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Robert Caro reads from and discusses his book "The Years of Lyndon Johnson"

Studs Terkel Archive Podcast

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The Gift of Old Men With Power

Johnson was a great storyteller, and he could talk. He knew how to use older men who weren't power. One of his tricks was he would literally sit at an old man's feet to soak up their wisdom. And so we come to college, San Marcos, the Southwest Texas Teachers College.

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