're joined in studio with Kasey Pipes. He’s an author, speech writer, and former advisor to President George W. Bush. He’s the Norris Fellow at the Eisenhower Institute at Gettysburg College, co-founder of the issues management firm Corley-Pipes, and partner at the public affairs firm High Water Strategies.
He’s author of a newl...2019-07-3134 min
Nixon Now PodcastNicholas Sarantakes on President Nixon and BaseballOn July 22, 1969, President Nixon celebrated the 100th anniversary of baseball with a White House reception of over 400 baseball greats, officials, and media.
Among those in attendance in the East Room were Pittsburgh Pirates all-star Roberto Clemente, New York Yankees greats Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle, Cincinnati Reds’ Pete Rose, and other then current and future hall of famers.
Washington’s RFK Stadium was the location for the all-star game the same day. President Nixon was planning to attend, but the game rained out and was postponed to the next day when Nixon was en-route to see the splash down of the...2019-07-2348 min
Nixon Now PodcastIrv Gellman on Vice President Nixon and the Hungarian Refugee CrisisOn this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast, we’re talking the Hungarian Revolution and Refugee crisis of 1956, then Vice President Nixon’s visit to the Austro-Hungarian border that December, and his work on the Federal response to the crisis.
Our guest again is Irwin Gellman. He’s a historian, and the author of two major Nixon biographies, “The Contender: Richard Nixon, The Congress Years, 1946-1952,” and the President and the Apprentice: Nixon and Eisenhower, 1952-1961.”
Interview by Jonathan Movroydis.
Photo: Portrait of Frederic Daday's "Nixon at Andau" depicting then Vice President Nixon's visit to the Austro-Hungarian border in December 1957. (Richard Nixo...2019-07-1525 min
Nixon Now PodcastRobert Dupont on the 50th Anniversary of President Nixon's Message on Dangerous DrugsThis week marks the 50th anniversary of President Nixon’s special message to the Congress on Control of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs.
President Nixon said: A national awareness of the gravity of the situation is needed; a new urgency and concerted national policy are needed at the Federal level to begin to cope with this growing menace to the general welfare of the United States.
On this edition of the Nixon Now podcast we're joined by Dr. Robert DuPont. Dr. DuPont is a psychiatrist who served as a director of the White House Special Action Office on Drug Abuse Prevention. Po...2019-07-1037 min
Nixon Now PodcastThe Nixon Doctrine at 50This summer marks the 50th Anniversary of the Nixon Doctrine. One day after the Apollo 11 splashdown in the South Pacific, President Nixon articulated a foreign policy doctrine in an informal press conference on the island of Guam.
On this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast, we’ve assembled a panel of experts to talk the doctrine — its evolution, the context of the Vietnam War as well as its global application.
Participants:
Roham Alvandi, Associate Professor of International History, London School of Economics and visiting Associate Professor at Columbia University
Michael Cotten, Assistant Professor of History at Temple College (Texas)
Gregory Dadd...2019-06-291h 26
Nixon Now PodcastLuke Nichter on the Nixon Tapes and WatergateOn this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast, we’re talking the Nixon Tapes with specific focus on President Nixon’s taped conversations about the Watergate controversy of June 1972. Our guest again is Luke Nichter, Professor of History at Texas A&M University, Central Texas. He’s the nation’s foremost expert on the Nixon White House Tapes, and founder of NixonTapes.org.
Read the transcript here: https://www.nixonfoundation.org/2019/06/podcast-luke-nichter-nixon-tapes-watergate/
Interview by Jonathan Movroydis.
Photo: Watergate Hotel (Getty Images)2019-06-201h 10
Nixon Now PodcastIrv Gellman on the Behind the Scenes Story of the Kitchen DebateThis summer marks the 60th anniversary of the famous Kitchen Debate between then Vice President Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Kruschev.
On this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast, Nixon biographer Irv Gellman talks the behind the scenes story of this historic event.
