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Send us Fan Mail Bob Dole: The Life That Brought Him There (Part 6)  Welcome to the United States Senate What was the Senate really like when Bob Dole walked into it in 1968? Part 6 answers that question through the voices of the people who lived it. This episode moves beyond biography and into lived institutional memory, as a remarkable lineup of Senate insiders describe the culture, pace, and po...

Send us Fan Mail Bob Dole: The Life That Brought Him There – Part 5  Getting Into Politics (B): The Senate Campaign In Part 5, the journey continues as Bob Dole takes his biggest political leap yet — a run for the United States Senate. This episode explores the ambition, strategy, and sheer determination behind a campaign that would elevate him from the House to one of the most powerful chambers i...

Send us Fan Mail Bob Dole: The Life That Brought Him There – Part 4  Going Into Politics (A) Before he was a national figure, he was a young Kansan with grit, ambition, and a deep belief in public service. In Part 4 of our series, we follow Bob Dole’s path from student life and small-town law practice to the rough-and-tumble world of national politics. This episode traces Dole’s formative years —...

Send us Fan Mail February 2026 on the Wallace Podcast Network — One Month. Three Podcasts. A Shared Journey Through History. This February, all three shows across the Wallace Podcast Network come together for a powerful month of storytelling that connects world history with hometown legacy. On Grand Strand Politics , we revisit our acclaimed January 2024 special series, “Robert Hirsch: Our Mayor.”...

Send us Fan Mail In this remarkable episode, we step out of narration and into history itself. Episode 422 is built entirely around a rare, deeply personal interview conducted by the Eisenhower Presidential Library with Senator Bob Dole when he was 95 years old. What unfolds is not just a recollection of events — it is a living voice from a man who stood at the crossroads of America’s greatest gen...

Send us Fan Mail Dwight Eisenhower: The Inspiration (A) What kind of leader shapes a young soldier’s idea of courage, duty, and sacrifice—and then stays with him for a lifetime? In this powerful second chapter of our Bob Dole series, we turn to the man who became Dole’s lifelong hero: Dwight D. Eisenhower . Long before Bob Dole entered politics, he was a wounded young officer watching the world be...

Send us Fan Mail BOB DOLE LECTURE: One Soldier’s Story Special Edition In this extraordinary special edition, Bob Dole returns home to Kansas—and to the school that bears his name—to tell the story that shaped everything that came after. Standing before a new generation, Dole recounts the moment on a battlefield in Italy when his life was shattered by war, and the long, uncertain months that follo...

Send us Fan Mail Season 17 Premiere Before Bob Dole became a Senate leader, a presidential nominee, or a national symbol of resilience, he was a 21-year-old second lieutenant fighting for his life on a hillside in Italy. This season-opening episode begins at the moment everything changed. Through Bob Dole’s own words and historic audio, we return to the brutal final months of World War II and the...

Send us Fan Mail In this special tribute episode, we honor the extraordinary life and legacy of Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell — Olympic athlete, decorated Marine, master silversmith, and one of the most consequential Native American leaders in the history of the United States Senate. Campbell’s journey was uniquely American: from a childhood marked by hardship, to representing the United States...

Send us Fan Mail Here is a little bit about our coming book projects:  16 Leadership Lessons From the Cold War By Randal Wallace What does it really take to lead in moments when history is on the line? Drawing on five years of research from The Randal Wallace Presents Podcast , 16 Leadership Lessons From the Cold War distills timeless leadership principles from the men and women who shaped the Ame...

Send us Fan Mail Bob Dole returns January 20, 2026 Bob Dole: The Life That Brought Him There — Season Preview How does a small-town Kansas boy, gravely wounded on an Italian battlefield, rise to become one of the most powerful and respected figures in American politics? This season of Bob Dole: The Life That Brought Him There traces the extraordinary journey of Bob Dole from the moment his life wa...

