With the Bark Off: Conversations on the American Presidency

“Watergate was the symptomatic scandal that caught him, but it was not an aberration.” A Conversation with John Farrell on Richard Nixon

Episode Summary

Award-winning author John Farrell shares the many sides of Richard Nixon: pragmatic, moody, innovative, ruthless, and ultimately a master politician. He shares lesser-known details about Nixon’s life and his legacy.

Episode Notes

John A. Farrell joins us for a conversation about America’s 37th president, Richard Nixon. John is author of Richard Nixon: The Life, which won the PEN America Award for biography and the New York Historical Society’s prize for American History. The book was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. 

John worked for many years as a journalist for major American dailies and covered the White House for TheBoston Globe. His books include biographies, not just of President Nixon, but also of the famed lawyer Clarence Darrow and House Speaker Tip O’Neill.