George H.W. Bush 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History
594 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsRandal Wallace Presents : "George H. W. Bush" a four season look back at his extraordinary life, career, and his single term as President of the United States. A term that saw the high point of American Leadership around the world as he steered the world through the fall of the Communist superpower, the former Soviet Union. It also saw the United States lead a worldwide coalition against aggression by the Middle Eastern Dictator Saddam Hussein, and setting the example on how to fight such a war with textbook accuracy, overwhelming force, with a clear set of objectives, and leaving after those objectives were met. A lesson sadly we did not seem to learn in subsequent foreign entanglements. Then we will watch the changing of the guard as the Vietnam Generation leads a campaign in 1992 to transfer power from the generation of leadership that won the Cold War.
In this our 12th and 13 Seasons, we will look back at the Bush Administration and the historic sweep of freedom that changed the world from 1990 through Christmas 1991. It was a historic time. We saw the Gulf War begin as Bush led a multinational coalition to beat back the Iraqi Dictator, Saddam Hussein, after he invaded Kuwait. In August of 1991, hard liners in Moscow would attempt a coup to bring down Mikhail Gorbachev and his many reforms that were changing the Soviet Union. The coup would fail but it would help launch the career of the Moscow Mayor, Boris Yeltsin. That would, by Christmas Day, 1991, lead to what had been unthinkable for the past 70 years, the end of the Soviet Union. We would also see President Bush lead the way to reunify Germany, and a fight for the future of the United States Supreme Court would erupt after the nomination of Clarence Thomas was made to replace Thurgood Marshall. It all happened without firing a shot, which is an enormous success story for the ages.
We invite you to come along with us on a wild ride through the high points and low moments of modern American History, in an effort to show the citizens of today that we are an amazing and resilient nation.
Our Podcasts are separated by individual Documentary style titles. --
Season 1 : Bridging the Political Gap episodes 1 -11 --- Season 2 : Lessons in Leadership : --- The GIANTS of the Senate and Joe Biden episodes 14 - 16 ---- World War 2 Episodes 17 - 20 --- General MacArthur You're Fired Episodes 21 - 23 ---- A Celebration of the life of George Shultz episodes 26 - 28 ---- November 1963 : The end of the Age of Innocence episode 29 --- Season 3 ----The Johnson Treatment episodes 32 - 39 ---- Upheaval 1968 episodes 40 - 50 ---- Season 4: Richard Nixon 1968 -1971 The Man Who Saved the Union episodes 51 -67 ----- Season 5 Richard Nixon 1972 The Foundation of Peace episodes 71 - 96 -----1973 Ten Days in January 97 - 100 -- Season 6 Richard Nixon 1973 : Enemies at the Gate 101 - 125 ---- Season 7 Richard Nixon 1974 Through the Fire 126 - 147 ---- Season 8 Richard Nixon 1974 - 1994 The Fall and the Re-Rise of Richard Nixon. 148 - 174 plus bonus materials --- Season 9 Gerald Ford Beyond Watergate 175 -190 -- Season 10 John Jenrette. & Jimmy Carter too 191 - 224 -- Season 11 George H.W. Bush : The Leadership Lessons 225 - 250 --- Season 12: Mayor Hirsch 253 - 259, George H.W. Bush : The Sweep of History 260 -
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Episode 111 : RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1973 Enemies at the Gate (Part 11 ) A Night at the White House honoring our Prisoners of War ( A Very Special Edition)
June 15, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBIf our last episode was one of the saddest we will ever cover on our podcast, this was one of the happiest. On May 24, 1973, underneath an enormous tent on the grounds of the White House, the largest state dinner and event ever held occured in honor of the Vietnam Prisoners of War. It was a star-studded event. Bob Hope hosted with guests the New Christy Minstrels, Phyllis Diller, Joey Harrington, Vic Damone, Edgar Bergman, Ricardo Montalban, Jimmy Stewart, Roy Acuff and the Smokey Moun...
