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The Richard Nixon Experience
by 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 appreciat
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Richard Nixon Experience oral history of Bernard Nussbaum (Part 2) The Dangerous Office
Send us Fan Mail This is the second half of the oral history of Bernard Nussbaum In this episode, we listen to the oral history of Bernard Nussbaum, the number 2 man on the House Judiciary Committee Staff that oversaw the Impeachment Inquiry into Watergate and President Richard Nixon. While you...
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Richard Nixon Experience oral History of Bernard Nussbaum (Part 1) The Dangerous Office
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we listen to the oral history of Bernard Nussbaum, the number 2 man on the House Judiciary Committee Staff that oversaw the Impeachment Inquiry into Watergate and President Richard Nixon. While you have to read between the lines, the message is clear. Nussbaum...
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Richard Nixon Experience Oral History of Hillary Clinton
Send us Fan Mail This is a surprise oral history. It is candid and at times very sympathetic to President Nixon for which I was surprised. It also had moments where you get a sense that she may not have agreed with her boss’s decision to collate and not investigate the materials they had…
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OCTOBER 2026 A Preview for the entire Wallace Podcast Network
Send us Fan Mail A preview for three different stories we will be sharing on all three of our podcasts. On Grand Strand Politics we will be covering the race for Governor of South Carolina between Alan Wilson and Jermaine Johnson, and the razor thin race between Senator Darline Graham versus Dr....
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RICHARD NIXON MAXXING and JD VANCE
Send us Fan Mail Nixon Maxxing is all the rage with Generation Z. It has led to the Renaissance of Richard Nixon really taking hold, and it went viral in June when Vice President J.D. Vance spoke out about how Richard Nixon was treated for all the world to hear. It got a lot of attention. We here...
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Richard Nixon stars in Episode 429 BOB DOLE THE LIFE THAT BROUGHT HIM THERE (Part 10) WATERGATE
Send us Fan Mail Episode 429 – Bob Dole: The Life That Brought Him There (Part 10) Watergate Part 10 takes listeners inside one of the most seismic political crises in American history — and does so through the eyes and voice of Bob Dole. As the Watergate complex break-in spiraled into a...
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RICHARD NIXON STARS in Episode 428 BOB DOLE THE LIFE THAT BROUGHT HIM THERE (Part 9) Out as RNC Chairman
Send us Fan Mail Episode 428 – Bob Dole: The Life That Brought Him There (Part 9) Out as RNC Chairman Power in Washington can rise quickly — and shift just as fast. Part 9 explores the dramatic turning point when Bob Dole’s tenure as chairman of the Republican National Committee comes to an…
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Richard Nixon Stars in Episode 426 BOB DOLE THE LIFE THAT BROUGHT HIM THERE (Part 7) With Nixon's Help (A)
Send us Fan Mail Episode 426 – Bob Dole: The Life That Brought Him There (Part 7) With Nixon’s Help (A) Part 7 explores a pivotal chapter in Bob Dole’s rise on the national stage — his growing alliance with Richard Nixon during one of the most turbulent periods in modern American history. As the...
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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 )
Send us Fan Mail Dwight 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....
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FEBRUARY 2026 : A Preview for across The Wallace Podcast Network (WPN) An exciting month of podcasts
Send us Fan Mail February 2026 on the Wallace Podcast Network — One Month. Three Podcasts. A Shared Journey Through History. This February, all three shows across the Wallace Podcast Network come together for a powerful month of storytelling that connects world history with hometown legacy. On...
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Richard Nixon stars in Episode 418 THE GREAT AMERICAN AUTHORS (Part 16) SPIRO T AGNEW and THE NIXON NOVELS : "The Canfield Decision " and JOHN EHRLICHMAN'S "The Company"
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Great American Authors, we take an unforgettable look at two astonishing works born from the tumultuous aftermath of Nixon-era Washington — The Canfield Decision by Spiro T. Agnew and The Company by John Ehrlichman. Today, The Canfield Decision enjoys a...
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An Interview with Former Vice President Spiro Agnew in 1980 with Barbara Walters (Special Edition)
Send us Fan Mail We stumbled on this interview while researching materials for a tribute to former Vice President Dick Cheney. We had not been aware that this interview existed if we had known it we would have used it during our original broadcast. The interview is hard hitting, Barbara Walters...
