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#1827 - Mark A. Lawrence

June 02, 2026

Mark Atwood Lawrence is Professor of History and holds the Walter Prescott Webb Chair in History and Ideas at The University of Texas at Austin. Mark from the period of 2020 to 2024, served as Director of the LBJ Presidential Library and Museum. This discussion will look at Vietnam and summarize a bit of the conflict but also where the burden of blame started and who holds the most responsibility in terms of how we remember and retell the conflict.

#1826 - Luke Nichter

May 19, 2026

Luke Nichter is the James H. Cavanaugh Endowed Chair in Presidential Studies at Chapman University, a Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and, for 2026-27, a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre on US Politics at University College London. This conversation will look at Johnson and his presidency, what can be revealed by his administration and reflects more about the history and current state of our country.

#1825 - Ron Jacobs

May 12, 2026

Ron Jacobs is a author of various works dealing with the counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s, he also writes for counterpunch magazine about various areas of politics. This discussion will focus on former president Lyndon Johnson and some of the evolving perspective that Mr. Jacobs has from a counterculture perspective.