Have we created Frankenstein's Monster? (Special Commentary)
June 14, 2022 09:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MB“I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine and rage the likes of which you would not believe. If I cannot satisfy the one, I will indulge the other.” ― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein "Man," I cried, "how ignorant art thou in thy pride of wisdom!” ― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Have we created Frankenstein's Monster? FOX News Founder Roger Ailes started with a noble idea. To give conservatives a level playing field in the form of a news network that presented the conservati...
Have we created Frankenstein's Monster? (Special Commentary)
June 14, 2022 09:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBSend us a Text Message. “I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine and rage the likes of which you would not believe. If I cannot satisfy the one, I will indulge the other.” ― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein "Man," I cried, "how ignorant art thou in thy pride of wisdom!” ― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Have we created Frankenstein's Monster? FOX News Founder Roger Ailes started with a noble idea. To give conservatives a level playing field in the form of a news network that ...
Episode 110: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1973 Enemies at the Gate (Part 10) The Resignations of Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Kleindienst and the Firing of John Dean
June 13, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 45.2 MBSend us a Text Message. In this episode we get to listen in on what was probably the most agonizing and personally painful decisions that President Nixon had to make, save decisions involving the war in Vietnam. It was during these days that Nixon had to finally step up and force the resignations of two of his closest aids and confidantes, H.R. "Bob" Haldeman and John Ehrlichman. Two men who had been by his side through all the triumphs and tragedies of his entire administration and even s...
Episode 110: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1973 Enemies at the Gate (Part 10) The Resignations of Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Kleindienst and the Firing of John Dean
June 13, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 45.2 MBIn this episode we get to listen in on what was probably the most agonizing and personally painful decisions that President Nixon had to make, save decisions involving the war in Vietnam. It was during these days that Nixon had to finally step up and force the resignations of two of his closest aids and confidantes, H.R. "Bob" Haldeman and John Ehrlichman. Two men who had been by his side through all the triumphs and tragedies of his entire administration and even stretching back to his wi...
Episode 109: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1973 Enemies at the Gate (Part 9 Special Edition) Phone call between President Nixon and Assistant Attorney General Henry Petersen who was over the Criminal Division
June 09, 2022 09:00 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MBSend us a Text Message. In this episode we hear the President on the phone with the Deputy Attorney General, Henry Petersen. Petersen is a man whose name we have heard a lot as the early events unfold. He would come under fire for simply doing his job and informing the President of the United States of events occuring in the scandal as they unfolded. This is one of the calls he made to let President Nixon know what was happening. We thought it would give you some feel for the relationship b...
Episode 109: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1973 Enemies at the Gate (Part 9 Special Edition) Phone call between President Nixon and Assistant Attorney General Henry Petersen who was over the Criminal Division
June 09, 2022 09:00 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MBIn this episode we hear the President on the phone with the Deputy Attorney General, Henry Petersen. Petersen is a man whose name we have heard a lot as the early events unfold. He would come under fire for simply doing his job and informing the President of the United States of events occuring in the scandal as they unfolded. This is one of the calls he made to let President Nixon know what was happening. We thought it would give you some feel for the relationship between the President and...
Episode 108: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE1973 Enemies at the Gate (Part 8) Unraveling and Switching Sides
June 08, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 50.7 MBSend us a Text Message. After the pandamonium of the James McCord letter dies down inside the courtroom it becomes very clear that Watergate is now an entirely new ballgame. In this episode we see events move swiftly as the White House Counsel , John Dean, starts making his overtures to the prosecutors trying to cut a deal that will get him immunity. You can also see how off guard the other players are with in the White House. All of this while President Nixon is busy trying to prepare fo...
Episode 107: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1973 Enemies at the Gate (Part 7) The Week in Question March 13 - 23, 1973
June 05, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 44.9 MBSend us a Text Message. This is arguably the most important episode of the series and these events we will be revisiting through out the scandal of Watergate. Up to this week, Richard Nixon had never been dealt with completely by anyone who was intimately involved in the Watergate debacle now on the verge of consuming his Presidency. That includes his Counsel to the President, John Dean. It is in the events of this week that a storyline would later develop implicating the President of t...
