Public Radio

Since his retirement as director of the Hoover Presidential Library in 2011, Walch has been a regular guest on several public affairs programs broadcast on Iowa Public Radio and Minnesota Public Radio. The majority of these programs have focused on various aspects of the American presidency, while others discuss aspects of Iowa's history. What follows are links to a selection of these programs.

IOWA PUBLIC RADIO

July 8, 2019
The History Of US Presidents Traveling Abroad

June 18, 2019
Comparing Presidents: Donald Trump and the 44 Who Came Before

April 29, 2019
New Book Explores Resistance as an American Tradition

March 13, 2019
Iowa's Irish Heritage

February 9, 2019
Iowa Senator Charles Grassley Now "Three Heartbeats Away" from Presidency

January 2, 2019
The Historical Evolution of U.S. Presidents and Their Advisors

November 6, 2018
A Look Back at Midterm Elections and Presidential Legacies

July 31, 2018
A Heartbeat Away from the Presidency: U.S. Vice Presidents in Retrospect

June 21, 2018
Who Is Included in "We the People?" The Answer Has Always Been Complicated

March 14, 2018
The Evolving Role of America's First Ladies

February 6, 2018
Electoral College Isn't a Popularity Contest

January 19, 2018
Conventions Broken and Accomplishments in the First Year of the Trump Presidency

November 7, 2017
There Are No Heroes: Political Scandal in the White House

October 3, 2017
What Does Patriotism Mean?

September 21, 2017
A Nation Engaged: "It can happen; there's hope"

May 16, 2017
What Makes a Constitutional Crisis?

February 23, 2017
U.S. Presidential Rankings: "We Like Feistiness"

January 20, 2017
The Evolution of the Inauguration

November 28, 2016
Rectifying Injustice: The Purpose & Impact of Protesting in America

October 3, 2016
A Meeting of “Second-Bananas”: What to Look for in Tonight's Vice Presidential Debate

August 22, 2016
The Books That Should Be on Clinton and Trump's Reading Lists

May 25, 2016
Three Essential Qualities of a Veep

March 24, 2016
Is Iowa History at Risk Under New State Plan?

July 3, 2014
Gentlemen Bootleggers, the True Story of Templeton Rye

December 12, 2013
1933: Prohibition Ends, Bonnie and Clyde Visit Iowa

November 21, 2013
Iowans Remember John F. Kennedy

November 20, 2013
Presidential Ebb and Flow

November 6, 2012
Close Elections in US History

C-SPAN

From 1994 to 2017, Walch appeared on eighteen public affairs programs via the C-SPAN cable television network. Recordings of these presentations are available at no charge on the CSPAN website at: https://www.c-span.org/search/?searchtype=All&query=timothy+walch  What follows is a list of titles and dates of these programs.

“Hoover Museum” – June 28, 1994

“Hoover Museum” – July 5, 1994

“Vice Presidents as National Leader” – October 25, 1995

“The Public Role for Vice Presidents” – October 25, 1995

“Presidential Libraries, Part 2” -- May 29, 1996

“Presidential Gifts” – July 18, 1996

“Washington Friday Journal” – July 19, 1996

“The Life of President Herbert Hoover” -- September 13, 1999

“Life Portrait of Herbert Hoover”-- October 4, 1999

“Hoover, The Fishing President: Portrait of the Private Man” – June 26, 2005

“Inaugural Day Events” – January 20, 2005

“Inaugural Day Activities” – January 20, 1995

“Herbert Hoover Presidential Library” -- September 7, 2007

“Presidential Library Collections” – June 15, 2005

“Presidential Libraries” – November 17, 2004

“Presidential Libraries Symposium” – February 28, 2011

“Presidential Libraries and Legacies” -- August 20, 2013

“Herbert Hoover and Dwight D. Eisenhower” June 3, 2017