Richard Nixon: Tricky Dick

Very Presidential with Ashley Flowers

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 10.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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He was a paranoid president who wiretapped the White House, kept actual lists of enemies, popped pills, shoved aides, and might've secretly been in love with his best friend. Nixon’s always going to be tied to the Watergate scandal, but there’s so much more to know about so-called “Tricky Dick.” To view this episode’s full list of sources, please visit parcast.com/verypresidential Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Cardboard Man, the Mad Monk, Slick Rick Gloomy Gus Tricky Dick.
0:08.8	By any name, the 37th President of the United States left the White House stained with
0:14.7	scandal.
0:15.7	So let's not beat around the bush.
0:18.3	This is the Richard Nixon episode.
0:21.3	Buckle up, it doesn't get much weirder than this.
0:30.0	Welcome to Very Presidential, a podcast original.
0:41.8	I'm your host Ashley Flowers.
0:44.0	You can find all episodes of Very Presidential and all other podcast originals for free on
0:49.5	Spotify.
0:50.8	And if you like what you're hearing, reach out on Facebook and Instagram at podcast
0:55.2	and Twitter at Podcast Network.
0:57.7	Today we're covering Richard Nixon.
1:00.7	High school theater kid turned leader of the free world.
1:04.6	Those that knew him best politically said that he was the strangest man they'd ever met.
1:11.3	And to clear up any confusion, he was definitely a crook.
1:17.8	All of that is coming up.
1:19.4	Stay with us.
1:23.7	This is going to sound absolutely insane, but trust me, it's true.
1:30.2	Every July, since 1893, thousands of the world's most influential men participate in a two
1:37.8	week long retreat on a private 2700 acre plot of land in the Redwood Forest called the Bohemian
1:45.8	Grove.
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