Episode 107: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1973 Enemies at the Gate (Part 7) The Week in Question March 13 - 23, 1973
June 05, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 44.9 MBThis is arguably the most important episode of the series and these events we will be revisiting through out the scandal of Watergate. Up to this week, Richard Nixon had never been dealt with completely by anyone who was intimately involved in the Watergate debacle now on the verge of consuming his Presidency. That includes his Counsel to the President, John Dean. It is in the events of this week that a storyline would later develop implicating the President of the United States in a cr...
Episode 106; RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE, 1973 Enemies at the Gate (Part 6) Judge Sirica and The Ervin Committee
May 30, 2022 09:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MBSend us a Text Message. Now we move back to February 1973. Judge Sirica, always trying to insure his place in the sun, asks the Congress to investigate. The Senate happily complies, originally under the guidance of an enthusiastic Senator, named Ted Kennedy. There would be a fight about how the investigation would be handled, and what they would be looking into, and a partisan nearly straight party 77 - 0 vote. (Republicans decided not to vote) and a committee is formed. That committee wo...
Episode 106; RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE, 1973 Enemies at the Gate (Part 6) Judge Sirica and The Ervin Committee
May 30, 2022 09:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MBNow we move back to February 1973. Judge Sirica, always trying to insure his place in the sun, asks the Congress to investigate. The Senate happily complies, originally under the guidance of an enthusiastic Senator, named Ted Kennedy. There would be a fight about how the investigation would be handled, and what they would be looking into, and a partisan nearly straight party 77 - 0 vote. (Republicans decided not to vote) and a committee is formed. That committee would only look into the c...
Henry Kissinger, America's National Living Treasure ( A Special HAPPY 99th Birthday Edition)
May 27, 2022 09:00 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MBOn May 27, 1922, in Furth, Germany, a child was born who would grow up to be one of, if not the most important diplomats in the history of the planet. Heinz Alfred Kissinger, who today turns 99 years old, an immigrant who would grow up to be an American citizen, who would get America, his adopted land, out of one of the most protracted, divisive, wars in our history, who would also open Communist China from diplomatic Isolation, who would broker peace in the Middle East that would lea...
Henry Kissinger, America's National Living Treasure ( A Special HAPPY 99th Birthday Edition)
May 27, 2022 09:00 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MBSend us a Text Message. On May 27, 1923, in Furth, Germany, a child was born who would grow up to be one of, if not the most important diplomats in the history of the planet. Heinz Alfred Kissinger, who today turns 99 years old, an immigrant who would grow up to be an American citizen, who would get America, his adopted land, out of one of the most protracted, divisive, wars in our history, who would also open Communist China from diplomatic Isolation, who would broker peace in the Mi...
Episode 105: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE, 1973 Enemies at the Gate (Part 5) Busted!! The story of the break in
May 26, 2022 09:00 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MBIn this episode we step back to the events in question. The actual burglary on June 17, 1972. You will get to hear oral histories from G. Gordon Liddy, John Dean and several other players in the events of that night and days afterword. We will also use footage from a nearly 30 year old BBC documentary that has interviews with all the major players as they discuss the events in a sequence that will bring you right inside the operation. It will include the Cubans in the room when the light...
Episode 105: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE, 1973 Enemies at the Gate (Part 5) Busted!! The story of the break in
May 26, 2022 09:00 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MBSend us a Text Message. In this episode we step back to the events in question. The actual burglary on June 17, 1972. You will get to hear oral histories from G. Gordon Liddy, John Dean and several other players in the events of that night and days afterword. We will also use footage from a nearly 30 year old BBC documentary that has interviews with all the major players as they discuss the events in a sequence that will bring you right inside the operation. It will include the Cubans in...
