"Known Unknowns: Watergate" is a nine-part video and podcast series hosted by Hugh Hewitt, president of the Richard Nixon Foundation, that provides an in-depth look at Watergate with leading expert and member of the Nixon Defense Team, Geoff Shepard.

Known Unknowns: Watergate

Fifty years ago today, President Nixon addressed the nation on television to announce “the most comprehensive new economic policy to be undertaken in this nation in four decades.”

Jeffrey Garten, the former dean of the Yale School of Management and Undersecretary of Commerce in the Clinton administration chronicles the August 1971 meeting at Camp David, where President Nixon unilaterally ended the last vestiges of the gold standard—breaking the link between gold and the dollar—transforming the entire global monetary system. 

He is the author of the book,  "Three Days at Camp David: How a Secret Meeting in 1971 Transformed the Global Economy.” Purchase the  book at the Nixon Library Store: https://bit.ly/37GxuwK 

Interview by Frank Gannon.

Photo: President Nixon in the Oval Office on the evening of his address to the nation on the New Economic Policy, August 15, 1971. (Richard Nixon Presidential Library)

Jeffrey Garten on the President Nixon’s Transformation of the Global Monetary System

December 2021 marked the 50th anniversary of President Nixon signing the National Cancer Act of 1971.

To celebrate that visionary and transformative bipartisan legislation, the Richard Nixon Foundation hosted the first Nixon National Cancer Conference, a two-day gathering of distinguished Nobel laureates, cancer center directors, clinicians, researchers, and political and public health officials to assess the past, analyze the present, and envision the future of cancer treatment and research.

This episode focuses on the history of the National Cancer Act of 1971 and features highlights from the Nixon National Cancer Conference that took place at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum.

Our guest host is Chapman University Senior, Gia Roberts.

Richard Nixon and the National Cancer Act of 1971

In the inaugural Nixon Now Podcast Interview, Nixon speech writer and advisor Pat Buchanan discusses the similarities between Donald Trump and Richard Nixon, and compares the 2016 and 1968 elections. Buchanan thinks that like Nixon, Trump has cross party appeal, and could not only maintain the conservative base but eclipse the GOP establishment.

Interview by Jonathan Movroydis.

Learn more about Pat Buchanan's time in Nixon's White House in his book, "Nixon's White House Wars," available from the Richard Nixon Museum Store: https://store.nixonfoundation.org/products/nixons-white-house-wars-the-battles-that-made-and-broke-a-president-and-divided-america-forever

Pat Buchanan on Richard Nixon and Donald Trump

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights legacy left by President Dwight Eisenhower and then Vice President Richard Nixon was the subject of a special Nixon Now podcast with biographer and historian Irv Gellman. Dr. Gellman is a prodigious researcher and prolific writer of several books, including two about Richard Nixon, “The Contender” which chronicles the Nixon's years in Congress, and his latest book “The President and the Apprentice,” about RN’s years as vice president. Interview by Jonathan Movroydis

Irv Gellman on Martin Luther King, Jr., Dwight Eisenhower, and Richard Nixon

Nixon's week that changed the world was a Cold War game-changer, establishing rapprochement between the U.S. and China after nearly a quarter century of non-communication.

Discussing the impact of the trip is Ambassador Richard Solomon. A specialist in Chinese politics, Ambassador Solomon joined the national security council staff under Dr. Henry Kissinger in 1971. In the Reagan administration, he became director of policy planning at the Department of State and was appointed assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, and Ambassador of the Philippines by President George H.W. Bush.

From 1993 until his retirement in 2012, he served as President of the United States Institute of Peace. He is now a senior fellow at the RAND Corporation.

Interview by Jonathan Movroydis.

Ambassador Richard Solomon on Impact of Nixon's China Trip

This week's podcast is about the Central Intelligence Agency in the Nixon administration. In August of this year, the CIA will be releasing all the daily briefings the agency disseminated during the Nixon and Ford administrations at a special event at the Nixon Presidential Library.

Here with us to discuss the presidential daily briefing during the Nixon years is David Priess, author of the newly released book "The President's Book of Secrets: The Untold Story of Intelligence Briefings from Kennedy to Obama."

Priess served in the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush administrations as an award-winning intelligence officer, manager and daily briefer at the CIA, as well as a desk officer at the State Department. He has his PhD from Duke University and is currently a director at Analytic Inc., offering specialized training, mentoring and consulting services to the intelligence community, other government offices and the private sector.

Interview by Jonathan Movroydis.

David Priess on the CIA in the Nixon Administration

The subject of this week's podcast is very relevant to today’s politics as the U.S and Russia are constantly at odds on the direction of world affairs. The discussion is about Great Power Detente — that is the policy of relaxation of tensions — in the 1970s between the Soviet Union and the United States. 

Joining the discussion In this two part series is Jussi Hanhimaki, professor of history at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. He is one of the founding editors of the journal “Cold War History, and in 2006 he was named Finland Distinguished Professor by the Academy of Finland. He’s also the author of several books and publications, including “The Rise and Fall of Detente: American Foreign Policy and the Transformation of the Cold War.” Interview by Jonathan Movroydis.

