Hello Down There! It's Your Friend, History!

Some people would say I can't really call this a historical podcast when  it's just a shameless regurgitation of a dozen books' worth of Nixon  gossip, but that's a them problem.

[Transcript and sources available @ yrfriendhistory on Medium]

Doctor Arnold Hutschnecker said of his patient, Richard Nixon, “The driving force of his life was that he wanted to prove to his mother that he was a good boy. He could not be a loser because that would mean he was letting his mother down.” Please keep this deeply tragic quote in mind while listening to this podcast about what a loser he was. /// Transcript available @ yrfriendhistory on Medium

Have you ever wanted to know exactly how weird Richard Nixon was about his mother, women, alcohol, tadpoles, Jack Kennedy, and everything else he ever came in contact with? Of course you have! And you're welcome.

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Sources: The Arrogance of Power by Anthony Summers, Richard Nixon: The Life by John A. Farrell

Warnings: references to emotional and physical abuse, sexual harassment

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A brief overview of James Garfield's needlessly gruesome death.

[Information sourced from Candice Millard's Destiny of the Republic]

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