Dr. Gellman is author of The Contender: Richard Nixon, the Congress Years, 1946-1952 and the President and the Apprentice: Eisenhower and Nixon, 1952-1961.
Read the Transcript: https://www.nixonfoundation.org/2019/06/irv-gellman-behind-scenes-story-kitchen-debate/
Photo: Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev debate in a model of an American kitchen at the American exhibition in Moscow's Sokolniki Park...2019-06-1132 min
Nixon Now PodcastJohn Logsdon on President Nixon, the Apollo Program and Space PolicyWhat was President Nixon's Space Policy Doctrine? Here to answer this and other questions Dr. John Logsdon, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and International Affairs, at the Elliot School of International Affairs at The George Washington University. He founded the school's Space Policy Institute, and author of "John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon" and "After Apollo? Richard Nixon and the American Space Program."
Read the transcript here: https://www.nixonfoundation.org/2019/06/podcast-john-logsdon-president-nixon-apollo-program-space-policy/
Interview by Jonathan Movroydis.
Photo: President Nixon with NASA Administrator James C. Fletcher discussing a proposed space shuttle vehicle on January 5, 1972 in San Clemente, CA...2019-06-0328 min
Nixon Now PodcastLuke Nichter on the Nixon Tapes and the End of the Vietnam WarOn this edition of the Nixon Now podcast, we’re talking the Nixon Tapes again, with specific focus on President Nixon’s taped conversations about the end of the Vietnam War in 1972 and 1973.
Our guest again is Luke Nichter, Professor of History at Texas A&M University, Central Texas. He’s the nation’s foremost expert on the Nixon White House Tapes, and founder of NixonTapes.org.
Read Transcript Here: https://www.nixonfoundation.org/2019/06/podcast-luke-nichter-nixon-tapes-end-vietnam-war/
Interview by Jonathan Movroydis
Photo: President Nixon with South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu in June 1969. (Richard Nixon Presidential Library)2019-05-2747 min
Nixon Now PodcastJohn Price on President Nixon's Health Care StrategyOn this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast, we’re talking President Nixon’s health care strategy with John Price. In addition to presenting two comprehensive health care proposals to Congress, Nixon signed the National Cancer Act (1971) and the Health Maintenance Organization Act (1973).
Mr. Price served as Executive Director of the Urban Affairs Council and Special Assistant to the President in the Nixon White House. He is currently at work on a book about the Nixon White House domestic policy, and has lectured extensively on this subject at Oxford’s Rothermere Institute.
Read the Transcript: https://bit.ly/2YHPdgA
Interview by Jon...2019-05-2124 min
Nixon Now PodcastWinston Lord on Diplomacy, Grand Strategy, and Leadership in the Nixon AdministrationOn this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast, we discuss diplomacy, grand strategy, and leadership, from the perspective of President Nixon and his Assistant for National Security Affairs, Henry Kissinger. Our guest today is Winston Lord, who worked by Dr. Kissinger’s side on every major foreign policy issue: Vietnam, China, the Soviet Union, and the Middle East.
Lord went on to become President of the Council on Foreign Relations, U.S. Ambassador to China, and Assistant Secretary of State. He’s the author of a book to be released this week, "Kissinger on Kissinger: Reflections on Diplomacy, Grand Strategy, and...2019-05-131h 07
Nixon Now PodcastDiscussion with Creators of Nixon Library Exhibit on Apollo 11This July will mark the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. To commemorate the anniversary, the Nixon Library has a new interactive special exhibit that includes artifacts from the actual moon landing. It opened this week, and it runs through the year. It's called "Apollo 11: One Giant Leap for Mankind." On this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast, we talked to the exhibit creators, William Maple, its chief designer, and Shelly DeSimone, its researcher and writer.
Learn more about the exhibit: https://bit.ly/2H7pozk
Transcript: https://bit.ly/2vFHIuf
Interview by Jonathan Movroydis.