Episode 104: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE, 1973 Enemies at the Gate (Part 4) Introducing you to G. Gordon Liddy, Geoff Shepard, and other major players in the events & defense of Watergate
May 23, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 41.3 MBSend us a Text Message. In this episode we start introducing you to the major characters of the Watergate scandal at its roots. We start with the guy who masterminded it all, though mastermind may not be the correct description. G. Gordon Liddy was a former FBI agent, a lawyer, and it seems fantasy espionage agent. He somehow seems to have bungled his way upwards from a job in the Treasury Department to the Nixon White House and finally on to the Nixon Campaign Staff. He originally was ...
Episode 103: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE: 1973 Enemies at the Gate (Part 3) The Press is the Enemy 2
May 19, 2022 09:00 - 44 minutes - 30.7 MBSend us a Text Message. In this our third episode of RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE, we have our second part of a look at the journalists who covered Watergate in 1973 and 1974. Most of them were truly awful, but not all. In this episode you will hear from journalists, like Dan Rather and David Brinkley, who show a stunning lack of self awareness, in one case especially where the person actually says they could not stand Richard Nixon and had no respect for him but "I never attacked him on...
Episode 102: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE, 1973 Enemies at the Gate (Part 2 ) The Press is the Enemy 1
May 18, 2022 09:00 - 58 minutes - 40.5 MBSend us a Text Message. *** This episode was divided into two episodes, the second will post tomorrow morning In our second episode of RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE: 1973 Enemies at the Gate , rather than dive right into our storyline we decided to take an in-depth two-part look at those enemies at the gate, or at least the important ally the Democratic Party could count on in their campaign to undermine President Nixon, THE PRESS, or more specifically The Washington Post. In this episode...
Episode 101: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE, 1973 Enemies at the Gate (Part 1) The POW's Come Home
May 16, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 45.9 MBSend us a Text Message. Our Season 6 Premier and the first in our NIXON and WATERGATE series: This season opens just as the Vietnam War ends for America. Even as the treaty is signed there are still last minute maneuverings that President Nixon and Henry Kissinger have to deal with in order to get our Prisoners of War out of Vietnam. You will listen in on the discussions between the President and his speech writer Ray Price and then Dr. Henry Kissinger as the war finally comes to an end. ...
Episode 101: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE, 1973 Enemies at the Gate (Part 1) The POW's Come Home
May 16, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 45.9 MBOur Season 6 Premier and the first in our NIXON and WATERGATE series: This season opens just as the Vietnam War ends for America. Even as the treaty is signed there are still last minute maneuverings that President Nixon and Henry Kissinger have to deal with in order to get our Prisoners of War out of Vietnam. You will listen in on the discussions between the President and his speech writer Ray Price and then Dr. Henry Kissinger as the war finally comes to an end. Then we will listen to ...
The Return of the summer BLOCKBUSTER!!! (Preview for RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 3 Season series )
May 14, 2022 17:00 - 7 minutes - 5.06 MBIts the Summer of 2022 and we are on the verge of the 50th Anniversary of the Watergate Break in. No better time to look back at the Presidency of Richard Nixon. So with the help of Hollywood's biggest Summer blockbuster's we thought we would set the stage for our summer to come. As we clear the bar of the shocking untruths, spread by the liberal media elitist sharks, who attempted to reprogram the Justice System and control the narrative for a half century. But all of that is about to...
The Return of the summer BLOCKBUSTER!!! (Preview for RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 3 Season series )
May 14, 2022 17:00 - 7 minutes - 5.06 MBSend us a Text Message. Its the Summer of 2022 and we are on the verge of the 50th Anniversary of the Watergate Break in. No better time to look back at the Presidency of Richard Nixon. So with the help of Hollywood's biggest Summer blockbuster's we thought we would set the stage for our summer to come. As we clear the bar of the shocking untruths, spread by the liberal media elitist sharks, who attempted to reprogram the Justice System and control the narrative for a half century. But...
Donald Trump and Richard Nixon: We've Seen it all before (Preview for Season 6, RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1973 Enemies at the Gate)
May 11, 2022 09:00 - 6 minutes - 4.53 MBSend us a Text Message. Preview for Season 6 , RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1973 Enemies at the Gate Protests in the streets, an FBI in full investigation mode, massive leaks coming out of the White House, a Press Corp attempting to undermine the policy initiatives of a President and determined to accuse the President of criminal activity, racism, and questioning his mental stability, all while that President is struggling to get us out of a War he inherited and finally an opposition party...
