After Watergate: The Backslide (Part 2)

After Watergate: The Backslide (Part 2)

From This Day (An America 250 History Show) by Jody Avirgan & Radiotopia

June 11, 2026 · 40 min

About this episode

The episode discusses Nixon's attempts to rehabilitate his image post-Watergate and the exploitation of reforms from that era.

In part two of our conversation about the long shadow of Watergate, we discuss the ways in which Nixon tried to rehabilitate his image -- and how many of the reforms of the Watergate era were tested and exploited in the decades since. Join our America250 newsletter community ! Subscribe for free to get the latest news and analysis of how America250 is playing out. Paying subscribers get access to early, ad-free versions of the show. Plus bonus features throughout the year. To support our work and get access to everything, subscribe now . This Day is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Your support helps foster independent, artist-owned podcasts and award-winning stories. If you want to support the show directly, you can do so on our website: ThisDayPod.com Get in touch if you have any ideas for future topics, or just want to say hello. Follow us on social @thisdaypod Our team: Jacob Feldman, Researcher/Producer; Khawla Nakua, Transcripts; music by Teen Daze and Blue Dot Sessions; Audrey Mardavich is our Executive Producer at Radiotopia. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

People in this episode

Host: Jody Avirgan

Topics covered

  • Watergate
  • Nixon
  • political reforms
  • American history
  • image rehabilitation

Keywords

  • Watergate
  • Nixon
  • political reforms
  • American history
  • image rehabilitation

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Organizations: Radiotopia, This Day, PRX

Books & works: America250

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