Jussi Hanhimaki on President Nixon and Détente (Part 1)

What characterized the final years of America’s engagement in the Vietnam War, specifically the policy of the Nixon administration?

On this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast, we're in studio with one of the nation’s foremost experts on the Vietnam War, Gregory Daddis. Dr. Daddis is professor of history at Chapman University, and director of its masters program in war and society. He is also a West Point graduate, and retired Army colonel. He specializes in Cold War and Vietnam War history, and is the author of a new book by Oxford University Press, "Withdrawal: Reassessing America’s Final Years in Vietnam."

Photo: President Nixon announces his policy toward enemy sanctuaries in Cambodia on April 30, 1970 as part of his war strategy in Indochina. (AP)

Greg Daddis on the Nixon Administration's Vietnam War Strategy

On this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast, we discuss diplomacy, grand strategy, and leadership, from the perspective of President Nixon and his Assistant for National Security Affairs, Henry Kissinger. Our guest today is Winston Lord, who worked by Dr. Kissinger’s side on every major foreign policy issue: Vietnam, China, the Soviet Union, and the Middle East.

Lord went on to become President of the Council on Foreign Relations, U.S. Ambassador to China, and Assistant Secretary of State. He’s the author of a book to be released this week, "Kissinger on Kissinger: Reflections on Diplomacy, Grand Strategy, and Leadership," and was interviewer of Kissinger's first Oral History -- produced by the Nixon Foundation -- from which the book is based.

Read the Transcript: https://bit.ly/2JentfS

Interview by Jonathan Movroydis.

Photo: President Nixon and Dr. Kissinger in the Oval Office (Richard Nixon Presidential Library).

Winston Lord on Diplomacy, Grand Strategy, and Leadership in the Nixon Administration

Fifty years ago this week, President Nixon gave his address to the nation on the Vietnam War, popularly known as the "Silent Majority" Speech.  On this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast, we explore this topic with Evan Thomas, former Newsweek editor, and best selling author of serious historical biographies including, “Being Nixon: A Man Divided.”

Interview by Jonathan Movroydis.

Read transcript here: https://www.nixonfoundation.org/2019/11/podcast-evan-thomas-great-silent-majority/

Photo: Press photographers in the White House Oval Office take photos of President Nixon on the evening of his address to the nation on the Vietnam War of November 3, 1969. (Richard Nixon Presidential Library)

Evan Thomas on the Great Silent Majority

Known Unknowns: Watergate - Epilogue

Known Unknowns: Watergate - Episode 8

Known Unknowns: Watergate - Episode 7

Known Unknowns: Watergate - Episode 6

Known Unknowns: Watergate - Episode 5

Known Unknowns: Watergate - Episode 4

Known Unknowns: Watergate - Episode 3

Known Unknowns: Watergate - Episode 2

Known Unknowns: Watergate - Episode 1

Nixon Foundation President Hugh Hewitt interviews author and political correspondent James Rosen about the Kent State shootings, and the lasting impact the event had on the President Nixon, the public perception of the Vietnam war, and the effort to achieve a lasting peace

Hugh Hewitt Interview with James Rosen: Part 1

Hugh Hewitt Interview with James Rosen: Part 2

Hugh Hewitt Interview with James Rosen: Part 3

This episode of the Nixon Now podcast explores the complicated and fascinating relationship between President Theodore Roosevelt and President William Taft. The President's Club exhibit is now open at the Nixon Library.

President's Club - Episode 2, Roosevelt and Taft

This episode of the Nixon Now podcast explores the fascinating relationship between President Franklin Roosevelt and President Lyndon Johnson. The President's Club exhibit is now open at the Nixon Library.

President's Club - Episode 3, FDR and LBJ

This episode of the Nixon Now podcast explores two fascinating presidential relationships. We first delve into the bond between Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon, an apprentice-type relationship that created the modern vice presidency. The second segment of the podcast looks closely at John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, a friendship that preceded -–and has been overshadowed by— their rivalry in the 1960 election.

President's Club - Episode 4, Nixon, Ike and JFK

This episode of the Nixon Now podcast explores the relationship between George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, one-time competitors who spearheaded worldwide humanitarian relief. The President's Club exhibit is now open at the Nixon Library.

President's Club - Episode 5, Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush

This episode of the Nixon Now podcast explores a previously unknown and unexplored decades-long relationship between President Nixon and President Trump. During his presidency, Trump has cited his predecessor on multiple occasions. Earlier this year, a reflective Trump told reporters, “I think of Nixon more than anybody else.”

President's Club - Episode 6, Donald Trump and Richard Nixon

President's Clup Bonus Episode: First Ladies

In his 1970 State of the Union address, President Nixon said “The great question of the 1970s is: Shall we surrender to our surroundings or shall we make our peace with nature and begin to make reparations for the damage we have done to our air, to our land, and to our water?” 

Fifty years ago, a few short months after that address, President Nixon established the Environmental Protection Agency.

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