A Trip Down Memory Lane (Bonus Edition) The Randal Wallace for Congress 2012 campaign, various speeches and interviews a decade later....
May 01, 2022 13:00 - 54 minutes - 37.5 MBSend us a Text Message. It 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 rac...
Our Host, Randal Wallace, on the Exceptional Conservative with Ken McClinton during the 2012 7th District of South Carolina Congressional primary campaign
April 28, 2022 09:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBThe 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...
Our Host, Randal Wallace, on the Exceptional Conservative with Ken McClinton during the 2012 7th District of South Carolina Congressional primary campaign
April 28, 2022 09:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBSend us a Text Message. The 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 amazi...
RICHARD NIXON (Bonus Edition) Inspirational Speech by President Nixon to the University of Nebraska after the Cornhuskers won the National Championship about America's future
April 27, 2022 13:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBSend us a Text Message. From the Richard Nixon Foundation video collection introduction to this speech: "On January 14, 1971, President Nixon made an appearance at the University of Nebraska to present its football team with a presidential plaque recognizing them as undisputed national champions. The President also took the opportunity to address some of the problems currently facing the Nation, "common problems, for younger people and older people as well." The speech is an excellent on...
RICHARD NIXON (Bonus Edition) Inspirational Speech by President Nixon to the University of Nebraska after the Cornhuskers won the National Championship about America's future
April 27, 2022 13:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBFrom the Richard Nixon Foundation video collection introduction to this speech: "On January 14, 1971, President Nixon made an appearance at the University of Nebraska to present its football team with a presidential plaque recognizing them as undisputed national champions. The President also took the opportunity to address some of the problems currently facing the Nation, "common problems, for younger people and older people as well." The speech is an excellent one with inspiring words f...
RICHARD NIXON (Bonus Edition) The Sports Fan
April 26, 2022 09:00 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBSend us a Text Message. Each month on "Bridging the Political Gap" we try to provide up to 12 hours of history for our listeners. This month with season 5 ending a little sooner we ended up with an additional 3 hours and 44 minutes. So we put together a few bonus shows that we thought our listeners would enjoy. Our first bonus show is this one on Richard Nixon the Sports fan. He loved baseball and football and was actually fairly insightful in both sports. There are countless pictures of ...
RICHARD NIXON (Bonus Edition) The Sports Fan
April 26, 2022 09:00 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBEach month on "Bridging the Political Gap" we try to provide up to 12 hours of history for our listeners. This month with season 5 ending a little sooner we ended up with an additional 3 hours and 44 minutes. So we put together a few bonus shows that we thought our listeners would enjoy. Our first bonus show is this one on Richard Nixon the Sports fan. He loved baseball and football and was actually fairly insightful in both sports. There are countless pictures of Richard Nixon over his l...
ORRIN HATCH A Giant of the Senate ( Special Tribute Edition )
April 25, 2022 09:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MBSend us a Text Message. Senator 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 no...
ORRIN HATCH A Giant of the Senate ( Special Tribute Edition )
April 25, 2022 09:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MBSenator 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 membe...
RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE: A preview of the LANDMARK 3 SEASON PODCAST DOCUMENTARY SERIES; "1973 Enemies at the Gate", "1974 Through the Fire," and "The Fall and Re-Rise of Richard Nixon "
April 22, 2022 09:00 - 7 minutes - 4.94 MBSend us a Text Message. As we finish the first half of our series on the Nixon Administration and its place in our much longer series of shows that covered the Vietnam Era, we thought we would preview the events on the way over the next 3 seasons of our show. This is the coverage of the fall of Richard Nixon and the scandal known as Watergate. It would undermine in the eyes of the American People all he had accomplished to bring peace to millions around the world, and to bring peace, pros...
