Today marks a half century since the resignation of former president Richard Nixon. The infamous Watergate scandal rocked the country at the time, and has had a lasting impact on the nation since, but would it play out the same way today?

For a closer look at the history, and how we've changed, KCBS Radio's Eric Thomas was joined by Luke Nichter, history and presidential studies professor at Chapman and an expert on the presidency, Nixon, and the Watergate tapes.

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