The President Calling
by American RadioWorks
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Description
Three of America's most compelling presidents – Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon – bugged their White House offices and tapped their telephones. They left behind thousands of secretly recorded conversations, from momentous to mundane. Eavesdrop on presidential telephone calls to hear how each man used one-on-one politics to shape history.
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The President Calling | US history political science presidential white house tapes Kennedy Johnson Nixon Vietnam War civil rights movement selma march martin luther king cuban missile crisis segregation FBI Hoover Watergate electoral politics | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | Transcript: The President Calling | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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3 |
JFK Debates Govenor's Decision to Ban James Meredith from U-Miss | civil rights us president john kennedy governer mississippi Ross Barnett James Meredith discrimination us supreme court | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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JFK Persuades Barnett to Maintain Law and Order in Mississippi | civil rights us president john kennedy governer mississippi Ross Barnett James Meredith discrimination us supreme court | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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JFK Addresses Nation Prematurely on Success in Mississippi | civil rights us president john kennedy governer mississippi Ross Barnett James Meredith discrimination us supreme court | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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JFK Demands Barnett Take Charge of Riot | civil rights us president john kennedy governer mississippi Ross Barnett James Meredith discrimination us supreme court | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | Transcript: JFK Addresses Nation Prematurely on Success in Mississippi | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | Transcript: JFK Talks with Mississippi Govenor Ross Barnett | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Supreme Court Justice and LBJ Talk the Night of JFK's Assassination | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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LBJ Addresses Congress Days After Assassination | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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LBJ Solicits Loyalty from Kennedy Aide | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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LBJ Speaks to Congress | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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LBJ Calls Jackie Kennedy on Dec. 2, 1963 | Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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J. Edgar Hoover Suggests 'Bulletproof Car' | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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15 |
Executive Decision to Appoint Russell to Warren Commisson | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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LBJ Orders Slacks | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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LBJ: Jackie Kennedy Conversations | Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | Speech: LBJ Addresses Congress after Assassination | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | Transcript: LBJ Takes Office | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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LBJ: Road from Selma | Selma Highway 80 Montgomery Alabama State Troopers white segregationists murder segregationist | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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LBJ Orders Aide, Bill Moyers, to Remind Civil Rights Leaders Who's in Charge | Selma Highway 80 Montgomery Alabama State Troopers white segregationists murder segregationist | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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LBJ Address Congress and Nation Opposing Segregation | Selma Highway 80 Montgomery Alabama State Troopers white segregationists murder segregationist | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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LBJ and Buford Ellington Discuss Selma March with George Wallace | Selma Highway 80 Montgomery Alabama State Troopers white segregationists murder segregationist | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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LBJ and former TN Gov. Buford Ellington discuss Wallace double-cross | Selma Highway 80 Montgomery Alabama State Troopers white segregationists murder segregationist | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Selma Speech "Our God Is Marching On!" | Selma Highway 80 Montgomery Alabama State Troopers white segregationists murder segregationist | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hoover Informant | Selma Highway 80 Montgomery Alabama State Troopers white segregationists murder segregationist | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 27 | Transcript: LBJ Addresses Congress | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 28 | Transcript: LBJ Civil Rights Conversations with Governors Ellington & Wallace | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 29 | Transcript: "Our God Is Marching On!" Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. Speech | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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LBJ & McNamara Debate Sending Troops to Vietnam | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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McGeorge Bundy & LBJ Discuss Troop Increase | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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LBJ Phones Senator Richard Russell | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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LBJ Downplays his Plan to Bomb | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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LBJ Advises Humphrey on Gaining Congressional Funding | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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LBJ Speaks with Pro-War Senator Bayh | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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LBJ Expresses Escalation Concerns to Senate Majority Leader | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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LBJ Foresees Failure | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 38 | Transcript: Johnson on Vietnam | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nixon Tries to Dupe the Press | Supreme Court Nominee | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nixon and Mitchell Discuss Mulligan as Potential Nominee | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mitchell Suggests Rehnquist | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rehnquist Grows on Nixon | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nixon Prepares to Ditch Baker for Rehnquist | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Baker Wants the Nomination | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nixon Muses Over Media Surprise | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nixon's First Conversation with Rehnquist | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 47 | Transcript: Nixon Nominates Rehnquist | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nixon Orders Melvin Laird to be More 'Hawkish' | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nixon Coaches German Ambassador on Defense | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nixon Warned Moorer Against Failure | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nixon and Aides Discuss Popular Opinion Ploy | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nixon & Mitchell Discuss Public Reaction to Speech | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nixon Consults Alexander Haig on Military Tactics | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 54 | Transcript: Nixon on Vietnam | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nixon Feigns Ignorance | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Kissinger Consoles Nixon | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nixon Addresses Nation Regarding Scandal | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nixon Reflects on Televised Address with Haldeman | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nixon Fishes for Compliments Over Speech | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Billy Graham Comforts Nixon | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Elliot Richardson Becomes Attorney General | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nixon Comiserates with Aide Colson | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 63 | Transcript: Nixon on Watergate | -- | 8/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 63 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Excellent
A very compelling look into the "private" conversations of 3 of the most interesting personalities ever to hold the oval office. It will make you see the president as a real person with real emotions. I enjoyed it very much. An inside look that you will not soon forget.
