The Richard Nixon Experience
It has been 50 years since the Administration of Richard Nixon. In that time, the left has waged a war on history to define Richard Nixon as a failure as President. For much of the half century Richard Nixon's name was synonymous with corruption and Government overreach. Podcasts, Documentaries, Cable Network specials have all controlled a narrative that cast Richard Nixon as the 20th centuries great American Villain.
But all of that has changed. First in 2013, Geoff Shepard, Richard Nixon's youngest Watergate Defense team member, petitioned the National Archives for access to sealed Watergate materials. What he found was a treasure of exculpatory material that has sent shock waves throughout the world of serious historians and legal scholars. Was there more to the story of Watergate? The documentation he exposed certainly seems to say so and that is not the only area where scholars are finding that there was way more to Richard Nixon's tenure than had ever been appreciated.
Richard Nixon worked to protect civil rights, advance women in government, protect the environment, set new higher standards for workforce safety, share revenues with local government, restructure the inner workings of the Federal Government, with plans to make it work more efficiently and more effectively and he even worked to provide a better healthcare and welfare system some 40 years ahead of his time. He opened up women's sports, lowered the voting age, ushered in an era of Judicial restraint, desegregated the Southern School system, poured millions into entrepreneurial programs for minorities, passed tough laws on organized crime, ended the draft and passed billions of dollars into cancer research that has led to most of the advances against the wide variety of deadly diseases we see today.
And that list does not even get into the Foreign Policy achievements we associate with his incredible five and a half years as President.
We thought it was time to tell that story and over the next year and half we will tell that story on this podcast. The story of the experience of a nation, at war in Vietnam, and often under siege, and at war with itself, here at home. An experience that created a great gash in the body politic that we are still healing from today. It is the story of the man who saved our Union from the growing disaster an upheaval experienced in this era.
The story of the experience of a nation as it wrestled with titanic changes in culture, the experience of a nation ripped from its foundations, and the experience of the historic leader that set that nation back on course to its rightful place as the beacon of light for freedom and prosperity to a troubled world . The experience of the late 1960's and early 1970's, the experience of the most divisive era in American history, other than the Civil War, the experience of the United States of America and the leader who fixed it all.
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Episodes
209 episodes
Richard Nixon stars in Episode 429 BOB DOLE THE LIFE THAT BROUGHT HIM THERE (Part 10) WATERGATE
Episode 429 – Bob Dole: The Life That Brought Him There (Part 10) WatergatePart 10 takes listeners inside one of the most seismic political crises in American history — and does so through the eyes and voice of Bob Dole.<...
RICHARD NIXON STARS in Episode 428 BOB DOLE THE LIFE THAT BROUGHT HIM THERE (Part 9) Out as RNC Chairman
Episode 428 – Bob Dole: The Life That Brought Him There (Part 9) Out as RNC ChairmanPower in Washington can rise quickly — and shift just as fast. Part 9 explores the dramatic turning point when Bob Dole’s tenure as chair...
Richard Nixon stars in Episode 427 BOB DOLE THE LIFE THAT BROUGHT HIM THERE (part 8) With Nixon's Help (B)
Richard Nixon Stars in Episode 426 BOB DOLE THE LIFE THAT BROUGHT HIM THERE (Part 7) With Nixon's Help (A)
Episode 426 – Bob Dole: The Life That Brought Him There (Part 7) With Nixon’s Help (A)Part 7 explores a pivotal chapter in Bob Dole’s rise on the national stage — his growing alliance with Richard Nixon during one ...
Richard Nixon Stars in Episode 421 BOB DOLE THE LIFE THAT BROUGHT HIM THERE (Part 2) Dwight Eisenhower: The Inspiration ( A )
Dwight Eisenhower: The Inspiration (A)What kind of leader shapes a young soldier’s idea of courage, duty, and sacrifice—and then stays with him for a lifetime?In this powerful second chapter of our Bob Dole series, we turn ...
FEBRUARY 2026 : A Preview for across The Wallace Podcast Network (WPN) An exciting month of podcasts
February 2026 on the Wallace Podcast Network — One Month. Three Podcasts. A Shared Journey Through History.This February, all three shows across the Wallace Podcast Network come together for a powerful month of storytelling that c...
Richard Nixon stars in Episode 418 THE GREAT AMERICAN AUTHORS (Part 16) SPIRO T AGNEW and THE NIXON NOVELS : "The Canfield Decision " and JOHN EHRLICHMAN'S "The Company"
In this episode of Great American Authors, we take an unforgettable look at two astonishing works born from the tumultuous aftermath of Nixon-era Washington — The Canfield Decision by Spiro T. Agnew and The Company by...
An Interview with Former Vice President Spiro Agnew in 1980 with Barbara Walters (Special Edition)
We stumbled on this interview while researching materials for a tribute to former Vice President Dick Cheney. We had not been aware that this interview existed if we had known it we would have used it during our original broadcast. ...