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Richard Nixon stars in Billy Graham The President's Preacher and his role in American History (Special Edition from the Bob Dole 1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing)
Send us Fan Mail In this episode we look back at the other man who alongside, Bob Dole and Pete Wilson, spoke at both funerals for Pat and Richard Nixon. The Reverend Billy Graham was a giant figure in the second half of the 20th Century. His influence on the spiritual lives of people around the...
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Richard Nixon stars in Episode 383 Bob Dole 1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing (Part 21) The Passing of Pat and Richard Nixon
Send us Fan Mail In this episode we cover the deaths of both Former First Lady Pat Nixon and former President Richard Nixon who both passed away within 10 months of one another in 1993 and 1994. As anyone who has been listening to our podcast on a long term basis knows, the life and career of...
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BEHIND CLOSED DOORS by Ken Khachigian ( A Book Review) Special Edition - Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan
Send us Fan Mail In this special edition of our podcast we will be looking at the highly acclaimed best selling book written by former Ronald Reagan Speech writer Ken Khachigian. The book offers an insiders view of not one President but two Presidents, both giants in our long long struggle…
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The Richard Nixon Experience Part 1 The Finale
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The Federalist Society WATERGATE SYMPOSIUM ( Bonus Edition ) Part 4
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to The Revealing Documents from the Watergate Prosecutions featuring : • Prof. Stephen Saltzburg, Wallace and Beverley Woodbury University Professor of Law; Co-director of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Program, The George Washington University Law School • Geoff...
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The Federalist Society WATERGATE SYMPOSIUM ( Bonus Edition ) Part 3
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to The Revealing Documents from the Watergate Prosecutions featuring : • Prof. Stephen Saltzburg, Wallace and Beverley Woodbury University Professor of Law; Co-director of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Program, The George Washington University Law School • Geoff...
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The Federalist Society WATERGATE SYMPOSIUM ( Bonus Edition ) Part 2
Send us Fan Mail FYI: There is a 30 second break between what was a 10 minute break, please stay tuned in Welcome to The Revealing Documents from the Watergate Prosecutions featuring : • Prof. Stephen Saltzburg, Wallace and Beverley Woodbury University Professor of Law; Co-director of the...
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The Federalist Society WATERGATE SYMPOSIUM ( Bonus Edition ) Part 1
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to The Revealing Documents from the Watergate Prosecutions featuring : • Prof. Stephen Saltzburg, Wallace and Beverley Woodbury University Professor of Law; Co-director of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Program, The George Washington University Law School • Geoff...
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Judge Lawrence Silberman - A Tribute ( Bonus Edition) United States Circuit Judge for the Federal District Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia Circuit
Send us Fan Mail In this special edition we look back at a giant of the American Justice System. Lawrence Silberman is a man most people, including me, had probably never heard of unless you were knowledgeable about the law. I was introduced to him because he was on a panel examining the massive...
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The RICHARD NIXON EXPERIENCE presents Angelo J. Lano , Field Agent throughout Watergate for the FBI (Part 3) Oral History interview for the Nixon Library
Send us Fan Mail This is the final episode in our look at the oral history of FBI Field Agent Angelo Lano. It covers the Saturday Night Massacre, his opinion of John Dean, and his thoughts on the reporting of the Washington Post's Woodward and Bernstein. It is a fascinating look into what the...
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The RICHARD NIXON EXPERIENCE presents Angelo J. Lano , Field Agent throughout Watergate for the FBI (Part 2) Oral History interview for the Nixon Library
Send us Fan Mail In this second of our three episode oral history with FBI Field Agent Angelo Lano we listen in as he talks about dealing with FBI second in command Mark Felt. Felt turned out to be the secret source for The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. It is interesting to...
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The RICHARD NIXON EXPERIENCE presents Angelo J. Lano , Field Agent throughout Watergate for the FBI (Part 1) Oral History interview for the Nixon Library
Send us Fan Mail In our first episode of its kind we will let you listen to the oral history of FBI Field Agent Angelo J. Lano. He was in charge of the investigation of the Watergate break-in from its start until it ended. His insights are profound. In this episode he will discuss John Dean and…
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A Question for you about the future of the "Richard Nixon Experience" We want to hear from you!!
