Sports History This Week

HISTORY This Week: Nixon Does Whatever It Takes to Win in ’68

This is a brand-new episode from HISTORY This Week, available wherever you listen to podcasts! September 16, 1968. Richard Nixon isn't exactly seen as a comedian. But tonight, he's trying to change that by appearing on Laugh-In, a TV show similar to Saturday Night Live. Nixon needs every vote he can get in the 1968 election, facing off against Hubert Humphrey, the vice president who became the Democratic nominee after Lyndon Johnson withdrew from the ticket. Nixon's Laugh-In appearance is a surprise, but soon, he'll pull off a move that no one would ever expect. How did back-channel dealings, unattended teleprompters, and Oval Office shouting matches turn this election into an all-time drama? And what do recently uncovered conversations reveal about how far Nixon was willing to go to secure victory? Special thanks to David Farber, professor of history at the University of Kansas and author of Chicago ‘68 [https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo3617456.html]; Lawrence O’Donnell, host of The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell on MSNBC and author of Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/536119/playing-with-fire-by-lawrence-odonnell/]; and Luke Nichter, professor of history at Chapman University and author of The Year That Broke Politics: Collusion and Chaos in the Presidential Election of 1968 [https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300280135/the-year-that-broke-politics/]. To stay updated: historythisweekpodcast.com [https://cms.megaphone.fm/organizations/534d8f6e-0936-11e9-b74a-77a3994a777a/podcasts/e0fb863a-1cf0-11ef-861b-43fdc2213134/episodes/af7abcd2-21cf-11ef-b31e-9f3bdb1fb90a/historythisweekpodcast.com] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

HISTORY This Week is returning this Monday, 9/16!

HISTORY This week is about to return! We'll be back with new episodes this Monday, September 16th. In the meantime, listen to our trailer for Season 5, and follow HISTORY This Week wherever you get your podcasts. To stay updated: historythisweekpodcast.com [https://cms.megaphone.fm/organizations/534d8f6e-0936-11e9-b74a-77a3994a777a/podcasts/e0fb863a-1cf0-11ef-861b-43fdc2213134/episodes/0e79cc1e-70a4-11ef-808e-1fb499724b73/historythisweekpodcast.com] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Looking Back at Sports History

August 16th, 2023. Over the past 16 months, Sports History This Week has covered sporting events from football to baseball to roller derby to a man skydiving from outer space. It has been an absolute joy working on the show, and we've loved hearing from the listeners along the way.  In this episode, you'll hear from the team who produces and writes the show: what we loved, what we learned, and what we wished we had a chance to do. Thank you all for listening, and just know that we'll be watching the next big sports history moment as it unfolds.  Special thanks to the Sports History This Week team:  Jonah Buchanan, associate producer: Ben Dickstein, senior producer; Emma Fredericks, associate producer; David Ingber, producer; Kaelen Jones, host; Jessie Katz, executive producer; Cooper Katz McKim, producer; McCamey Lynn, supervising producer; Hazel May, associate producer; and Julia Press, story editor.  ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

“The Great One” Becomes a King

August 9, 1988: Coming off their fourth Stanley Cup win in the last five seasons, the Edmonton Oilers do the unthinkable: trade Wayne Gretzky, hockey’s biggest superstar. Just as he’s entering his competitive peak, Gretzky departs a team where he looked like the centerpiece of a budding dynasty. And his destination is the Los Angeles Kings… in a city that barely knows it has a hockey team. Today, hockey changes forever, as Canada loses its greatest son to the United States. Why would the Oilers trade Gretzky? And how does Gretzky’s move reshape the entire NHL? Special thanks to our guests: David Staples, columnist for The Edmonton Journal; Bruce McNall, former owner of the L.A. Kings and co-chair of A-Mark Entertainment; Luc Robitaille, NHL Hall of Famer and president of the L.A. Kings; and Bernie Nicholls, retired All-Star NHL center. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Special Announcement

We’ll be back next week with a regular episode, but please listen to this for an important SHTW update! ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.