George H.W. Bush: The Leadership Lessons

Episode 215 JIMMY CARTER ( Part 25) The Iranian Hostage Crisis Show 3 Freedom

July 31, 2023 Randal Wallace Season 10 Episode 215
George H.W. Bush: The Leadership Lessons
Episode 215 JIMMY CARTER ( Part 25) The Iranian Hostage Crisis Show 3 Freedom
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In this episode we draw the crisis to a close. Jimmy Carter has lost his bid for re-election and Ronald Reagan is on the verge of the Presidency.  In this episode we take you through the story of Jimmy Carter's frantic final days as he races against time to end the hostage standoff before he leaves office. 

We will also take a look at the media who covered the story, mainly for ABC News. For it was under the leadership of ABC News President Roone Arledge that a new show was born, "Nightline" which had been known for a while as "America Held Hostage" . Arledge had a vision of a late night news program that could compete with "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" but he had yet to find the type of continuing story that could build a steady audience. They had covered the death of Elvis Presley but that had been sort of a one night event. 

The Hostage Crisis would be that story he had looked for and it would captivate the nation for 444 days. By the time the story was over, ABC News had a hit on its hand, "Nightline with Ted Koppel" was born, and they would cover those final days  where Jimmy Carter would literally work, with no sleep,  to the very end of his Presidency to insure that every single American Hostage would come home from Tehran, Iran,  alive. 

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Jimmy Carter I could have wiped Iran off the map - CNBC
Music Intro
Ted Koppel on the Hostage Crisis - Emmy Legends oral history
President Carter on the Hostage Crisis on CBS Face the Nation - June 1, 1980
Host Randal Wallace talks about the 1980 election, and the birth of ABC News "Nightline"
Ted Koppel on America Held Hostage - Emmy Legends oral history
The First episode of ABC News " Nightline with Ted Koppel" March 24, 1980
Host Randal Wallace moves us to the end of the crisis
The Iranian Hostage Release: a conversation with President Jimmy Carter by Brian Williams NBC News
Ted Koppel on the end of the Hostage Crisis - Emmy Legends oral history
American Hostages day 444 ABC News "Nightline" coverage of the final day and the Inauguration of President Ronald Reagan
The Iranian Hostage Release: a conversation with President Jimmy Carter by Brian Williams NBC News
Rare interview with Iranian Hostage survivor Michael Metrillo shares his story 40 years later - Local Pennsylvania news station
Coastal Carolina University Oral History with John Jenrette by Ben Burroughs
Closing music