Send us Fan Mail This short housekeeping show will air on both of our podcasts because we want to hear from you. We are about to air an uninterupted oral history on The Richard Nixon Experience. We want to know if you would be interested in more episodes in this type of format and have us, at the...
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Richard Nixon in Episode 235 General Alexander Haig A Player on the World Stage ( A Special Series Part D ) The Phone Call , 1973 The End of the Vietnam War (Tape Series 18)
Send us Fan Mail In this final look back at the phone calls of Richard Nixon with Alexander Haig it is December of 1972 and January of 1973. The end of the War for America in Vietnam seems at hand. We will hear the two men work on these final problems and issues concerning getting an agreement to...
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Richard Nixon in Episode 234 General Alexander Haig A Player on the World Stage ( A Special Series Part C The Phone Calls ) (Tape Series 17)
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we see President Nixon moving in on what he believes will be peace in Vietnam. However, it is not without issues and games being played by not only our enemies in Hanoi, or their allies in Peking and Moscow, but also by our own friends in Saigon too. This is a...
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Richard Nixon in Episode 233 General Alexander Haig, A Player on the World Stage ( A Special Series Part B The Phone Calls ) (Tape Series 16)
Send us Fan Mail In this second episode on General alexander Haig , we will listen in on the phone calls between the President and the Assistant National Security Advisor Al Haig. These are the calls from 1971 and they cover several different subjects from the theft of the Pentagon Papers, to...
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Richard Nixon in Episode 232 General Alexander Haig , A Player on the World Stage , ( A Special Series part A )
Send us Fan Mail This is the first episode in a four episode special series looking back at the life of General Alexander Haig. Haig served several Presidents, working most closely with Presidents Nixon, Ford and Reagan. He has been a major player throughout the time periods we have been covering...
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Henry Kissinger , A Tribute to an Extraordinary 100 Years 1923 - 2023
Send us Fan Mail Henry Kissinger, a giant of American History, and arguably the nations greatest diplomat died on November 29, 2023 at the age of 100. In this episode we look back at his extraordinary 100 years as he worked with Richard Nixon to bring peace to millions of people around the world...
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THE LETTER from Richard Nixon to Bill Clinton (Article by Dr. Luke Nichter)
Send us Fan Mail In this special edition we will examine the recently declassified letter written by former President Richard Nixon to President Bill Clinton just after his two week trip to Russia and Europe. In the letter Richard Nixon gives the young President a thorough examination of what he...
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The Character of Leon Jaworski, Watergate , and the Fort Lawton Riot
Send us Fan Mail For all of the folks who have said to me that our long documentary on Watergate and the massive evidence of alleged prosecutorial misconduct just did not seem plausible. This special edition is for you. It is a story I had not heard before until our podcast's friend , Geoff...
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Nixon and Reagan : A Long Political Friendship (Special Edition)
Send us Fan Mail In this episode we look back at the relationship between President Richard Nixon and California Governor and future President Ronald Reagan. As you will see it is obvious that Richard Nixon is actually working to open the doors of opportunity to his fellow Californian as he…
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RICHARD NIXON in Episode 227 The LEADERSHIP of GEORGE BUSH (Part 3) With the Help of Richard Nixon (Tape Series 15)
Send us Fan Mail In this episode we look back at the early career of George H. W. Bush, as we review his father's term in the United States Senate, his own race for the U.S. Senate against Senator Ralph Yarborough, his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, and his defeat at the hands of…
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RICHARD NIXON in Episode 218 JIMMY CARTER (Part 28) John Connally the Advisor to Presidents: With Richard Nixon (Show 6 : Listening in on the Tapes )
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we look back at John Connally's relationship to President Richard Nixon. In this episode we feature two calls, one just after Nixon was re-elected President when you see that Connally has enormous influence over the President. He is giving the President advice on...
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RICHARD NIXON in Episode 196 JOHN JENRETTE OUR CONGRESSMAN and JIMMY CARTER too (Part 6) The Races for Congress 1972 & 1974 (John McMillan, DC Home-rule, Ed Young and Richard Nixon)
Send us Fan Mail In this episode , we look back at the high drama of winning a historic primary and unseating a political giant, only to lose in the general election. Then coming back two years later to finally win a seat in the United States House of Representatives. It was a rollercoaster of a...
