The 1968 US Presidential Election: Rotting from the head down

Angela Barnes and John O’Farrell present the not-so-serious podcast unravelling fascinating and down-right bizarre historical events.

This time: They dive deep into the year American politics took a dark turn towards lies, divisiveness and criminality. As is said so often on this podcast; 'it could never happen now'.

This is the bitterly fought American Election that set the modern tone with its controversy and dishonesty - and heralded the rise of the new right in America. Spoiler alert - Richard Nixon ends up as a preserved head in Futurama.

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“That guy off the chimp movie? No way!” – John O’Farrell

“I am alone in the land of the aardvarks.” – Senator Eugene McCarthy

“If there’s one thing I know about American politics, is that they don’t want a poet for president.” – Angela Barnes

Reading List: An American Melodrama; the Presidential Campaign of 1968 by Lewis Chester, Geoffrey Hodgson and Bruce Page.

We Are History is written and presented by Angela Barnes and John O’Farrell. Audio production by Simon Williams and artwork by James Parrett. Lead Producer is Anne-Marie Luff. Group Editor is Andrew Harrison. We Are History is a Podmasters Production.

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