Happiness and Bluezones / Nixon’s Checkers Speech and the “Rocking, Socking” Election of 1952

Summary: Part A: Dan Buettner, author of "Thrive: Finding Happiness in the Blue Zone". An extensive study of living an active, fulfilling life well into your 90s and possibly your 100s and how it may be easier than you think. In addition to sharing his extraordinary accounts of the happiest people on the planet, he will detail how to incorporate these powerful characteristics into our daily routine so that we too can Thrive. Part B: Just Plain Dick is political history and more. It's the story of a young man nearing a nervous breakdown and staging a political comeback. The narrative focuses, almost cinematically, on the 1952 election cycle, and then to the allegations against Nixon through to the speech in September and finally the election in November. Author Kevin Mattson also provides a broad-stroke depiction of American politics and culture during the Cold War.