Photo: The Nixon Presidential Library's...2019-05-0624 min
Nixon Now PodcastRemembering a Statesman: President Nixon's State Funeral 25 Years LaterRemembering a Statesman: President Nixon's State Funeral 25 Years Later by Richard Nixon Foundation2019-04-2712 min
Nixon Now PodcastFrederic Frommer on Richard Nixon and Ted WilliamsLast month an article appeared in Politico Magazine that commemorated the opening day of baseball 50 years ago at RFK stadium in Washington, D.C. It discussed President Nixon’s love for the game, and his relationship with then Washington Senators manager, and baseball great Ted Williams.
The writer of the piece joins us on this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast. His name is Frederic Frommer. He’s the author of "You Gotta Have Heart," a history of Washington baseball, and is head of the sports business practice at the Dewey Square Group, a public affairs firm in Washington.
Interview by J...2019-04-2429 min
Nixon Now PodcastDavid Byrne on the Intersection of Presidents Nixon and Reagan's Lives and CareersOn this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast, we’re talking the relationship between America’s 37th and 40th Presidents, both Californians, Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan.
Our guest in studio, is David Byrne. He is an adjunct professor of history at California Baptist College and Santa Monica College.
He’s the author of a new book called "Ronald Reagan: An Intellectual Biography."
Read the Transcript: https://bit.ly/2ZtWodK
Interview by Jonathan Movroydis
Photo: Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan (Henry Burroughs/AP).2019-04-1618 min
Nixon Now PodcastLuke Nichter on the Nixon Tapes, Withdrawing from Bretton Woods, and the End of the Gold StandardOn this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast, we explore the Nixon Tapes, with specific focus on President Nixon’s conversations about how he attempted to avert an economic crisis in the early 1970s. On August 15, 1971, President Nixon’s shocked the world, again, a month after he revealed that he was going to China. He announced on national television that he would be ending America’s involvement in the Bretton Woods System, and ending the practice of backing the dollar with the precious metal, gold.
Our guest again is Luke Nichter, Professor of History at Texas A&M Central Texas. He’s t...2019-04-0841 min
Nixon Now PodcastRobert J. Brown on President Nixon and Civil RightsOn this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast, we're in studio with special assistant to President Nixon, and business and civil rights leader Robert J. Brown.
Mr. Brown conceptualized and developed the minority enterprise and black college programs signed into executive order by President Nixon. He's been a confidant to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Nelson Mandela, and all America Presidents since Richard Nixon. His remarkable life is captured in his new memoir, "You Can't Go Wrong Doing Right: How a Child of Poverty Rose to the White House and Helped Change the World."
Interview by Jonathan Movroydis.
Photo: President...2019-03-2044 min
Nixon Now PodcastLuke Nichter on the White House Tapes and the Pentagon PapersOn this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast, we’re talking the Nixon Tapes again, with specific focus on President Nixon’s conversations about Daniel Ellsberg and the case of the Pentagon Papers. Our guest again is Luke Nichter, Professor of History at Texas A&M Central Texas. He’s the nation’s foremost expert on the Nixon White House Tapes, and founder of NixonTapes.org.
Read transcript here: https://www.nixonfoundation.org/2019/03/podcast-luke-nichter-white-house-tapes-pentagon-papers/
Photo: Richard Nixon on the phone in the Oval Office (Ollie Atkins/Richard Nixon Presidential Library)
Interview by Jonathan Movroydis.2019-03-1346 min
Nixon Now PodcastIrv Gellman on Eisenhower and NixonThis month marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Dwight D. Eisenhower, America’s World War II Hero General, the planner of Normandy, and the 34th President of the United States.
Richard Nixon served as Vice President under Eisenhower. The two enjoyed a friendship and complex relationship that would last nearly two decades.
On this edition of the Nixon Now podcast we speak with Irv Gellman. Dr. Gellman is a Nixon biographer. His first book about Nixon, "The Contender" covered the Congressional years. His most recent book is "The President and the Apprentice, Eisenhower and Nixon, 1952 to 1961."
