Kurt Andersen on Nixon at War

07/06/21 • 42 min

When Kurt Andersen started working on his new podcast, Nixon at War, he thought he knew a lot about Richard Nixon’s presidency, especially the bookend events of his 1968 campaign and his 1973 resignation. Devastating events with far-reaching consequences but unrelated - or so he thought. The surprising connections between the two are at the heart of Nixon at War. Kurt Andersen is a prize-winning novelist, historian, and public radio host (Studio 360). His most recent books -- Evil Geniuses, Fantasyland, and You Can’t Spell America Without Me, were all New York Times bestsellers. For more, visit Nixonatwar.org.

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07/06/21 • 42 min

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Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin - Kurt Andersen on Nixon at War

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This is Alec Baldwin and you're listening to Here's the Thing from My Heart Radio. When Kurt Anderson started working on his new podcast, Nixon at War, he thought he knew a fair amount about Richard Nixon's presidency, including two defining experiences. His nineteen sixty eight campaign promised to end the Vietnam War and his nineteen seventy three resignation due to Watergate, devastating but unrelated events, or so he thought. The surprising c