#87 All Roads Lead to Douglas Brinkley
The Road to Now
Benjamin Sawyer
4.8 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2018
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
During a recent tour with The Avett Brothers, Bob caught up with historian Douglas Brinkley to talk about history and the state of American politics. Brinkley shared his thoughts on the current state of Donald Trump's Presidency, its parallels with Nixon, and what he thinks it would take for the GOP to turn on the current Commander-in-Chief. They also talk about Hunter S. Thompson, working with the Nixon tapes, and (of course), Martin Van Buren.
Dr. Douglas Brinkley is Professor of History at Rice University and Fellow at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy. He has authored more than 20 books, including Rightful Heritage: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of America (HarperCollins, 2016) and Cronkite (HarperCollins, 2012). Dr. Brinkley is the CNN Presidential Historian and a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and Audubon.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Bob Crawford and joined today, as always, by Dr. Ben Sawyer. |
| 0:18.3 | Good day, Bob Crawford. |
| 0:20.0 | Good day. |
| 0:20.8 | Good day to you, sir. |
| 0:22.4 | And that's not like sometimes when you're in an argument with someone, you say, |
| 0:27.6 | Good day to you, sir. |
| 0:29.1 | I said good day to you. |
| 0:31.1 | No, this is more of a good day to you, Ben. |
| 0:34.2 | How are you today? |
| 0:35.2 | Yeah, it's great, man. |
| 0:36.2 | It's beautiful here in Nashville, Tennessee, where I am. First day of spring break today. So it's wild. We're going wild over here. Are you going to Florida, to Pensacola, Florida? Bob, you know what's great is that you're like the fourth person that's asked me that. That's right. I'm not. I'm staying in Nashville, Tennessee. |
| 0:54.5 | I'm going to get some writing done. |
| 0:55.9 | Good. |
| 0:56.5 | That is, that is, that is, that's really great to hear. That's good. Nees to happen. What about you, man? Where are you these days? I am in, uh, rainy Austin, Texas. Ah. So, and then tomorrow, Lafayette. |
| 1:10.4 | Lafayette, Lafayette. |
| 1:11.8 | Lafayette. |
| 1:12.4 | Lafayette. |
| 1:12.6 | Lafayette. |
| 1:13.3 | I want to start a petition to make everyone pronounce the, So, and then tomorrow Lafayette. Lafayette. |
| 1:11.1 | Lafayette. |
| 1:11.7 | Lafayette. |
| 1:12.6 | I want to start a petition to make everyone pronounce the Lafayette named things in America as Lafayette. |
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