About this episode
Luke Nichter discusses the insights gained from the Johnson tapes regarding LBJ's administration and the political landscape.
Luke Nichter is the James H. Cavanaugh Endowed Chair in Presidential Studies at Chapman University, a Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and, for 2026-27, a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre on US Politics at University College London. His area of specialty is the Cold War, the modern presidency, and U.S. political and diplomatic history, with a focus on the "long 1960s" from John F. Kennedy through Watergate – using consequential moments from recent history to better understand contemporary politics. In this episode we will look at what information can be revealed through the Johnson tapes on not only the administration of LBJ but also how the Whitehouse and political sphere ran.
People in this episode
Host: Robbie Robertson
Guest: Luke Nichter
Topics covered
- Cold War
- modern presidency
- U.S. political history
- Johnson tapes
- contemporary politics
Keywords
- Cold War
- Johnson tapes
- LBJ
- political history
- modern presidency
- U.S. politics
- Watergate
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Chapman University, Hoover Institution, University College London
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