Episode 100: RICHARD NIXON 1973 Ten Days in January ( Part 4 ) FINALLY PEACE WITH HONOR
April 21, 2022 10:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBOur Season 5 Finale: In this episode we listen in as a nation says farewell to one of its most larger than life leaders, the former President of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson. We tune in at his funeral services in Washington D.C. and in Texas. Then we travel halfway around the world to hear the signing of the Paris Peace accords that would effectively end the Vietnam War for America after a decade of lost youth and treasure. The South Vietnamese government would sign the agreemen...
Episode 100: RICHARD NIXON 1973 Ten Days in January ( Part 4 ) FINALLY PEACE WITH HONOR
April 21, 2022 10:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBSend us a Text Message. Our Season 5 Finale: In this episode we listen in as a nation says farewell to one of its most larger than life leaders, the former President of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson. We tune in at his funeral services in Washington D.C. and in Texas. Then we travel halfway around the world to hear the signing of the Paris Peace accords that would effectively end the Vietnam War for America after a decade of lost youth and treasure. The South Vietnamese government...
A Thank You, a Request, and Watergate
April 20, 2022 09:00 - 10 minutes - 7.26 MBDear 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 ...
A Thank You, a Request, and Watergate
April 20, 2022 09:00 - 10 minutes - 7.26 MBSend us a Text Message. Dear 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 ou...
Episode 99: RICHARD NIXON 1973 Ten Days in January (Part 3) The Ultimate Irony of War
April 19, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 47 MBFinally, an agreement seems to be at hand and the war in Vietnam can be brought to an end for America. No one wanted to see this day more than former President Lyndon B. Johnson. He was a man who never wanted to be a wartime President. He had worked to stall making a decision to enter the war on a massive scale, he had tried all he could to find another solution to the growing issues in Vietnam, issues almost all of which had been created by an American decision to remove the leader of So...
Episode 99: RICHARD NIXON 1973 Ten Days in January (Part 3) The Ultimate Irony of War
April 19, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 47 MBSend us a Text Message. Finally, an agreement seems to be at hand and the war in Vietnam can be brought to an end for America. No one wanted to see this day more than former President Lyndon B. Johnson. He was a man who never wanted to be a wartime President. He had worked to stall making a decision to enter the war on a massive scale, he had tried all he could to find another solution to the growing issues in Vietnam, issues almost all of which had been created by an American decision to...
Episode 98: RICHARD NIXON 1973 Ten Days in January (Part 2) Nearing Peace in Vietnam
April 17, 2022 09:00 - 51 minutes - 35.6 MBSend us a Text Message. Frustrating, frustrating is about the best way to put the ongoing negotiations and often the most frustrating part has been our allies not our enemies. Here we listen in on conversations between the President and his National Security team, Advisor Henry Kissinger and General Alexander Haig, as they discuss the details of the agreement being negotiated and how to deal with their ally in South Vietnam. It is an insiders look at how the war was finally brought to ...
Episode 98: RICHARD NIXON 1973 Ten Days in January (Part 2) Nearing Peace in Vietnam
April 17, 2022 09:00 - 51 minutes - 35.6 MBFrustrating, frustrating is about the best way to put the ongoing negotiations and often the most frustrating part has been our allies not our enemies. Here we listen in on conversations between the President and his National Security team, Advisor Henry Kissinger and General Alexander Haig, as they discuss the details of the agreement being negotiated and how to deal with their ally in South Vietnam. It is an insiders look at how the war was finally brought to an end. It was never eas...
Episode 97: RICHARD NIXON 1973 Ten Days in January ( Part 1 ) The Second Inauguration of Richard Nixon
April 14, 2022 09:00 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MBSend us a Text Message. We start the ten days that elevated President Nixon to the status as one of the four greatest Presidents in American history with his second Inauguration as President. In this episode we will plug into ABC News coverage of the day in 1973, with anchormen Howard K. Smith and Harry Reasoner. It will include his entire second Inaugural speech, a real treat if you have never heard the speech before. President Nixon's speech looks forward to what he thought would be a...
