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Trailer - Welcome to LBJ and the Great Society
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Length:
3 minutes
Released:
Jan 20, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
While President Lyndon B. Johnson is remembered today largely for his failure in Vietnam, this podcast tells a different story, revealing his unprecedented success in shaping domestic politics. Medicare, civil and voting rights, clean air and water, Head Start, immigration reform, public broadcasting — how did Lyndon Johnson pull it off? That’s the question we’ll be exploring through the recorded recollections of those who were there when this history was being made, and who had a hand in its making. Hosted by Melody Barnes, former chief domestic policy advisor to Barack Obama.
Released:
Jan 20, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (24)
1 - The Churchill of Asia: “They started with me on Diem,” LBJ told an old friend, “that he was corrupt, and he ought to be killed. So, we killed him.” Not quite true, it turns out, but the brutal assassination of South Vietnam’s... by Nixon at War