TOPICS: The Great Society programs, THE NIXON CONSPIRACY, & the life and thinking of Machiavelli

Host Scot Bertram talks with Kevin Portteus, Professor of Politics & Director of American Studies at Hillsdale College, to look back on the legacy of President Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society" programs as a new massive expansion of government is considered. Geoff Shepard digs into his new book THE NIXON CONSPIRACY: WATERGATE AND THE PLOT TO REMOVE THE PRESIDENT. And Paul Rahe, Professor of History & Charles O. Lee and Louise K. Lee Chair in the Western Heritage, tells us about the life and times of the Italian diplomat, author, & philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli.

Kevin Portteus (1:00), Geoff Shepard (12:10), and Paul Rahe (27:27)

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