LISA PEASE, the author of the upcoming A Lie Too Big to Fail: The Real History of the Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, joins S.T. Patrick to talk about the life and assassination of RFK. The episode focuses on the presidential campaign of 1968. The show opens with a conversation about Lisa's contribution to the new Robert F. Kennedy Jr. book, American Values, and the … [Read more...]
MWN Episode 048 – RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy
Filmmaker and Author SHANE O' SULLIVAN joins S.T. Patrick on the Midnight Writer News Show to discuss the 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. In this year, the 50th anniversary of the assassination, the world has a unique opportunity to shine a spotlight on the case. O' Sullivan, the director of RFK Must Die and author of Who Killed Bobby?, openly discusses his initial … [Read more...]
MWN Episode 045 – LBJ – From Mastermind to the Colossus
In Part Two of our two-part series on LBJ, PHILLIP NELSON, the author of LBJ: From Mastermind to the Colossus, joins S.T. Patrick to discuss LBJ's presidency from the moment shots were fired in Dealey Plaza to his surprising March 1968 decision to exit the presidential primaries. Nelson addresses LBJ's movements on November 22, 1963, Albert Thomas and "the wink picture," … [Read more...]
MWN Episode 043 – The Tet Offensive – Vietnam in 1968
LT. COL. JAMES WILLBANKS (Ret.) joins the show to talk about The Tet Offensive and its impact on the turning tide against the Vietnam War. Lt. Col. Willbanks answers questions on the Tet holiday, the surprise nature of the attack, the Tet Offensive's objectives, the U.S. military's reaction, the turn of Walter Cronkite, an influential New York Times article, Sen. Eugene … [Read more...]