Photo: President Dw...2019-03-0621 min
Nixon Now PodcastDwight Chapin on the Planning and Execution of President Nixon's Trip to ChinaThis week marks the 47th anniversary of President Nixon's historic trip to China. We often hear about the trip in a purely diplomatic context, but how was it planned, executed, and captured on television for the American people and the world to see.
To unpack this story we are again joined by Dwight Chapin. Chapin started his career in politics as a personal aide to President Nixon, and went on to serve as White House Appointments Secretary, and Deputy Assistant to the President.
He’s been at the center of some of the most monumental events of the Nixon Presidency in...2019-02-2523 min
Nixon Now PodcastSeth Blumenthal on President Nixon and the Youth VoteOn this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast, we explore how President Nixon built his majority winning coalition in 1972 with a forward thinking innovative appeal to younger voters.
Our guest is Seth Blumenthal, senior lecturer at Boston University and author of “Children of the Silent Majority: Young Voters and the Rise of the Republican Party, 1968-1980." You can follow him on Twitter @sethblumenthal.
Interview by Jonathan Movroydis.
Photo: President Nixon speaks at a youth rally. (Richard Nixon Foundation).2019-02-1837 min
Nixon Now PodcastLuke Nichter on the White House Tapes, Indo-Pakistani War, and Yeoman Radford AffairOn this edition of the Nixon Now podcast, we’re talking the Nixon Tapes again, with specific focus on President Nixon’s conversations about India’s War with Pakistan in 1971, and the international and domestic implications of U.S. policy in the conflict. Our guest again is Luke Nichter, Professor of History at Texas A&M University, Central Texas. He’s the nation’s foremost expert on the Nixon White House Tapes, and founder of NixonTapes.org.
Interview by Jonathan Movroydis.
Read the transcript here: https://www.nixonfoundation.org/2019/02/podcast-luke-nichter-white-house-tapes-indo-pakistani-war-yeoman-radford-affair/
Photo: President Nixon with India Prime Minister Indira Ghandi on 4 November 1...2019-02-1147 min
Nixon Now PodcastGreg Daddis on the Nixon Administration's Vietnam War StrategyWhat characterized the final years of America’s engagement in the Vietnam War, specifically the policy of the Nixon administration?
On this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast, we're in studio with one of the nation’s foremost experts on the Vietnam War, Gregory Daddis. Dr. Daddis is professor of history at Chapman University, and director of its masters program in war and society. He is also a West Point graduate, and retired Army colonel. He specializes in Cold War and Vietnam War history, and is the author of a new book by Oxford University Press, "Withdrawal: Reassessing America’s Final...2019-02-0437 min
Nixon Now PodcastVictor Li on Richard Nixon's Legal Career in New YorkAfter Richard Nixon lost the 1960 Presidential Election, and the 1962 California Gubernatorial election, he made a new life with his family in New York, and became partner at an historic Wall Street Law Firm, which would eventually be named Nixon, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, and Alexander. This is all in a new book by Victor Li called “Nixon in New York.” On this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast, we explore Richard Nixon's legal career with Victor Li, assistant editor of the ABA Journal.
Photo: Richard Nixon with dog Checkers in Central Park (Richard Nixon Presidential Library).2019-01-2850 min
Nixon Now PodcastAn Answer of the Spirit: The Story Behind President Nixon’s First Inaugural AddressOn January 20, 1969, Richard Nixon took the Oath of Office for the Presidency of the United States.This month, marks the 50th anniversary of that momentous occasion.
Richard Nixon put his left hand on the Milhous Family bible held by the new First Lady Pat Nixon. Opened to Isaiah 2:4, the verse reads: “They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.”
Nixon later said in his memoirs that the major theme of his first inaugural address was peace.
On this special edition of t...2019-01-2237 min
Nixon Now PodcastScott Huesing on the Battle of RamadiOn this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast, we’re in studio on President Nixon's 106th birthday with Scott Huesing, a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, and author of one of the most noted personal troop memoirs of the Second Iraq War, "Echo in Ramadi: The First Hand Story of U.S. Marines in Iraq’s Deadliest City." He discusses his career in the Marine Corps, and the historic battle.