Episode 97: RICHARD NIXON 1973 Ten Days in January ( Part 1 ) The Second Inauguration of Richard Nixon
April 14, 2022 09:00 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MBWe start the ten days that elevated President Nixon to the status as one of the four greatest Presidents in American history with his second Inauguration as President. In this episode we will plug into ABC News coverage of the day in 1973, with anchormen Howard K. Smith and Harry Reasoner. It will include his entire second Inaugural speech, a real treat if you have never heard the speech before. President Nixon's speech looks forward to what he thought would be a more peaceful term beca...
Episode 96: RICHARD NIXON 1972 The Foundation of Peace (Part 26) Endgame 5 Trying to understand Vietnam
April 12, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 47.3 MBSend us a Text Message. The Bombing of North Vietnam over Christmas 1972 finally has broken the will of the North to keep the fight going. The South Vietnamese will be forced by Nixon to accept a deal not totally to their liking. But finally this horrific War looks like it could be coming to an end. As we approach the end of the incredible year of 1972, we fast forward to the Richard Nixon Presidential Library , and an event hosted by the Richard Nixon Foundation. A panel of former memb...
Episode 96: RICHARD NIXON 1972 The Foundation of Peace (Part 26) Endgame 5 Trying to understand Vietnam
April 12, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 47.3 MBThe Bombing of North Vietnam over Christmas 1972 finally has broken the will of the North to keep the fight going. The South Vietnamese will be forced by Nixon to accept a deal not totally to their liking. But finally this horrific War looks like it could be coming to an end. As we approach the end of the incredible year of 1972, we fast forward to the Richard Nixon Presidential Library , and an event hosted by the Richard Nixon Foundation. A panel of former members of the National Secu...
Episode 95: RICHARD NIXON 1972 The Foundation of Peace (Part 25 ) Endgame 4 The Horrors of War, & Tragedy for Joe Biden & the passing of President Harry Truman too
April 10, 2022 09:00 - 49 minutes - 34.3 MBThe Horrors of War cannot be overstated. Here in the final stages of the Vietnam War for America things gets brutal for the people of North Vietnam. In this episode we start with the tragedies that seem to always happen no matter how hard the military tries in war. Civilians die. Here we listen to the Vietnamese people talk about the horrific tragedy of a building bombed by accident, and the wiping out of an entire family. It is all coming from news clips saved for a documentary on the War...
Episode 95: RICHARD NIXON 1972 The Foundation of Peace (Part 25 ) Endgame 4 The Horrors of War, & Tragedy for Joe Biden & the passing of President Harry Truman too
April 10, 2022 09:00 - 49 minutes - 34.3 MBSend us a Text Message. The Horrors of War cannot be overstated. Here in the final stages of the Vietnam War for America things gets brutal for the people of North Vietnam. In this episode we start with the tragedies that seem to always happen no matter how hard the military tries in war. Civilians die. Here we listen to the Vietnamese people talk about the horrific tragedy of a building bombed by accident, and the wiping out of an entire family. It is all coming from news clips saved for ...
Episode 94: RICHARD NIXON 1972 The Foundation of Peace ( Part 24) Endgame 3 Operation Linebacker 2
April 07, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 47.7 MBSend us a Text Message. President Theiu of South Vietnam kept stalling and not agreeing with one proposal after another. After the election, it became clear to North Vietnam that the leverage may be about to turn in their favor as it became clear that even though President Richard Nixon had been overwhelmingly re-elected an antiwar congress had also been elected in the United States. Now all they needed to do was stall until January 1973 and they could force a better deal or even just conti...
Episode 93: RICHARD NIXON 1972 The Foundation of Peace (Part 23) Endgame 2 The Peace Talks derail and Lyndon Johnson addresses Civil Rights one last time
April 04, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 49.4 MBThis episode opens with Henry Kissinger being frustrated with the antics of our ally in South Vietnam. At one point in these final days Kissinger even refused to go back to Vietnam and work with General Thieu. We will listen in to frustrated phone calls between the President and aid to Henry Kissinger , Alexander Haig as they plot the next moves in a frustrating situation. Then we also listen in on a call that settles another issue on the political front as the leadership of the Republic...