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🗓️ 3 January 2025
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Newt talks with writer, actor, economist, and lawyer, Ben Stein about his new book, “THE PEACEMAKER Nixon: The Man, President, and My Friend.”
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0:00.0 | On this episode of Nutsworld, it has been almost 50 years since President Richard Milhouse Nixon |
0:10.1 | resigned from the presidency. |
0:12.6 | Nixon normalized U.S. relations with China, and by so doing, he encircled the Soviets |
0:16.9 | and made certain they knew they were on the losing side of the Cold War. |
0:21.9 | Nixon signed the first major strategic arms limitation treaty with the Soviets, which involved real cuts done |
0:27.4 | of mutual respect and fear. Nixon made peace possible in the Middle East and saved the children |
0:32.3 | of Israel by assuring that Israel would not be defeated in the Amkipper War. Nixon ended the war in Vietnam and brought home the prisoners. |
0:41.1 | Nixon said he would leave us a generation of peace, and he did. |
0:45.1 | My guest today was a speechwriter and friend of President Nixon |
0:48.7 | and says he misses him every day, and he's joining me to discuss his new book, |
0:54.0 | The Peacemaker, Nixon, the man, president, and my friend. |
0:58.0 | I'm really pleased to welcome my guest, Ben Stein. |
1:02.0 | He is a writer, actor, economist, and lawyer. |
1:05.0 | He writes the Dreams column for Newsmax magazine, |
1:09.0 | Ben Stein's Diary for the American Spectator, and is the host of |
1:12.4 | the world, according to Ben Stein podcast. His comedic role as the economics teacher in the film |
1:18.2 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off has been ranked as one of the 50 most famous scenes in movie history. |
1:23.7 | He was the co-host of the Emmy Award winning Win Ben Stein's money. |
1:28.0 | He's also the New York Times best-selling author or co-author of over 30 books. |
1:48.0 | Ben, welcome and thank you for joining me on Newts World. |
1:49.6 | You're very kind. |
1:50.7 | Thank you very much. |
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