265: Nixon Beyond Watergate: A History of the Presidency Before the Scandal

Today the Presidency of Richard Nixon is mostly remembered for how it ended - with the Watergate scandal, impeachment and resignation. But what about early Nixon, the man sworn into office in January 1969? As Nathan, Ed and Brian discover, Nixon ran a mor

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BackStory is a weekly public podcast hosted by U.S. historians Ed Ayers, Brian Balogh, Nathan Connolly and Joanne Freeman. We're based in Charlottesville, Va. at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. Each week we take a topic that people are t...

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Today the Presidency of Richard Nixon is mostly remembered for
how it ended - with the Watergate scandal, impeachment and
resignation. But what about early Nixon, the man sworn into
office in January 1969? As Nathan, Ed and Brian discover, Nixon
ran a more imaginative and ideologically flexible administration
than its ignominious ending might suggest.