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Farewell and Welcome Backs (Part 6) Joe Biden's 52 year Career comes to a Close
Manage episode 461939782 series 2850631
On this final day of the administration of the 46th President of the United States, Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr, we will look back at his Life and Career, and his final week as President of the United States.
It began in 1972, when our Host Randal Wallace, was only a year and a half old, and it would continue unabated for the next 52 years. A remarkable run for any political figure in either party.
We start the episode with a phone call from President Richard Nixon on a tragic day in the life of Joe Biden, just after his wife and daughter are killed, and his two other sons, are injured in a horrific automobile accident in December of 1972, and we end the episode with his farewell address on January 15, 2025. In between, our nation saw Vietnam come to an end, Watergate, the Iranian Hostage crisis, the height of the Cold War, the fall of communism, the Gulf War, the dot com boom, the second Gulf War , the War on Terror, a war in Afghanistan, the first African American President, the passage of Universal Healthcare, the rise of Donald Trump, three impeachments and one near impeachment, and Joe Biden's own election as President.
It is a remarkable and long career. Joe Biden was there through an amazingly long consequential period of American History. We try to capture some of that while also chronicling his final week in the White House. Plus near the end of the episode, our Host, Randal Wallace, a lifelong Republican, will share with you his own experiences dealing directly with the President and share his final thoughts on the man, that in the ultimate irony of life, is the only President of the United States our Host has ever worked directly with on one occasion, Joe Biden, a Democrat.
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!!
Chapters
1. President Nixon calls Senator Elect Joe Biden after the death of his wife and daughter in a car accident over Christmas in December of 1972 (00:00:00)
2. A Montage of moments captured over the 52 years of Joe Biden's service to the nation as a U.S. Senator, Vice President and President (00:01:32)
3. Intro Music (00:08:19)
4. Host Randal Wallace welcomes you to the show and talks about the length and breadth of the service of Joe Biden to the United States (00:08:43)
5. 2020 Democratic National Convention Video introducing Joe Biden (00:11:25)
6. Host Randal wallace talks about Joe Biden's final Week in the White House , eulogy for Jimmy Carter, and a final speech on foreign policy (00:20:59)
7. Live President Joe Biden delivers foreign policy address from the State Department - Final Address (00:23:02)
8. Biden prepares to deliver farewell address before leaving office - NBC News (00:55:33)
9. Host Randal Wallace talks about the peace deal between Hamas and Israel (00:59:39)
10. President Biden confirms ceasefire deal reached between Israel and Hamas - News Coverage (01:00:39)
11. Host Randal Wallace talks about Joe Biden's admirable qualities and his friendship with our former Senator Strom Thurmond (01:09:16)
12. segment from the eulogy for Strom Thurmond in June of 2003 (01:12:12)
13. Host Randal Wallace talks about working with Joe Biden's staff and meeting with him in 2005 when he worked to protect Community Development Block Grant Funding for cities and towns (01:13:13)
14. clips from Vice President Joe Biden's address to the National League of Cities in 2016, before leaving office that next January (01:15:43)
15. a clip of then Senator Joe Biden talking briefly at the Galivants Ferry Stump Rally in 2008 with Myrtle Beach City Councilman Randal Wallace (Now our host) (01:17:50)
16. Host Randal Wallace expresses some final thoughts on the Life, Career, and Presidency of Joe Biden (01:18:19)
17. Joseph R. Biden, 46th President of the United States, delivers his Farewell Address to the nation on January 15, 2025 (01:25:15)
18. Closing theme (01:42:37)
554 episodes
Manage episode 461939782 series 2850631
On this final day of the administration of the 46th President of the United States, Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr, we will look back at his Life and Career, and his final week as President of the United States.
It began in 1972, when our Host Randal Wallace, was only a year and a half old, and it would continue unabated for the next 52 years. A remarkable run for any political figure in either party.
We start the episode with a phone call from President Richard Nixon on a tragic day in the life of Joe Biden, just after his wife and daughter are killed, and his two other sons, are injured in a horrific automobile accident in December of 1972, and we end the episode with his farewell address on January 15, 2025. In between, our nation saw Vietnam come to an end, Watergate, the Iranian Hostage crisis, the height of the Cold War, the fall of communism, the Gulf War, the dot com boom, the second Gulf War , the War on Terror, a war in Afghanistan, the first African American President, the passage of Universal Healthcare, the rise of Donald Trump, three impeachments and one near impeachment, and Joe Biden's own election as President.
It is a remarkable and long career. Joe Biden was there through an amazingly long consequential period of American History. We try to capture some of that while also chronicling his final week in the White House. Plus near the end of the episode, our Host, Randal Wallace, a lifelong Republican, will share with you his own experiences dealing directly with the President and share his final thoughts on the man, that in the ultimate irony of life, is the only President of the United States our Host has ever worked directly with on one occasion, Joe Biden, a Democrat.
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!!
Chapters
1. President Nixon calls Senator Elect Joe Biden after the death of his wife and daughter in a car accident over Christmas in December of 1972 (00:00:00)
2. A Montage of moments captured over the 52 years of Joe Biden's service to the nation as a U.S. Senator, Vice President and President (00:01:32)
3. Intro Music (00:08:19)
4. Host Randal Wallace welcomes you to the show and talks about the length and breadth of the service of Joe Biden to the United States (00:08:43)
5. 2020 Democratic National Convention Video introducing Joe Biden (00:11:25)
6. Host Randal wallace talks about Joe Biden's final Week in the White House , eulogy for Jimmy Carter, and a final speech on foreign policy (00:20:59)
7. Live President Joe Biden delivers foreign policy address from the State Department - Final Address (00:23:02)
8. Biden prepares to deliver farewell address before leaving office - NBC News (00:55:33)
9. Host Randal Wallace talks about the peace deal between Hamas and Israel (00:59:39)
10. President Biden confirms ceasefire deal reached between Israel and Hamas - News Coverage (01:00:39)
11. Host Randal Wallace talks about Joe Biden's admirable qualities and his friendship with our former Senator Strom Thurmond (01:09:16)
12. segment from the eulogy for Strom Thurmond in June of 2003 (01:12:12)
13. Host Randal Wallace talks about working with Joe Biden's staff and meeting with him in 2005 when he worked to protect Community Development Block Grant Funding for cities and towns (01:13:13)
14. clips from Vice President Joe Biden's address to the National League of Cities in 2016, before leaving office that next January (01:15:43)
15. a clip of then Senator Joe Biden talking briefly at the Galivants Ferry Stump Rally in 2008 with Myrtle Beach City Councilman Randal Wallace (Now our host) (01:17:50)
16. Host Randal Wallace expresses some final thoughts on the Life, Career, and Presidency of Joe Biden (01:18:19)
17. Joseph R. Biden, 46th President of the United States, delivers his Farewell Address to the nation on January 15, 2025 (01:25:15)
18. Closing theme (01:42:37)
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