Richard Nixon: Poker Winnings, the Pumpkin Papers, and Watergate Tapes
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Richard Nixon grew up poor in Yorba Linda and Whittier, California, where his family ran a faili...
29 Syys 24min
Quentin Burdick: Six Straight Defeats, Then 32 Years as King of Pork
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Quentin Burdick was born in 1908 in Munich, North Dakota, son of Usher Burdick, a Republican lie...
29 Syys 21min
Philip Hart: Utah Beach Veteran Honored by a 99 to 0 Senate Vote
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Philip Hart was born in December 1912 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, the son of a bank president, a...
29 Syys 18min
Paul Laxalt: Reagan's First Friend and the Call That Ended Marcos
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Paul Laxalt was born in Reno in 1922 to immigrants from the French Pyrenees: a sheepherder fathe...
29 Syys 22min
Mark Kirk: Stroke Survivor Senator Undone by One Debate Remark
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Mark Kirk was born in 1959 in Champaign, Illinois, and studied at Blackburn College, the Autonom...
29 Syys 19min
Octaviano Larrazolo: The Refugee Who Wrote Rights Into New Mexico's Law
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo was born in 1859 in Valle de Allende, Chihuahua, to a wealthy lando...
29 Syys 20min
Norm Coleman: From Woodstock and Sit-Ins to a 312 Vote Senate Loss
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Norm Coleman was born in Brooklyn in 1949 to a Jewish family whose surname his grandfather had c...
29 Syys 20min
Muriel Humphrey: Minnesota's First Woman Senator Who Declined to Run
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Muriel Humphrey was born Muriel Faye Buck in 1912 and grew up in Huron, South Dakota, where she ...
29 Syys 21min