Interview by Jonathan Movroydis.
Photo: Scott Huesing joined the Nixon Now Podcast in studio at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda, CA, January 9, 2019. (@PeteATurner)2019-01-1431 min
Nixon Now PodcastLuke Nichter on the 1971-1972 White House Tapes and ChinaOn this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast, we’re discussing the Nixon Tapes again, with specific focus on President Nixon’s conversations about rapprochement to the People’s Republic of China beginning in 1971, and culminating with the historic trip in February 1972. Our guest is Luke Nichter, Professor of History at Texas A&M Central Texas. He’s the nation’s foremost expert on the Nixon White House Tapes, and founder of NixonTapes.org.
Read Transcript here: https://www.nixonfoundation.org/2018/12/podcast-luke-nichter-1971-1972-white-house-tapes-china/
Interview by Jonathan Movroydis.
Photo: President Nixon's historic handshake with Premier Chou en-Lai upon stepping off Air Force...2018-12-2439 min
Nixon Now PodcastMonica Crowley on former President Nixon's Advice to President BushWhat characterized the relationship between President Nixon and the late President George Herbert Walker Bush? Nixon’s former foreign policy assistant Monica Crowley wrote in a Spectator Column early this month that Nixon mentored Bush, and that Bush carefully considered the elder statesman’s advice during the period of the end of the Soviet Union, and the run-up to the Gulf War. On this edition of the Nixon Now podcast Crowley discussed her column, and working for former President Nixon.
Monica Crowley is senior fellow at the London Center For Policy Research, columnist with the Washington Times, and best selling auth...2018-12-1729 min
Nixon Now PodcastStephen Hess on Working in the Eisenhower and Nixon White HousesOn this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast, we talk with Stephen Hess, the Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. He served as a professor of Media and Public Affairs at the George Washington University, as an advisor to Presidents Carter and Ford, and on the White House staff to Presidents Eisenhower and Nixon. He's the author of a dozen books including a biography of President Nixon. In this podcast we explore his new memoir, "Bit Player: My Life with Presidents and Ideas."
Photo: Stephen Hess, then chairman of the White House Conference on Children and Youth...2018-11-161h 21
Nixon Now PodcastLuke Nichter on the Origins of the White House Taping SystemWhy did Richard Nixon install a taping system in the White House? On this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast we explore these and other questions about the capturing of presidential history from February 1971 to July 1973.
Our guest is Luke Nichter, Professor of History at Texas A&M University, Central Texas. He’s the nation’s foremost expert on the Nixon Tapes — and founder of NixonTapes.org, the only website dedicated solely to the scholarly production and dissemination of digitized Nixon tape audio and transcripts. He’s also co-editor of two volumes on the Nixon tapes with fellow historian Douglas Brinkley...2018-10-1331 min
Nixon Now PodcastKantathi Suphamongkhon on President Nixon and ThailandWhat were the United States’ relations with Thailand during the Nixon administration? On this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast we are joined by Kantathi Suphamongkhon, the former Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand. Dr. Suphamongkhon is a regents professor at his alma mater, the University fo California, Los Angeles, a senior fellow for international relations at the Burkle Center at UCLA, and a director of the advisory board of the Center for Asia Pacific Policy at the RAND corporation. Interview by Jonathan Movroydis. Photo of a sign with the anti-Communist message "Sock it to then hard, Nixon" taken from...2018-10-1120 min
Nixon Now PodcastJohn Lehman on U.S. Naval Power in the Cold WarHow did the United States win the Cold War at sea? This edition of the Nixon Now podcast explores these and other questions about U.S. Maritime power with John Lehman, author of a newly released book on the subject, "Oceans Ventured."
Secretary Lehman is founding director of J.F. Lehman and Company. His government service includes serving as Secretary of the Navy, Deputy Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, and senior staff member on the National Security Council during the Nixon administration.