Richard Nixon stars in Billy Graham The President's Preacher and his role in American History (Special Edition from the Bob Dole 1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing)
In this episode we look back at the other man who alongside, Bob Dole and Pete Wilson, spoke at both funerals for Pat and Richard Nixon. The Reverend Billy Graham was a giant figure in the second half of the 20th Century. His influence on the s...
Richard Nixon stars in Episode 383 Bob Dole 1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing (Part 21) The Passing of Pat and Richard Nixon
In this episode we cover the deaths of both Former First Lady Pat Nixon and former President Richard Nixon who both passed away within 10 months of one another in 1993 and 1994. As anyone who has been listening to our podcast on a l...
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS by Ken Khachigian ( A Book Review) Special Edition - Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan
In this special edition of our podcast we will be looking at the highly acclaimed best selling book written by former Ronald Reagan Speech writer Ken Khachigian. The book offers an insiders view of not one President but two Presiden...
The Richard Nixon Experience Part 2 The Finale - What if Richard Nixon could have finished his extraordinary Term
The Federalist Society WATERGATE SYMPOSIUM ( Bonus Edition ) Part 4
Welcome to The Revealing Documents from the Watergate Prosecutions featuring :• Prof. Stephen Saltzburg, Wallace and Beverley Woodbury University Professor of Law; Co-director of the Litigation and Dispute Resolut...
The Federalist Society WATERGATE SYMPOSIUM ( Bonus Edition ) Part 3
Welcome to The Revealing Documents from the Watergate Prosecutions featuring :• Prof. Stephen Saltzburg, Wallace and Beverley Woodbury University Professor of Law; Co-director of the Litigation and Dispute Resolut...
The Federalist Society WATERGATE SYMPOSIUM ( Bonus Edition ) Part 2
FYI: There is a 30 second break between what was a 10 minute break, please stay tuned in Welcome to The Revealing Documents from the Watergate Prosecutions featuring :• Prof. Stephen Saltzburg, Wallac...
The Federalist Society WATERGATE SYMPOSIUM ( Bonus Edition ) Part 1
Welcome to The Revealing Documents from the Watergate Prosecutions featuring :• Prof. Stephen Saltzburg, Wallace and Beverley Woodbury University Professor of Law; Co-director of the Litigation and Dispute Resolut...
Judge Lawrence Silberman - A Tribute ( Bonus Edition) United States Circuit Judge for the Federal District Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia Circuit
In this special edition we look back at a giant of the American Justice System. Lawrence Silberman is a man most people, including me, had probably never heard of unless you were knowledgeable about the law. I was introduced to him becaus...
The RICHARD NIXON EXPERIENCE presents Angelo J. Lano , Field Agent throughout Watergate for the FBI (Part 3) Oral History interview for the Nixon Library
This is the final episode in our look at the oral history of FBI Field Agent Angelo Lano. It covers the Saturday Night Massacre, his opinion of John Dean, and his thoughts on the reporting of the Washington Post's Woodward and Bernstein. It is ...
The RICHARD NIXON EXPERIENCE presents Angelo J. Lano , Field Agent throughout Watergate for the FBI (Part 2) Oral History interview for the Nixon Library
In this second of our three episode oral history with FBI Field Agent Angelo Lano we listen in as he talks about dealing with FBI second in command Mark Felt. Felt turned out to be the secret source for The Washington Post’s Bob Woodwar...
The RICHARD NIXON EXPERIENCE presents Angelo J. Lano , Field Agent throughout Watergate for the FBI (Part 1) Oral History interview for the Nixon Library
In our first episode of its kind we will let you listen to the oral history of FBI Field Agent Angelo J. Lano. He was in charge of the investigation of the Watergate break-in from its start until it ended. His insights are profound. In ...
A Question for you about the future of the "Richard Nixon Experience" We want to hear from you!!
This short housekeeping show will air on both of our podcasts because we want to hear from you. We are about to air an uninterupted oral history on The Richard Nixon Experience. We want to know if you would be interested in more episodes in thi...
Richard Nixon in Episode 235 General Alexander Haig A Player on the World Stage ( A Special Series Part D ) The Phone Call , 1973 The End of the Vietnam War (Tape Series 18)
In this final look back at the phone calls of Richard Nixon with Alexander Haig it is December of 1972 and January of 1973. The end of the War for America in Vietnam seems at hand. We will hear the two men work on these final problems and issue...
Richard Nixon in Episode 234 General Alexander Haig A Player on the World Stage ( A Special Series Part C The Phone Calls ) (Tape Series 17)
In this episode, we see President Nixon moving in on what he believes will be peace in Vietnam. However, it is not without issues and games being played by not only our enemies in Hanoi, or their allies in Peking and Moscow, but also by our own...
Richard Nixon in Episode 233 General Alexander Haig, A Player on the World Stage ( A Special Series Part B The Phone Calls ) (Tape Series 16)
In this second episode on General alexander Haig , we will listen in on the phone calls between the President and the Assistant National Security Advisor Al Haig. These are the calls from 1971 and they cover several different subjects from the ...