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Randal Wallace Presents : Bob Dole The Life that Brought Him There We begin our second season on Bob Dole's life and career, by traveling back in time to the battlefield of Italy in World War 2. A story that will begin with Bob Dole gravely wounded on a battlefield in Italy, and end on the threshold of the 1996 Campaign for President. It is truly one of America's greatest stories. Over the next three seasons we will tell his story and the story of the rise of the modern Republican Party. It will be the final story of National leadership for the generation of people who built the American Century. For all the attention a new generation of Republican leaders would garner, it was in fact, Bob Dole, so often in the shadow of the giants of his age, from Nixon to Reagan to Bush, and who would largely be forgotten in the coming era of Gingrich , Clinton, and the second George W. Bush, who actually led the Republican Party out of the political wilderness and back to power in both houses of Congress, even as his own efforts to win the Presidency would fall short. In our second of three seasons, we will look back at Bob Dole's life from his tragic injury, to the eve of his Presidential Campaign in 1996. In these episodes, we will see one of the most remarkable stories of resilience, faith, and willpower, in all of American history. We invite you to come along with us on a wild ride through the high points and low moments of modern American History, in an effort to show the citizens of today that we are an amazing and resilient nation. Our Podcasts are separated by individual Documentary style titles. --Season 1 : Bridging the Political Gap episodes 1 -11 --- Season 2 : Lessons in Leadership : --- The GIANTS of the Senate and Joe Biden episodes 14 - 16 ---- World War 2 Episodes 17 - 20 --- General MacArthur You're Fired Episodes 21 - 23 ---- A Celebration of the life of George Shultz episodes 26 - 28 ---- November 1963 : The end of the Age of Innocence episode 29 --- Season 3 ----The Johnson Treatment episodes 32 - 39 ---- Upheaval 1968 episodes 40 - 50 ---- Season 4: Richard Nixon 1968 -1971 The Man Who Saved the Union episodes 51 -67 ----- Season 5 Richard Nixon 1972 The Foundation of Peace episodes 71 - 96 -----1973 Ten Days in January 97 - 100 -- Season 6 Richard Nixon 1973 : Enemies at the Gate 101 - 125 ---- Season 7 Richard Nixon 1974 Through the Fire 126 - 147 ---- Season 8 Richard Nixon 1974 - 1994 The Fall and the Re-Rise of Richard Nixon. 148 - 174 plus bonus materials --- Season 9 Gerald Ford Beyond Watergate 175 -190 -- Season 10 John Jenrette. & Jimmy Carter too 191 - 224 -- Season 11 George H.W. Bush : The Leadership Lessons 225 - 250 --- Season 12: Mayor Hirsch 253 - 259, George H.W. Bush : The Sweep of History 260 - 285, Season 13 George H.W. Bush The Gulf War, The Coup, Clarence Thomas & the Cold War's End 286 - 318, Season 14 George H. W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the Guard 319 - 363 Season 15 Bob Dole 1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing 364 - 402, Special Season 16 The Great American Authors 403 - 419 , Season Seventeen Bob Dole The Life that Brought him there 420 - (FAIR USE NOTICE : This presentation contains copyrighted material the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. The use of this footage is for educational and historical commentary. We believe this constitutes a fair use of any such copyrighted material.)

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Episode 496: BOB DOLE 1995 Clintons Comeback (Part F) Bob Dole’s Final Remarks on Bosnia (5)

2026/10/29

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we hear first from Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle as he supports his President. Then Bob Dole steps forward to do the same. It was one of the high points of Bob Dole's entire career. He lays out his case in support of our troops and the Commander in Chief of the nation, doing what he feels we should always do whenever the decision to send troops into harms way is made, whether we agree with it or not. Here Bob Dole makes his case and he does so with extraordinary statesmanship, it ranks as one of the top 5 speeches of his career. Questions or comments at , [email protected] , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/ Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcasts Thanks for listening!!

Episode 495: BOB DOLE 1995 Clintons Comeback Bosnia (Part E) The Senate Debate continues Byrd and Hatch (4)

2026/10/27

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we listen to two of the giants of the chamber, on opposite sides of the issue, address the well of the Senate. Former Senate Democratic Leader Robert Byrd and Utah Senator Orrin Hatch. Two of the nations most dynamic public speakers. Unfortunately, for some reason Orrin Hatch's speech is cut before he finishes. Questions or comments at , [email protected] , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/ Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcasts Thanks for listening!!

Episode 494: BOB DOLE 1995 Clintons Comeback Bosnia (Part D) More of the Senate Debate (3)

2026/10/26

Send us Fan Mail In this episode , we listen to several of the most prominent Foreign Policy focused Senators in in the Senate at the time as they say their piece on the policy of President Clinton in Bosnia. The Senators speaking in this episode include : John Warner, Barbara Boxer, Sam Nunn, Carl Levin. Questions or comments at , [email protected] , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/ Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcasts Thanks for listening!!

