This episode will be focused into some areas about Lyndon Johnson that feature two guests Luke Nichter and Thomas Schwartz who have some expertise on the problems and successes of the former president. The record of LBJ is different than the view people have of the president and through some of this discussion we will look at Johnsons administration and the president himself to understand the real proper criticisms.

Kevin J. Wetmore is Professor of Theatre Arts and Director of the Graduate Program with areas of expertise in Japanese theatre, African theatre, Shakespeare, horror theatre, Asian cinema, horror cinema, Greek tragedy, stage combat and comedy. This episode will discuss the evolution of horror and what scares us and how it can be a good and bad thing in terms of being aware of dangers but also enjoying them on the big screen.

Luke Nichter is an associate professor of history at Texas A&M University–Central Texas. His area of specialty is the Cold War, the modern presidency, and U.S. political and diplomatic history, with a focus on the "long 1960s" from John F. Kennedy through Watergate. Luke is a noted expert on Richard Nixon's 3,432 hours of secret White House tapes. this episode will look at what information can be revealed through the Johnson tapes on not only the administration of LBJ but also how the Whitehouse and political sphere ran.