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Send us Fan Mail In this episode we listen as Dolly Parton talks about her life with Asphalt Contractor  Carl Dean. A man so private that even though he was married to one of the single most recognizable figures on Earth, almost no one had ever seen a picture of him. It was , from all accounts, a very happy and successful 60 year marriage.  Then we learn about her many business and philanthropic a...

Send us Fan Mail This is the first of our three part tribute set of episodes looking back at America's National Treasure, the one and only, Dolly Parton.  In this we step back at some of her funniest moments, a lot of which popped back up on our newsfeeds over these past few days. As we look back fondly at this iconic figure whose death has hit so many Americans like  the death of a member of...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we give Senator Bob Packwood the final word on his quick and tragic fall.  Amazingly, he agreed to sit down interviews with CBS News, Dan Rather, ABC News Barbara Walters, and an extended interview with CBS News “Face the Nation” with Bob Schieffer.  All over a three day period after he was forced to resign from the Senate.  He is very open about his struggles and...

Send us Fan Mail In the aftermath of the resignation we take you to the cable news and network newscasts that covered the dramatic fall of the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. We hear from journalist, Senators, and Senate Staffers alike as they pile on after the fall but we also hear from the public and amazingly there is the feeling of scapegoating in the air and it seems Senator Bob Pac...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we take you tot he Senate floor when Senator Bob Packwood announces, finally, that he will resign from the Senate.  Then we will hear the speeches given on that day from his collegues all of whom had held him in high regard before the scandal that took him down roared over Washington.  We will hear from Mark Hatfield, his fellow Senator from Oregon, then Majority L...

Send us Fan Mail With his back against the wall Senator Bob Packwood vowed to fight on. Here is the coverage of that 24 hours when all of Washington held its collective breath while Bob Packwood tried to find a way to defend himself from the overwhelming vote for expulsion, 6-0 by the Senate Ethics committee.  the committee kept up the pressure by information dumping 40lbs of material from their i...

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Send us Fan Mail Our first episode of our new feature complimenting our 1995 and 1996 retrospective seasons of our show where we share the political columns from our time at the Lander University Student Newspaper where we commented on the national issues we are now covering with our podcast. This is real time commentary and we hope you enjoy this first edition of our column Politically Speaking -...

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Send us Fan Mail No one saw it coming. There had been no public hearings, the story had died down, the Ethics Committee had been predicted to censure Senator Packwood, and most likely strip him of his Chairmanship of the powerful Senate Budget Committee.  Then it announced that in a 6 - 0 vote, it would recommend expulsion to the full Senate.  As the old saying goes, that is when it hit the fan. ...

Send us Fan Mail In this special short episode, we are introducing our new publication on Substack and new short feature for the show.  The Randal Wallace Journal is a new publication on Substack and we invite you over to sign up and get on our email list.  Here is the Link https://substack.com/@randalw The Randal Wallace Journal will be bringing you several different columns including the return...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we will listen tot he one full length interview Bob Packwood gave reporter Barbara Walters about midway through the ordeal that would consume thirty-three months in total before it toppled his career.  It is an in-depth interview an examination of the scandal and it does leave you with lingering questions about the entire ordeal that I think still echo through time...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we examine the scandal that would eventually lead to Senator Bob Packwood's fall from grace.  We will hear from the women involved in their long form "60 Minutes" Interview, where 10 of the accusers sat down with Morley Safer of CBS News and told their stories.  Then will let you hear from the reporter who broke the story and let her tell you how she...

Send us Fan Mail This is a new feature that will actually be introduced later in the season when it fits more perfectly in our timeline with the Bob Packwood Special Series. But these two stories were discovered when we were doing the research to reintroduce the history of our old column at The Lander Forum Student Newspaper.  In honor of Senator Lindsey Graham, who passed away on July 11, 2026, w...

Send us Fan Mail Who was Bob Packwood?  He was one of the leading Senators in Washington DC on tax and fiscal policy. The Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and often acknowledged as the Senator with the greatest grasp on how the finances of the Federal Government actually worked. In this episode we look back at who Senator Bob Packwood of Oregon was on the eve of his 1992 reelection, which...

Send us Fan Mail In this preview we look back at arguably the biggest game changer of 1995 for Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole. It was the loss of his chief Lieutenant in the United States Senate, Bob Packwood.  Dole and Packwood were friends, and both men were experts on the Federal budget.  Packwood’s loss cannot be overstated.  In this special series we will examine the scandal that brought him...

Send us Fan Mail EXCLUSIVE HISTORIC CONTENT:  IN 1995, our Host Randal Wallace showed up tot he brand new Bob Dole for President Headquarters with a camcorder and recorded the event there as Senator Bob Dole and his wife Elizabeth Dole cut the ribbon for the new headquarters.  It was an all star cast of political leaders who stood on the stage beside him to welcome him to the state and open the ca...

Send us Fan Mail One of the great lost opportunities of the 1990s was the way the relationship between President Bill Clinton and Speaker Newt Gingrich disintegrated over the years from this moment right here.  After being invited to an event in New HAmpshire where both of them spike and talked about real issues in depth. You see all the possibilities that this generation squandered with their beh...

Send us Fan Mail LINDSEY GRAHAM: OUR SENATOR – A Tribute, Part 5: A South Carolina Original Our five-part documentary tribute concludes with a look back at the remarkable public life and enduring legacy of Senator Lindsey Graham, one of the most consequential political figures in modern South Carolina history. In this final installment, we revisit Graham's role as a leading voice in Washingto...

Send us Fan Mail LINDSEY GRAHAM: OUR SENATOR – A Tribute, Part 4: Senate and House Tributes The tributes to Senator Lindsey Graham continued as members of both the United States Senate and the South Carolina congressional delegation reflected on the life and service of a man who shaped South Carolina politics for more than three decades. In Part Four of our five-part documentary tribute, we presen...

Send us Fan Mail To celebrate Bob Dole’s 103rd birthday we have assembled all the previews for our special series on his life and career.  The Bob Dole Preview Collection featuring the bonus preview on the special series The Fall of Bob Packwood too. Previews include:  1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing,  The Life that Brought Him There,  1995 Clinton's Comeback,  The Fall of Bob Packwood 1996...

Send us Fan Mail LINDSEY GRAHAM: OUR SENATOR – A Tribute, Part 3: The Senate's Tributes As the United States Senate gathered to honor one of its longest-serving and most respected members, colleagues from both political parties rose to remember the life and legacy of Senator Lindsey Graham. In Part Three of our five-part tribute, we present the moving Senate memorial tributes delivered by the...

Send us Fan Mail LINDSEY GRAHAM: OUR SENATOR – A Tribute, Part 2: Shocked and Saddened The shock of Senator Lindsey Graham's sudden passing continued to reverberate across South Carolina and the nation as friends, colleagues, political allies, and even longtime opponents reflected on the life of one of America's most influential senators. Part Two begins with Darlene Graham Nardone takin...

Send us Fan Mail This is a housekeeping episode  produced to update everyone on the significant changes to our Network wide  schedule for July and part of August due to the death of Senator Lindsey Graham.  They include:  The episode looking at NixonMaxxing and Vice President J.D. Vance, will not air in July and we will air it in August on the Richard Nixon Experience. This week we will be airing,...

Send us Fan Mail LINDSEY GRAHAM: OUR SENATOR – A Week of History, A Tribute (Part 1) In one of the most extraordinary weeks in modern South Carolina political history, we look back at the remarkable events that unfolded from Senator Lindsey Graham's final overseas trip to Ukraine through the days that followed his unexpected passing. This first installment traces the timeline of a week that s...