Photo: President Nixon with Navy personnel, aboard the USS Saratoga flight deck duirng an Armed F...2018-10-0135 min
Nixon Now PodcastRichard Vinen on 1968 and Radical ProtestMarking the 50th anniversary of the dramatic year of 1968 (which also saw the election of President Nixon), on this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast we interviewed Richard Vinen for his newly released book "1968: Radical Protest and Its Enemies,” which explores how the events of 1968 — from anti-war marches, worker strikes to violence on the streets of the world's greatest cities — shaped much of today’s culture.
Richard Vinen is Professor of History at Kings College, London and the author of a number of major books on 20th Century Europe. He won the Wolfson Prize for history for his previous book, "National...2018-09-1528 min
Nixon Now PodcastWally Johnson on Confirming Rehnquist to the U.S. Supreme CourtLast week hearings in the U.S. Senate began for Supreme Court nominee Judge Bret Kavanaugh. In this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast, we look back at the justices President Nixon appointed to the highest court, and the challenges they faced in their respective confirmation processes.
Our guest today successfully shepherded through arguably one of the most consequential nominees in the past half century, Justice William Rehnquist. He did this not once, but twice: when Justice Rehnquist became associate justice in 1971, and again when he became chief justice in 1986.
Wally Johnson began his career as a special attorney in...2018-09-1031 min
Nixon Now PodcastReid Peyton Chambers on the Nixon Administration's Advocacy for American IndiansIn July 1970, President Nixon delivered his special message to Congress on Indian Affairs, breaking with two centuries of unjust practices and policies against Native Americans.
Nixon said: “From the time of their first contact with European settlers, the American Indians have been oppressed and brutalized, deprived of their ancestral lands and denied the opportunity to control their own destiny. Even the Federal programs which are intended to meet their needs have frequently proven to be ineffective and demeaning.”
On this edition of the Nixon Now podcast we discuss the dramatic reshaping of American Indian policy with one of the foremost expe...2018-09-0427 min
Nixon Now PodcastCarl Anthony on the Power and Politics of First Ladies' FashionThis edition of the Nixon Now Podcast features one of the nation's foremost experts on America’s First Ladies, Carl Sferreza Anthony. He can be followed on Twitter @canthonyonline and at carlanthonyonline.com. He is the guest curator of an exciting new exhibit at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library, entitled, “Why the Wore it: The Politics and Pop Culture of First Ladies’ Fashion." The colorful exhibit features actual and exact replica dresses designed to appear as if they are walking down a runway, including a dress from Melania Trump, which is presented for the first time outside Washington, D.C. Howeve...2018-08-2727 min
Nixon Now PodcastHenry Ramirez on Richard Nixon and the Mexican DiasporaOn this edition of the Nixon Now podcast the discussion is about the millions of Mexicans who emigrated to the United States fleeing persecution from Marxist and revolutionary forces, and how they became part of the social fabric of America. When Richard Nixon was a young man he sympathized with their beliefs and aspirations to attain the American dream. When Richard Nixon became president he took up their cause. Of their fathers, Nixon is recorded saying: “They are hard-working, honest, law-abiding family men and deeply Catholic.”
Our guest to discuss this subject is Dr. Henry Ramirez. Dr. Ramirez was the Chai...2018-05-1032 min
Nixon Now PodcastJohn Price on President Nixon's Domestic Policy and Welfare ReformOn August 8, 1969, President Nixon laid out his domestic policy vision for America. He in particular took aim at the Welfare State, saying that "it brought cities to financial disaster" and had enormous social costs, breaking up homes, penalizing work, and robbing recipients of dignity.
On this edition of the podcast, we discuss this subject with John R. Price. Price is a graduate of Grinnell College and Harvard Law School. He is also the recipient of Oxford University's prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. He was the president and CEO of Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh from 2006 to 2010 and earlier, a managing director...2018-03-2831 min
Nixon Now PodcastDonald Critchlow on the History of Republican Party LeadershipHow did the Republican Party evolve ideologically in America over the half past half century? This edition of the Nixon Now Podcast explores this question through the lives of four of its leaders: Richard Nixon, Nelson Rockefeller, Barry Goldwater, and Ronald Reagan.
