Richard Nixon: A Face Perfect for Radio
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What Was He thinking?
With the U.S. presidential election just weeks away, Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Senator John F. Kennedy are running neck and neck—or should we say “face and face”?
Because on this night in 1960, their very different visages will be on display in the first presidential debate ever to be televised. And one of the candidates, lacking a firm grasp of the visual power of the relatively new medium, is about to make-up a fatefully dumb decision. Listen and learn all about it in this episode.
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