Dick Cheney

In this six-part series, we pull back the curtain on the most quietly consequential political figure of the last half-century. Long before he reshaped America’s post-9/11 world, Dick Cheney mastered Washington from the shadows — studying power under Nixon, weaponizing process under Ford, steering global war strategy at the Pentagon, merging corporate muscle with government reach at Halliburton, and ultimately reinventing the vice presidency into a command center of executive authority. This isn’t a retelling of headlines — it’s a forensic look at the blueprint he built, the systems he altered, and the lasting presidency he engineered. Once Cheney changed the rules, every leader who followed played a different game. For more thought-provoking and engaging podcasts, visit: https://www.quietperiodplease.com/