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Episode 273 GEORGE H W BUSH The Sweep of History (Part 14) The United Nations Address
George H.W. Bush 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History - April 29, 2024 09:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis episode is a rare chance to listen in on a speech at the United Nations. The video, and therefore, the audio quality is not the best but the speech is rare and very important to the storyline. In it the President makes his case to the world of just how important it is to stop the Iraqi a...
Episode 272 GEORGE H W BUSH 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History (Part 13) Germany Reunified B
George H.W. Bush 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History - April 22, 2024 09:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this follow up episode on the reunification of Germany we arrive at the White House for German - American Day about three weeks after the reunification had occurred. At this White House Event, the President will celebrate the contributions to America made by the millions of Germans who immig...
Episode 271 GEORGE H W BUSH 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History (Part 12) The Reunification of Germany A
George H.W. Bush 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History - April 18, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsHere is one of the great stories of the Bush Administration and of World History. After 4 decades of separation the people of Germany would be one country again. Though the Berlin Wall had come crashing down just 11 months before, this was the big moment for the German People, but it did not c...
Episode 270 George H W Bush 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History (Part 11) Coming Together, Coming Apart
George H.W. Bush 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History - April 15, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode, we look back at the coming together of the Military coalition on the ground and the man who would command it, General Norman Schwarzkopf. It would be a coalition made up of 42 countries, and troops from around the world. They would all come together on the ground in Saudi Arabi...
Listen in as Senator Joe Lieberman commentates the entrance of Governor Bill Clinton at the 1992 Democratic Convention (Special Edition)
George H.W. Bush 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History - April 11, 2024 09:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this short episode we will listen in on PBS as Governor Bill Clinton comes to the hall at the Democratic National Convention in 1992 a night early. Clinton will say just a few words of thank you for the Democrats nominating him. The interesting part of the segment is that joining in the comme...
Joe Lieberman, An Extraordinary Man (Special Edition)
George H.W. Bush 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History - April 10, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSenator Joe Lieberman, a Democrat from Connecticut, died unexpectedly in April from complication from a fall. He was 82 years old and his loss from the scene will be incalculable. For Joe Lieberman was one of those rare public figures who was not just respected, but beloved, by both sides of the...
Episode 269 GEORGE H W BUSH 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History ( Part 10) Addressing America and Iraq
George H.W. Bush 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History - April 08, 2024 09:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode we will listen in on two addresses by President George H. W. Bush. One is to a joint session of the United States Congress as he reports back to the nation the situation in the Persian Gulf. He will also address the growing issues of division at home on the Federal Budget. We w...
Episode 268 GEORGE H W BUSH 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History ( Part 9) Bush and Gorbachev in Helsinki
George H.W. Bush 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History - April 04, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode we watch as the Cold War comes quietly to an end. The United States and the Soviet Union actually work together to handle a crisis that involves a client Soviet state, Iraq. We will tune in as the situation in the Gulf continues to move close to war. Then we will travel to Hel...
Episode 267 GEORGE H. W. BUSH 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History ( Part 8 ) Bringing the World Together
George H.W. Bush 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History - March 27, 2024 09:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode we hear from Saddam Hussein himself in an exclusive interview by ABC News and Diane Sawyer. In it he denies he has ever murdered his opponents, claims he is not an admirer of Josef Stalin, and tries to justify his actions in Kuwait. Then we listen in as he rounds up the British...
Episode 266 GEORGE H.W. BUSH 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History (Part 7) A United Arab Front
George H.W. Bush 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History - March 21, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsAs we approach the eve of the August 10, 1990, Arab League Summit; I thought this a good time for us to go back, with the help of the PBS Documentary series "Frontline", to the summer of circumstances that led to the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq. So, we will relive the summer months prior to the ...
A Trip Across CANADA (Special Edition in Honor of my Step-Father Larry Bulmer & Brian Mulroney)
George H.W. Bush 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History - March 19, 2024 09:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsAfter we put together our tribute episode in memory of Former Canadian Prime Minister, Brian Mulroney, that had included a short tribute honoring my Step Father, Larry Bulmer, I thought about the World Heritage site I had visited and Larry talked about in the short segment I used in the show. ...
BRIAN MULRONEY, A TRIBUTE to Our Great Friend and to Canada (Special Edition featuring my stepfather Larry Bulmer)
George H.W. Bush 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History - March 18, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsBrian Mulroney was a great friend to American Presidents, and one of the big four leaders who helped bring down Communism in the 1980s. He helped George Bush in the Gulf War and was the leader who pushed for the freeing of Nelson Mandela in South Africa. He was a man who played an outsized role ...
Episode 265 GEORGE H.W. BUSH 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History (Part 6) With Brian Mulroney and Canada by our side
George H.W. Bush 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History - March 14, 2024 09:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOne of the United States' closest allies is the nation of Canada and during this period it had one of its greatest statesman at the helm of Government, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. He stood with Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and Pope John Paul 2 as they worked to end the scourge of Communis...
Episode 264 GEORGE H.W. BUSH 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History (Part 5) The August 9, 1990 Press Conference
George H.W. Bush 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History - March 11, 2024 09:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode we sit in on the President's press Conference on August 9, 1990. At this point he has been busy assembling the World LEaders that he will need to begin the process of forcing Saddam Hussein from Kuwait. This press conference is an interesting look at how the President deals wit...
Episode 263 GEORGE H. W. BUSH 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History (Part 4) Iraq invades Kuwait
George H.W. Bush 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History - March 07, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIt is the day after the invasion of Kuwait by the Iraqi Army under the orders of it's dictator Saddam Hussein. We will listen in to the NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw as they recount the events of the 24 hours after the initial invasion for the public. We will hear from the Kuwaiti citizens as...
