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The Richard Nixon ExperienceAuthor: Randal Wallace
It has been 50 years since the Administration of Richard Nixon. In that time, the left has waged a war on history to define Richard Nixon as a failure as President. For much of the half century Richard Nixon's name was synonymous with corruption and Government overreach. Podcasts, Documentaries, Cable Network specials have all controlled a narrative that cast Richard Nixon as the 20th centuries great American Villain. But all of that has changed. First in 2013, Geoff Shepard, Richard Nixon's youngest Watergate Defense team member, petitioned the National Archives for access to sealed Watergate materials. What he found was a treasure of exculpatory material that has sent shock waves throughout the world of serious historians and legal scholars. Was there more to the story of Watergate? The documentation he exposed certainly seems to say so and that is not the only area where scholars are finding that there was way more to Richard Nixon's tenure than had ever been appreciated. Richard Nixon worked to protect civil rights, advance women in government, protect the environment, set new higher standards for workforce safety, share revenues with local government, restructure the inner workings of the Federal Government, with plans to make it work more efficiently and more effectively and he even worked to provide a better healthcare and welfare system some 40 years ahead of his time. He opened up women's sports, lowered the voting age, ushered in an era of Judicial restraint, desegregated the Southern School system, poured millions into entrepreneurial programs for minorities, passed tough laws on organized crime, ended the draft and passed billions of dollars into cancer research that has led to most of the advances against the wide variety of deadly diseases we see today. And that list does not even get into the Foreign Policy achievements we associate with his incredible five and a half years as President. We thought it Language: en-us Genres: History, News, Politics Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Richard Nixon Stars in Episode 421 BOB DOLE THE LIFE THAT BROUGHT HIM THERE (Part 2) Dwight Eisenhower: The Inspiration ( A )
Episode 161
Monday, 2 February, 2026
Send us a textDwight Eisenhower: The Inspiration (A)What kind of leader shapes a young soldier’s idea of courage, duty, and sacrifice—and then stays with him for a lifetime?In this powerful second chapter of our Bob Dole series, we turn to the man who became Dole’s lifelong hero: Dwight D. Eisenhower.Long before Bob Dole entered politics, he was a wounded young officer watching the world being remade by war. And at the center of that war stood Eisenhower—the Supreme Allied Commander who carried the weight of history on his shoulders as he ordered the D-Day invasion that would determine the fate of Europe and the free world.In this episode, we explore why Eisenhower became Dole’s model of leadership and character, beginning with a sweeping look at D-Day, the Allied victory, and the burden Eisenhower carried in sending thousands of young men into battle. We trace Eisenhower’s rise from soldier to president, his extraordinary list of accomplishments, and his complex partnership with Richard Nixon, a relationship that would shape American politics for decades.We also examine Bob Dole’s deeply personal connection to Eisenhower’s legacy, including his leadership in the long effort to build the Eisenhower Memorial in Washington, D.C.—now a permanent tribute to the man who inspired him.And as Eisenhower led the greatest military operation in history, Bob Dole was fighting his own war. We follow Dole into Operation Grapeshot, his arrival in Italy, and the brutal reality that would soon change his life forever.The episode closes with Eisenhower’s own haunting reflections on the true price of war—words that echo through Bob Dole’s story and the lives of all who served.This is the first of two episodes exploring Dwight Eisenhower’s towering career and the enduring influence he had on Bob Dole—soldier, senator, and statesman.A story of leadership under fire. A story of heroism, humility, and history. And the story of the man who inspired Bob Dole to believe that service was worth the cost.