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RICHARD NIXON in Episode 178 GERALD FORD The Accidental President (Part 3) Working with Richard Nixon (Tape series 11)
Send us Fan Mail It is one thing to work with a President from the other party and be the loyal opposition that is often getting in the news for being opposed to the President. It is another to be your President's leader on the House floor pushing through his agenda, especially when you are in…
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RICHARD NIXON (Bonus Edition) Predicting Vladimir Putin over two decades ago - Nixon interview on the Soviet Union and the Post Cold War
Send us Fan Mail In Former President Richard Nixon's final book "Beyond Peace" he often wrote like a psychic of some kind. He wrote: “The United States must lead. We must lead to open the eyes of those still blinded by despotism, to emboldened those who remain oppressed, and bring out from the...
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RICHARD NIXON (Bonus Edition) With Foreign Leaders After the Presidency - Anwar Sadat, The Shah of Iran, and Leonid Brezhnev
Send us Fan Mail In this episode we look back on President Nixon's relationships with three world leaders who were very important to the United States during his administration. No world leader in history was as well traveled as President Richard Nixon and few if any knew the world better. During...
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RICHARD NIXON - The Final Day Redux this time featuring coverage from ABC News
Send us Fan Mail This is the first episode in our series of bonus materials. This is a listen at the news coverage from President Nixon's last day in office. During our regular series I chose to use the coverage from CBS News because it is more recognizable to the public. The familiar voices of...
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What IF Nixon had been able to serve the remainder of his term as President (with Special Guest Star Robert M. Bostock)
Send us Fan Mail In this special edition of The Richard Nixon Experience, we let you tune back in to that final day at the White House for President Nixon. You will hear excerpts from his resignation speech, his speech to his staff and reminiscences from several different people about those…
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A Housekeeping show to tell you what to expect for the next couple of months on our show. We aren't over yet!!
Send us Fan Mail We are not done yet with the life and career of Richard Nixon, so in this episode we are going to give you a roadmap on where our podcast will go from here for the rest of 2024
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Final Thoughts on Richard Nixon by our Host Randal Wallace
Send us Fan Mail This episode is one of final thoughts on Richard Nixon. They range from subjects like the shameful treatment he received from the national news media and how they have actively worked to keep the public in the dark on the facts of Watergate. This was a problem both when it…
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RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE The Epilogue, The Re-Rise (Part 6) The Finale: The Age of Nixon
Send us Fan Mail This is the finale of our look at Richard Nixon, and our 145 episode look back at the most divisive era in American history other than the American Civil War, the Vietnam war and Watergate. It all began with the assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem, the President of South Vietnam ,...
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RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE The Epilogue. The Re-Rise (Part 5) The Wisdom of Richard Nixon Show B (Bill Clinton and Russia)
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we listen to Richard Nixon's thoughts on the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union may be gone but the nation that succeeded it, Russia, is now under the leadership of an old KGB Agent, Vladimir Putin. A Russian strongman, leading a resurgence of Russian Nationalism and...
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RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE The Epilogue, The Re-Rise (Part 4) The Wisdom of Richard Nixon Show A
Send us Fan Mail In this episode we listen to Richard Nixon's thoughts on a wide variety of issues that still exist today, plus his advice at how to deal with problems in our lives that apply to everyone. He tells stories from his time in public office as a Congressman, Senator, Vice-President…
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RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE The Epilogue, The Re-Rise (Part 3) The Oxford Union Q and A
Send us Fan Mail This was an extraordinary moment. It marks the beginning of Richard Nixon's long, and remarkable journey to the status of beloved elder statesman. Richard Nixon walked into the room a hated, disgraced, much maligned, but still historic figure, and he walked out having won the...
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RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE The Epilogue, The Re-Rise (Part 2) The Fall of Saigon, Frost - Nixon, and the Welcome at Hyden
Send us Fan Mail Finally the end of the Vietnam War. Richard Nixon had negotiated an honorable peace with the assurances that we would continue to help the South Vietnamese to be able to defend themselves from any aggression from the North. When that aggression came President Gerald Ford did all…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
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 appreciat
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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,...
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