Presidential Recordings

Before, during, and after Watergate, there was still a country to run. In this episode, we hear calls between the POTUS members of Congress. Topics include the publication of The Pentagon Papers, and The War in Vietnam.

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Throughout the month of April 1973, President Nixon speaks with his associates about Watergate and the investigation that is unfolding. By the end of April, at least 4 members of his administration have resigned from the White House.

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Season Two begins with a sampling of calls about Watergate between President Richard Nixon and his administration from April 1973 while the investigation intensified. Conversations include John Ehrlichman, Assistant Attorney General Henry Peterson, FBI Director L. Patrick Gray, Henry Kissinger, and White House Counsel John Dean. 

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At least 6 U.S. Presidents recorded conversations while in office. Hear those conversations on this C-SPAN podcast. Season 2 focuses on President Richard Nixon's secretly-recorded private telephone conversations. Through eight episodes, hear Richard Nixon talk with key aides about Watergate strategy, potential Supreme Court Nominees, and hear his reaction to the leaked publication of the Pentagon Papers. 

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1968…Vietnam, Multiple Assassinations, LBJ's Decision not to run for re-election, the Chicago Democratic National Convention…and more in the last episode of our first season of Presidential Recordings. 

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Lady Bird Johnson…First Lady….environmentalist, and one of President Johnson's most trusted advisors. This week, conversations between Lady Bird and President Johnson, portions of her diary from November 22nd, 1963, and the case of Walter Jenkins. 

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This week, go behind the scenes with calls surrounding the Voting Rights Act of 1965. You'll hear from Martin Luther King Jr., Senate Leaders Mike Mansfield (D-MT), Everett Dirksen (R-L), and more. 

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Calls around the March on Selma, as President Lyndon Johnson responds to Bloody Sunday. You'll hear from Alabama Governor George Wallace, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, and Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach. 

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This week, a look at calls surrounding the passage of the Medicare and Medicaid Act of 1965. You'll hear from President Johnson's chief aid to Congress Larry O'Brien, Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee Wilbur Mills (D-AR), Tennessee democratic senator Albert Gore Sr., Dr. Benjamin Spock, and more. 

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A look at calls after President Lyndon Johnson's sweeping victory in the 1964 presidential election over Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater.

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