Our guest is Dr. Donald Critchlow, Professor of History and Director of the Center for Political Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University, and the founding president of the Institute for Political History. He is the author of many books including “Phyllis Schlafly and Grassroots Conservatism: A Woman’s Crusade,” “The Conservative Ascendancy: How the GOP Right Made Politica...2018-01-2431 min
Nixon Now PodcastGene Kopelson on Ronald Reagan's Rise to National Stature in 1968How did Ronald Reagan emerge as a national figure, and come to challenge Richard Nixon for the GOP nomination for President in 1968? This edition of the Nixon Now Podcast features Gene Kopelson.
Gene Kopelson is president of the New England chapter, and on the Board of Trustees, of the Theodore Roosevelt Association, an active Churchillian, and a holocaust educator. As a historian, he has published works on Theodore Roosevelt’s Great White Fleet, Ronald Reagan’s 1966 campaign and Mexican American voters, the 1968 Nebraska and Oregon Republican primaries, and Washington State Republican politics in the 1960s. The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial feat...2017-06-2835 min
Nixon Now PodcastDean Kotlowski on Nixon's Civil RightsDean Kotlowski joins the Nixon Foundation on this special Black History Month edition of the Nixon Now Podcast to talk about President Nixon's history with the African American community and his record on civil rights. Dr. Kotlowski is a professor of history at Salisbury University and is the author of an influential book on the subject called "Nixon's Civil Rights: Politics, Principle, and Policy." Interview by Jonathan Movroydis.2017-02-1425 min
Nixon Now PodcastJames Rosen on William F. Buckley and Richard NixonA writer, intellect and polymath, William F. Buckley Jr. was founder and editor of National Review for decades and a contemporary of Richard Nixon.
Joining the Nixon Now Podcast to discuss the relationship between Buckley and Nixon is James Rosen, Chief Washington, D.C. correspondent for FOX News. Rosen is the editor and curator of a new book of Buckley's writing called "A Torch Kept Lit: Great Lives of the 20th Century."
Interview by Jonathan Movroydis.2016-11-0320 min
Nixon Now PodcastMichael Balzano on How Nixon Created the New MajorityIn 1972, President Nixon was elected by a 49-state landslide and nearly 50 million votes. He built a grand coalition, welcoming in traditional Democrats including ethnic and working-class voters.
Joining us on this week's Nixon Now Podcast is Michael Balzano. Balzano was a White House Staff Assistant from February 1972 through March 1973 where he worked under Charles Colson at the Office of Public Liaison. Balzano acted as a liaison between the Nixon administration and various segments of the population, including labor, Catholics, Poles, Slovaks, Italians, Greeks, Ukranians, Lithuanians, Estonians, and other Eastern European groups.
Balzano is also the author of "Building a New...2016-08-1033 min
Nixon Now PodcastJussi Hanhimaki on President Nixon and Détente (Part 2)Last week, the Nixon Foundation spoke with historian Jussi Hanhimaki on the subject of Detente with the Soviet Union during the presidency of Richard Nixon. We continue this discussion in Part II of this podcast episode.
The subject of this podcast is very relevant to today’s politics as the U.S and Russia are constantly at odds on the direction of world affairs. The discussion is about Great Power Detente — that is the policy of relaxation of tensions — in the 1970s between the Soviet Union and the United States.
Joining the discussion In this two part series is Jussi Hanhim...2016-07-1934 min
Nixon Now PodcastIrv Gellman on the Alger Hiss Case68 years ago, first-term Congressman Richard Nixon presided over the prosecution of Alger Hiss, a Harvard trained and high-ranking member of the Federal Government accused of Soviet espionage.