Mitch McConnell : The Senator of the Century (Part 3, Special Edition) A Giant Retires
George H.W. Bush 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History - March 04, 2024 10:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this Special Edition of our show we are adding a third installment to the special series we ran in January looking back at the life and career of Senator Mitch McConnell, the longest serving Republican Leader in the history of the Senate. In our special series in January we profiled the leade...
Episode 262 GEORGE H.W. BUSH 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History , (Part 3) The Americans with Disabilities Act
George H.W. Bush 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History - February 28, 2024 10:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode, we will examine one of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation passed since the 1960s. It was the Americans with Disabilities Act, and it insured for all Americans the basic right to equal access to all of American Life. It is hard to believe that there was actuall...
Grand Strand Politics Show 10: Donald Trump Wins the 2024 South Carolina Presidential Primary
George H.W. Bush 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History - February 27, 2024 10:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode we close out our podcast coverage of the 2024 South Carolina Presidential Primary. We will listen in to the concession speech of former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley and the victory address from former President Donald Trump. We will also hear remarks from South Carolina Go...
THANK YOU!!! We are now Ranked Number 1 , by FEEDSPOT, As one of the 70 Best American History Podcasts of 2024!!! How About That!!
George H.W. Bush 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History - February 27, 2024 09:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsFeedspot released yesterday, February 26, 2024, our ranking at number 1 of the 70 Best American History Podcasts of 2024. https://podcasts.feedspot.com/american_history_podcasts/ Here is the List We are enormously proud to have been listed in that position and we thought we would have a lit...
Grand Strand Politics Show 9: The Weaponization of Justice, A History & an Endorsement
George H.W. Bush 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History - February 23, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn our final show to air before the South Carolina Presidential Primary election, our Host Randal Wallace , will discuss what he believes is the root cause of much of the division our country faces today. It is the criminalization of politics and the weaponization of Justice in America. It is th...
Grand Strand Politics Show 8: The Colorado Access Case Supreme Court Arguments (Part 2)
George H.W. Bush 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History - February 22, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode , we will let you listen in on the Colorado Ballot Access case against President Donald Trump. This case rests on accusing Former President Donald Trump of being an insurrectionist, a charge of which has not been made in ANY of the 91 indictments so far being charged in the court...
Episode 261 GEORGE H.W. BUSH 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History , Read My Lips No New Taxes
George H.W. Bush 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History - February 21, 2024 10:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings"Read My Lips , No New Taxes!!" , the most famous words George H. W. Bush ever uttered. He said it at the 1988 Republican National Convention as he struggled to unite his party for the coming race for President against a surging Michael Dukakis, Governor of Massachusetts. Dukakis was a whoppin...
Episode 261 GEORGE H.W. BUSH 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History , (Part 2) Read My Lips No New Taxes
George H.W. Bush 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History - February 21, 2024 10:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings"Read My Lips , No New Taxes!!" , the most famous words George H. W. Bush ever uttered. He said it at the 1988 Republican National Convention as he struggled to unite his party for the coming race for President against a surging Michael Dukakis, Governor of Massachusetts. Dukakis was a whoppin...
Grand Strand Politics Show 7: The Colorado Ballot Access Case Supreme Court Arguments (part 1)
George H.W. Bush 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History - February 20, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode , we will let you listen in on the Colorado Ballot Access case against President Donald Trump. This case rests on accusing Former President Donald Trump of being an insurrectionist, a charge of which has not been made in ANY of the 91 indictments so far being charged in the court...
Grand Strand Politics Show 6: Donald Trump Comes to Conway S.C.
George H.W. Bush 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History - February 19, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsJoin us in this episode for the Donald Trump for President Rally. As the old saying goes poor planning on my part does not constitute an emergency on their part. I did not get there in time to get in because 20,000 plus may have been in attendance. You will get to hear our host as he tries to ...
Grand Strand Politics Show 5: Haley Bashing and Biden Winning
George H.W. Bush 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History - February 15, 2024 10:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode we see the South Carolina Primary starting to heat up, which is what this primary is historically well known for doing. We will feature two Donald Trump for President events , one in Columbia centered on Nikki Haley's record on illegal immigration as compared to that of Preside...
Episode 260 GEORGE H.W.BUSH 1990 -1991 The Sweep of History , (Part 1) The Arms Reduction Agreement and Summer Summit
George H.W. Bush 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History - February 14, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIt is the season 12 premier episode and with such a long gap since our last Bush episode we thought we would start by looking at the life of George Bush , from his love of Golf and his family connection to the game, to his military time in World War 2, and his time as Vice President, up to the m...
Episode 260 GEORGE H.W.BUSH 1990 -1991 The Sweep of History , The Arms Reduction Agreement and Summer Summit
George H.W. Bush 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History - February 14, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIt is the season 12 premier episode and with such a long gap since our last Bush episode we thought we would start by looking at the life of George Bush , from his love of Golf and his family connection to the game, to his military time in World War 2, and his time as Vice President, up to the m...
Grand Strand Politics Show 4: The Nikki Haley Rally
George H.W. Bush 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History - February 12, 2024 10:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThough many in the political world think this race is all but over, it still is not over. I can tell you from my many years of working in South Carolina politics that Former Governor Nikki Haley is no paper tiger and underestimating her is something you will do at your own political peril, just ...
Charles Osgood , A Tribute : See You On the Radio (Special Edition)
George H.W. Bush 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History - February 11, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsCharles Osgood Wood III , was the given name of a television icon, we all knew simply as Charles Osgood. He was the host of the CBS News "Sunday Morning" broadcast for 22 years but long before that he was the voice for the Osgood File on CBS Radio. It was that voice that made him instantly rec...
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