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Ridiculous History

CLASSIC: Lyndon Johnson Chatted on the Phone More than a Teenager

Ridiculous History

iHeartPodcasts

History, Society & Culture

4.34.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

The 36th President of the United States is often recalled as a complex, flawed individual responsible for profoundly important legislation. However, he was also a notorious telephone fanatic, installing loads of phones in both the White House and his Texas ranch. Here's the kicker: He recorded almost everything. Tune in as the guys see a... pretty strange behind-the-scenes portrait of President Lyndon Johnson in today's Classic episode.

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0:00.0

You know, guys, I often think about how I said this on error in different shows.

0:05.6

I often think about how various historical figures would react to social media or the

0:10.9

ubiquity of communication devices.

0:14.0

And in this classic episode, I learned

0:18.2

that I would never want Linden Johnson

0:21.0

to have my phone number.

0:22.4

No, man, like you ever had, you ever got, I mean, you know, this day and age, a phone call is almost an

0:28.0

active aggression, you know, or it's like we try to keep it to text, but I don't know if you've ever had the unfortunate

0:33.7

situation where someone called you and you realize because of the echo or something or

0:37.7

you just you hear a little plop are you are you on the toilet bro?

0:41.7

Like what are you doing to me?

0:44.1

That's not cool.

0:45.3

What's that tinkling sound?

0:46.7

Nah, man, that's not okay.

0:48.7

We actually recently talked about Louis the 14th

0:52.1

and his, you bathing or personal hygiene.

0:56.8

He often and those in his court at Versailles

0:59.8

would take meetings while on the commode. They didn't have a telephone, but you know who did was

1:05.4

Lyndon Johnson and he installed

1:15.0

installed telephones in multiple locations in the White House which already had phones by the way

1:21.1

and in his ranch in Texas also adding to the creepy vibe our

1:27.8

but our buddy Lindy recorded pretty much every phone call he had including the ones where he is trying to

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