Luke Nichter on the Origins of the White House Taping System

Why 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. Interview by Jonathan Movroydis. For more information and transcripts click on the link below: https://www.nixonfoundation.org/2018/10/podcast-luke-nichter-origins-white-house-taping-system/