Episode 273: Give Ike a Man He Can Work With
AZ: The History of Arizona podcast

Episode 273: Give Ike a Man He Can Work With

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 12, 202630 min
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14 years before his nationwide electoral defeat, Barry Goldwater was a successful businessman, city councilor, and Republican organizer who decided to take a bold swing and run for the U.S. Senate.

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Over the course of the last six years, I've had a chance to cover some big names that are stamped onto the history of Arizona. At the top of the list are people like Father Eusebio Kino, Juan Bautista De Anza, Charles Poston, Cochise, Mangas Coleradas, Geronimo, General George Couric, Wyatt Earp, and George

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W.B. Hunt. That's obviously not a complete or inclusive list, but those are names that routinely float to the surface when the subject of Arizona history comes up. And I can tell you that each of them took a lot of research because I knew that I definitely

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wanted to do their stories justice. I still worry that maybe I didn't, but it's a little too late for regrets now. And today, we are going to add one more name to that list. Someone else who still has wide name recognition across the state, even if the person you're

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