This 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 th...
Feb 25, 2019•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast On 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 ...
Feb 18, 2019•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast On 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 h...
Feb 11, 2019•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast What 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...
Feb 04, 2019•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast After 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: Richar...
Jan 28, 2019•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast On 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 me...
Jan 22, 2019•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast On 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...
Jan 14, 2019•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast, we’re talking the Nixon Tapes again, with specific focus on President Nixon’s conversations about diplomacy with leaders of the Soviet Union. 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/2019/01/luke-nichter-soviet-union-white-house-tapes/ Interview by Jonathan Movroydis. Ph...
Jan 07, 2019•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast, we’re talking again about the relationship between President Nixon and the late President George Herbert Walker Bush. Our guest is former governor of New Hampshire, and chief-of-staff to President Bush, John Sununu. He’s also author of a memoir about his time in the Bush White House, "The Quiet Man: The Indispensable Presidency of George H.W. Bush." Interview by Jonathan Movroydis.
Dec 31, 2018•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast On 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/2018/1...
Dec 24, 2018•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast What 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...
Dec 17, 2018•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast, we explore the legacy of America's seventh President, Andrew Jackson. Early in his administration, President Trump compared himself to Jackson; it's likely that he admires "Old Hickory's brashness and populist flair. Trump has even placed a portrait of Jackson in the Oval Office. Why is Andrew Jackson, whose face is on America's $20 bill so important to our nation's history? Why is he significant today? To answer these questions, we are joined by Brian K...
Dec 10, 2018•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast we explore how President Nixon made his improbable comeback for President in 1968 — 50 years ago — and what it was like to be in the inner workings of the campaign. There wasn’t anyone as closely involved as Dwight Chapin, then candidate Nixon’s personal aide. Chapin went on to serve as President Nixon’s 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 incl...
Dec 03, 2018•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast we explore what became known as the Watergate "Road Map." In October, Politico reported that Chief U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell granted a request to unseal a large chunk of the “Road Map” that a federal grand jury in Washington sent to the House Judiciary Committee in early 1974 as part of the Watergate investigation. The petition to the court was made by our guest today, Geoff Shepard, author and former Nixon White House official who served as ...
Nov 26, 2018•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast On 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 Id...
Nov 16, 2018•1 hr 21 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast, we discuss the Nixon Tapes again, with specific focus on President Nixon’s conversations with National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger, in 1971. 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. Nixon writes in his memoirs that he installed the taping system as a way to record history accurately and he mentions that the instal...
Oct 27, 2018•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 a...
Oct 12, 2018•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast What 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 corpor...
Oct 11, 2018•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast How 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...
Oct 01, 2018•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast This edition of the Nixon Now Podcast explores how the conservative media influenced public debate about U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War. Our guest is author and historian Laurence Jurdem, an expert on the history of American conservatism. His writings and commentary have been featured in a wide number of publications, including National Review, the New York Times, Newsweek, the Washington Post, Cold War History and the History News Network. Dr. Jurdem’s is the author of a newly released...
Sep 25, 2018•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast Marking 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 ...
Sep 15, 2018•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Last 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 ass...
Sep 10, 2018•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast In 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 ineffe...
Sep 04, 2018•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast This 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 ...
Aug 27, 2018•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this edition of the Nixon Now podcast, we take a look at Hollywood's influence on the Civil Rights movement and the White House's work in race relations. To discuss this is Dr. Emilie Raymond, Associate Professor of History at Virginia Commonwealth University. An accomplished author, she has written two books about celebrity influence in U.S. politics, “From My Cold, Dead Hands: Charlton Heston and American Politics” and her latest, “Stars for Freedom: Hollywood, Black Celebrities, and the Ci...
Jul 27, 2018•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast, we explore how President Nixon’s national security advisor, and later secretary of state Dr. Henry Kissinger crafted and executed negotiating strategies with leaders of foreign countries. This three part interview was conducted with James Sebenius, the Gordon Donaldson Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. You can follow the school’s work on Twitter @harvardhbs. Professor Sebenius specializes in analyzing and advising on co...
Jul 22, 2018•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast, we explore how President Nixon’s national security advisor, and later secretary of state Dr. Henry Kissinger crafted and executed negotiating strategies with leaders of foreign countries. This three part interview was conducted with James Sebenius, the Gordon Donaldson Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. You can follow the school’s work on Twitter @harvardhbs. Professor Sebenius specializes in analyzing and advising on co...
Jul 21, 2018•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast, we explore how President Nixon’s national security advisor, and later secretary of state Dr. Henry Kissinger crafted and executed negotiating strategies with leaders of foreign countries. This three part interview was conducted with James Sebenius, the Gordon Donaldson Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. You can follow the school’s work on Twitter @harvardhbs. Professor Sebenius specializes in analyzing and advising on co...
Jul 20, 2018•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast On 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-abi...
May 10, 2018•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast What were U.S.-China relations immediately after World War II? In December 1945, Five-Star General George Marshall came out of retirement to help usher in a new era of political stability in China. China had finished a long war with Japan, and had its own internal struggles between nationalists and communists. On this edition of the podcast, we explore this subject with Daniel Kurtz-Phelan, author of the newly released, “The China Mission: George Marshall’s Unfinished War, 1945-1947." Daniel Kur...
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