Send us Fan Mail In this landmark season finale, The Great American Authors brings its sweeping literary and political journey to a powerful close by spotlighting a remarkable group of leaders who turned to fiction to tell their stories — Jimmy Carter, Marilyn Quayle, Newt Gingrich, Bill Clinton, and James Patterson — and by sharing major news from our own host, Randal Wallace . We begin with Pres...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Great American Authors , we take an unforgettable look at two astonishing works born from the tumultuous aftermath of Nixon-era Washington — The Canfield Decision by Spiro T. Agnew and The Company by John Ehrlichman. Today, The Canfield Decision enjoys a surprisingly warm reception online, with roughly 87% of readers awarding it three to five stars on Goodreads...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is a tribute to a great actor, Gene Hackman, who decided to retire from the silver screen and write novels. He wrote five of them and all got some level of acclaim. They were :  “Wake of the Perdido Star” with Daniel Lenihan (1999)  “Justice for None”  with Daniel Lenihan (2004) “Escape from Andersonville” with Daniel Lenihan (2008) “Payback at Morning Peak” (2011) “P...

Send us Fan Mail HAPPY NEW YEAR 2026!!! Last year ws a year of extremes but overall we saw our show expand to include a new local broadcast and we completed several projects we hope to bring you in this coming year of 2026. Please join us here for another exciting year at "Randal Wallace Presents" , "The Richard Nixon Experience" and " Grand Strand Politics"  Here is...

Send us Fan Mail This episode of our podcast is a tribute for a giant figure in the history of North Carolina. Governor Jim Hunt served for 16 years and he led the way in education reform in our region of the country. The modern North Carolina owes much to his leadership in the state.  It also is a tribute to one of the great reporter of our time, journalist Peter Arnett. He had a distinctive voic...

Send us Fan Mail Happy New Year 2026!!  In this episode we say farewell to many iconic figures on the national scene, and here locally where we record this show.  Sadly, we had so many passings in 2025 we are having to divide the New Year show in half this year. This episode we look back at the many people we lost this year.  This episode is especially dedicated to a good friend from my college da...

Send us Fan Mail Ernest Hemingway's life was a testament to his belief in living authentically and drawing from rich, personal experience for his writing. His three primary homes in Key West ,  Havana , and Ketchum were more than just residences; they were essential backdrops and sources of inspiration for his work, each intrinsically linked to his lifestyle and creativity. Unifying these loc...

Send us Fan Mail In this epsode we examine the mythology around the life of Ernest Hemingway. How it has shaped his place in american Literature. We follow him from war to Key west, to Havana, Cuba.  Then we travel out west as the Castro Government takes control of Cuba and the ongoing bad blood between the American Government and Castro make it impossible for Hemingway to return to his beloved ho...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is the first of three episodes that centers on the biggest star in all of American Literature, the great Ernest Hemingway .  Ernest Hemingway's writing tips center on a minimalist style , a disciplined work ethic, and his famous "Iceberg Theory" (or theory of omission), which suggests that the deeper meaning of a story should be implied rather than expl...

Send us Fan Mail Two Great authors and one inspirational city are the focus of this episode.  Sinclair Lewis  Sinclair Lewis's writing advice, often delivered directly to his students or in letters, focused on the practicalities of a writing life and the raw discipline required. Some of his most memorable guidance includes the reminder that "real writers" are unstoppable and the emp...

Send us Fan Mail This episode gathers some great advice from the best authors of our current time. It is a fun episode.  The collective writing advice from these authors emphasizes core principles of discipline, clarity, honesty, and reader engagement, while acknowledging that individual processes can vary (e.g., plotters vs. "pantsers"). Common and Diverse Themes Discipline and Consiste...

Send us Fan Mail Pat Conroy’s writing tips focus on using personal experience to craft honest, passionate prose. His advice emphasizes deep exploration of one's inner world, dedicated hard work, and the importance of reading widely.  On finding your subject Write to understand your own life. Conroy wrote to make sense of his own story and invited readers to join him in the journey. He believe...

Send us Fan Mail James Bond meets Harry Potter in this episode of our series. Two favorites of mine from across the pond in this special edition.  Ian Fleming's writing tips emphasize speed, research, clarity, and sensory detail to keep the reader engaged and "turn over the page". He wrote primarily for "pleasure and money," aiming to create compelling thrillers rather tha...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we look back at the man who can lay claim to having written the longest sentence in American Literature. He also wrote the story, "A Rose For Emily" which is a play that our host, Randal Wallace,  once played the part of Homer Barron, the unfortunate beau of Ms. Emily, who they would later find dead in her bed years after he disappeared.   William Faulkne...