Anybody Here Seen My Old Friend Bobby?

About this episode

The episode reflects on the life and assassination of Robert Francis Kennedy, exploring his impact as a symbol of hope during a tumultuous time in American history.

In June 5th 1968 Robert Francis Kennedy was shot in the kitchen at the Ambassadors Hotel in Los Angles after winning the California primary. He was my first hero who was not a relative, he was the torch JFK mentioned in his inauguration. He was the new generation, and in a year of turmoil, violence, division and extreme change, he was also the change agent steering into a horizon of hope. That all ended 25 hours later at 1:44am on June 6th, 1968, he died. A simple grave in A...

People in this episode

Host: Timothy Mahar

Topics covered

• assassination
• political history
• Robert Kennedy
• 1960s
• hope and change
• American culture

Keywords

• Robert Kennedy
• assassination
• 1968
• politics
• hope
• JFK
• Los Angeles
• Ambassadors Hotel

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Ambassadors Hotel, Los Angeles

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