Joining the Nixon Now Podcast to discuss the case that brought Richard Nixon to the national political stage is biographer and historian Irv Gellman. Gellman, who has been featured on our podcast in the past, is a writer of several books, including two about Richard Nixon, “The Contender” which chronicles the future president’s years in Congress, and his latest book “The President and the Apprentice,” about RN’s years as vice president. Interview by...2016-05-0531 min
Nixon Now PodcastMichael Massing on Nixon's Drug PolicyPresident Nixon came into office during rampant drug use in the United States, especially plaguing American cities. For example in 1960, there were over 200 narcotics related deaths in New York City. In 1970, that figure had risen to over a thousand.
To talk about Nixon's drug control policy is Michael Massing. Massing is the former executive editor of the Columbia Journalism Review and is a frequent editor there and in other publications including the New York Review of books, The New York Times, The New Yorker and The Atlantic Monthly.
He is the author of a definitive book on Nixon's drug policy...2016-04-1928 min
Nixon Now PodcastLuke Nichter on Nixon and NATOThis month marks the 67th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The future of NATO has been the subject of media buzz lately, especially as GOP front runner Donald Trump has called the American-European defense alliance obsolete.
To discuss how President Nixon saw the future of NATO, America’s relationship with Europe, and what American leaders can learn from him is Texas A&M History Professor Luke Nichter.
Nichter is the co-author with Douglas Brinkley of the recent volume of bestsellers on the Nixon Tapes, and the recently released "Richard Nixon and Europe: The Reshaping of the Postwar At...2016-04-1135 min
Nixon Now PodcastDavid Priess on the CIA in the Nixon AdministrationThis week's podcast is about the Central Intelligence Agency in the Nixon administration. In August of this year, the CIA will be releasing all the daily briefings the agency disseminated during the Nixon and Ford administrations at a special event at the Nixon Presidential Library.
Here with us to discuss the presidential daily briefing during the Nixon years is David Priess, author of the newly released book "The President's Book of Secrets: The Untold Story of Intelligence Briefings from Kennedy to Obama."
Priess served in the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush administrations as an award-winning intelligence officer, manager and...2016-03-2426 min
Nixon Now PodcastBob Bostock on Pat Nixon's Life and LegacyThis week marks the 104th birthday of First Lady Pat Nixon. To discuss her life and legacy is Bob Bostock. Bostock served as special assistant to former President Nixon, leading the writing and curating of most of the exhibits at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library. In 2012, he wrote and curated the special Centennial Exhibit about First Lady Pat Nixon, also at the Nixon Library.
Bostock has 15 years of experience in senior federal, state and local governments including work as a senior advisor to New Jersey Governor and later EPA chief Christine Todd Whitman. The two co-wrote the best-selling book "Its...2016-03-141h 03
Nixon Now PodcastAmbassador Richard Solomon on Impact of Nixon's China TripNixon's week that changed the world was a Cold War game-changer, establishing rapprochement between the U.S. and China after nearly a quarter century of non-communication.
Discussing the impact of the trip is Ambassador Richard Solomon. A specialist in Chinese politics, Ambassador Solomon joined the national security council staff under Dr. Henry Kissinger in 1971. In the Reagan administration, he became director of policy planning at the Department of State and was appointed assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, and Ambassador of the Philippines by President George H.W. Bush.
From 1993 until his retirement in 2012, he served...2016-03-0843 min
Nixon Now PodcastKevin McMahon on Nixon's Judicial PhilosophyWith the recent passing of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia and the hotly contested debate over the future of the Supreme Court, we look at President Nixon's judicial philosophy and his actions to shape the nation's highest court. Nixon appointed four justices including the influential William Rehnquist, who served for more than 30 years on the bench.
To discuss this topic with the Nixon Foundation is Kevin McMahon, the John R. Reitemeyer Professor of Political Science at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. His books include "Reconsidering Roosevelt on Race" and his most recent "Nixon's Court: His Challenge to Judicial Liberalism and Its...2016-03-0438 min