Episode 493: BOB DOLE 1995 Clintons Comeback The Senate Debate Speech of Senator Joe Biden on sending Troops to Bosnia Special Edition (Part C) Bosnia (2)

2026/10/22

Send us Fan Mail One of the leaders on this issue in the United States Senate at the time was a future President of the United States, Joe Biden D- Delaware. He would speak for nearly a half hour on the floor in favor of the Dole-McCain Resolution. This is that speech, a future President in his prime speaking on one of the most critical foreign Policy issues of the era. Questions or comments at , [email protected] , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/ Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcasts Thanks for listening!!

Episode 492: BOB DOLE 1995 Clintons Comeback Bosnia (Part B) The Senate Debate (1)

2026/10/19

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we begin our coverage of the Senate Debate on Bosnia. There will be two competing resolutions, one cutting funds and not supporting the mission as designated by President bill Clinton. It was led by Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson R- Texas, and it was supported by much of the Republican caucus including Presidential contender Senator Phil Gramm , also from Texas and Senator Strom Thurmond, a giant of the Senate from South Carolina. The other alternative was sponsored by Senator Bob Dole and and Senator John McCain the two distinguished veterans of war. Their bill supported the troops even if they were not as sure of the way Bill Clinton had managed the crisis to that point. Dole and McCain had long been for lifting an arms embargo against Serbia and allowing them to defend themselves. But Clinton would not do it and that led to this decision that American Troops would aid NATO and go in and help protect the Serbs. This is the first of several episodes covering the Senate Debate and it has several of the giants of the Senate in the episode: Bob Dole, Strom Thurmond, Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Phil Gramm, and Ted Kennedy Questions or comments at , [email protected] , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/ Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcasts Thanks for listening!!

Episode 491: BOB DOLE 1995 Clintons Comeback Bosnia (A) The Powder Keg

2026/10/15

Send us Fan Mail Bosnia, Bill Clinton, and Bob Dole: Politics Meets Principle In the 1990s, the war in Bosnia presented President Bill Clinton and the United States with one of the most difficult foreign-policy decisions of the post-Cold War era. After years of ethnic violence, atrocities, and international inaction, the United States ultimately decided to send American troops to Bosnia as part of an international peacekeeping mission. The decision was deeply controversial. Republicans in Congress opposed the administration's policy and questioned whether American troops should be placed in harm's way in a conflict that did not directly threaten the United States. Yet when the time came to support the American men and women who would carry out the mission, one of Clinton's fiercest political opponents stepped forward. Bob Dole put his name on legislation supporting the troops. It was a remarkable moment in a long political career. Dole had spent decades fighting Democrats and opposing much of Bill Clinton's agenda, but he understood the difference between opposing a president's policy and abandoning the Americans sent to carry it out. His decision reflected an old principle of American politics: once the nation sends its soldiers into harm's way, politics should not come before the men and women wearing the uniform. In this episode, we examine the Bosnia conflict, President Clinton's decision to deploy American troops, the fierce debate it produced in Congress, and Bob Dole's decision to stand with the troops despite his opposition to the policy. It was one of the shining moments of Bob Dole's remarkable career—and an important reminder of a time when political opponents could disagree profoundly while still finding common ground when the interests of the country demanded it. Questions or comments at , [email protected] , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/ Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcasts Thanks for listening!!

Episode 490: BOB DOLE 1995 Clintons Comeback The Florida Straw Poll Debate at Presidency 3 (Part B) The Results

2026/10/12

Send us Fan Mail This is part two of the Florida Presidency 3 Straw Poll Debate. It features the closing remarks and results from the straw poll. It is a forum where we get to see real history unfold as the Senators come into the studio having just voted for the historic Balanced Budget Amendment. It would later be vetoed by President Clinton. Questions or comments at , [email protected] , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/ Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcasts Thanks for listening!!

Episode 489: BOB DOLE 1995 Clintons Comeback The Florida Straw Poll Debate at Presidency 3 (Part A) Nov 17, 1995

2026/10/08

Send us Fan Mail This episode features all of the candidates but it is spread out over the entire two hours by candidates entering the fray at various times. This forum was supposed to be held in Florida for the Republican convention there and the Presidency 3 campaign event. But the Senate ended up voting on the Balanced Budget Amendment at the same time that evening. That tied the Senators down in Washington D.C. This meant that the non office holding candidates were all in the hall in Florida while the elected officials were all in a studio in Washington D.C. Several Senators showed up at different times as they came off the floor and Senator Dole cam in last because as Majority Leader he had to finish up the business of the Senate before he could attend. It is one of the few times you got to see history unfold on live camera as the historic vote took place while the debate was on the air. It was hosted by CNN with the legendary Larry King as the moderator and it is an exciting little bit of television history for our viewers to relive in real time as we listen in. This is part one of the Presidency 3 Florida Straw Poll debate. Questions or comments at , [email protected] , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/ Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcasts Thanks for listening!!

Episode 488: BOB DOLE 1995 Clintons Comeback The Federal Government Shutdown November the First One

2026/10/06

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we examine the growing rift over the Federal Budget. It would see the Republican Leadership under the new House Speaker attempt to force cuts in Medicare, Medicaid, and several other entitlement programs on the President. The President was already in huge political trouble and in his weak position the republicans thought they could force his hand but in that moment pollster Dick Morris saw Clinton's opportunity to turn his political fortunes around. Bill Clinton would seize the moment. While they would work out a stop gap motion to keep things running for the time being. The government would reopen but the peace was only temporary and it would mark the beginning of Bill Clinton seeing his fortunes as President slowly turning the corner. His strategy of triangulation would begin. Questions or comments at , [email protected] , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/ Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcasts Thanks for listening!!

BOB DOLE 1995 Clinton's Comeback Bonus Edition: The Lander College Republican Recruitment Video

2026/10/05

Send us Fan Mail Here is my student video project for a Mass Communications class at Lander University for Professor Frank Jackson, who was one of my favorites. The video was saved from an old videotape and the sound quality has eroded some but it’s still fairly clear except for the Lindsey Graham segment because he had to whisper at the event we were recording from. Still, I am proud of this project and am thrilled to share it again here with all of you. Questions or comments at , [email protected] , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/ Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcasts Thanks for listening!!

OCTOBER 2026 A Preview for the entire Wallace Podcast Network

2026/10/02

Send us Fan Mail A preview for three different stories we will be sharing on all three of our podcasts. On Grand Strand Politics we will be covering the race for Governor of South Carolina between Alan Wilson and Jermaine Johnson, and the razor thin race between Senator Darline Graham versus Dr. Annie Andrews. We will be there to cover it all Then we revisit the oral histories of two of the most consequential figures who staffed the Watergate Judiciary Committee staff. You will hear the oral history of both Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bernard Nussbaum. Nussbaum's oral history is among the most important of all of them on the subject of Watergate. You will get to hear what he really thought of the Watergate Special Prosecutors Office. Finally, We continue our look back at the pivotal year of 1995 and the comeback of President Bill Clinton in his race against Bob Dole. It will be an exciting month of October across the Wallace Podcast Network. Please Join us. Questions or comments at , [email protected] , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/ Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcasts Thanks for listening!!

Politically Speaking (History Collection 5, The Lander University Forum Newspaper) Phil Gramm Comes to Greenwood Wendy Gramm visits Greenwood County November 13 1995

2026/10/01

Send us Fan Mail This is an article covering both events our last two episodes also covered. As a media student I was allowed to use the media equipment to cover projects I was working on and I mixed that with my time also with the Student Newspaper, The Forum at Lander University. The footage we used for those two episodes of The South Carolina Thirds District Republican Convention featuring the speech by Senator and Presidential Candidate Phil Gramm and the drop-in for his wife Wendy Gramm, were recorded for me to write this article for the Forum. It was a fun time in a great era of my life. Questions or comments at , [email protected] , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/ Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcasts Thanks for listening!!

Episode 487: BOB DOLE 1995 Clinton's Comeback (Part 28) (Special Event 6) - The 1995 South Carolina Third District Convention featuring Presidential Candidate Phil Gramm, Lindsey Graham, and Henry McMaster

2026/10/01

Send us Fan Mail Questions or comments at , [email protected] , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/ Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcasts Thanks for listening!!

Episode 486: BOB DOLE 1995 Clinton's Comeback (Part 27) - (Special Event 5) A Drop in with Wendy Gramm, wife of Senator Phil Gramm in Hodges SC

2026/09/30

Episode 485 : BOB DOLE 1995 Clintons Comeback (Part 26) Colin Powell for President Not (B)

2026/09/29

Send us Fan Mail In this epsode, we brace for the announcemnet along with the resat of the Republoican field for President. Colin Powell has his press conference to announce his decision about seeking the Presidency. That decision was NO, he would not. Instantly, the field was relived and set for the coming Presidential Primaries. We let you hear the collective sigh of relief from every candidate running. Then we listen to recollections about and the memorializing of Colin Powell, who died just before we began our series in 2020. Due to that we never did a show looking back on the life of the General, so we end this episode honoring his extraordinary life and overall contribution to the nation. Questions or comments at , [email protected] , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/ Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcasts Thanks for listening!!

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aaabbbccc0123 2022/10/13

Informative, accurate and well documented.

This guy should be a history professor. He knows his history and helps listeners dive deep into the details. Thanks to his extensive research and the ...

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batmanthad 2022/10/11

Best podcast Ever on subject!

Author's presentation is excellent, well -versed, and historically accurate! A must listen!!!

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Jersey City Frankie 2022/10/02

Whitewashing Nixon by blaming…everyone else

The author is a conspiracy theorist NOT an historian.

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mattHiers 2021/07/08

Great job!

Wooooooo. Excellent and important talking points! Thank you Mr. Wallace!