Nixon White House Tapes
Listen to and search all 22,725 conversations from the 949 Nixon White House recordings, 1971–1973 — with AI transcripts, summaries and the Nixon Library finding aids.
22,725 conversations · 22,588 with audio · 19,553 AI transcripts · 850 conversations cut into their own clips
On this day — October 5
President Nixon met with his senior staff and economic advisers to finalize the rollout strategy for Phase II of his economic program. The discussion focused on establishing an effective, low-key announcement strategy for the upcoming wage and price control…
President Nixon met with political pollster Samuel Lubell and aide Charles Colson to discuss shifting national public opinion and underlying voter trends leading into the 1972 election. They analyzed how voters form attachments to candidates based on person…
President Nixon met with a large group of reporters and staff in the Oval Office to conduct a press conference, followed by a private debriefing with his senior aides, including H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, and Charles Colson. During the public session, …
President Nixon met with Charles Colson and H.R. Haldeman to refine his re-election campaign strategy, focusing on framing key policy contrasts between himself and George McGovern. They discussed utilizing specific "winning" issues, such as amnesty, welfare…
What is in the archive?
Between February 1971 and July 1973 a voice-activated system secretly recorded President Richard Nixon's meetings and telephone calls in the Oval Office, the Old Executive Office Building, the Cabinet Room and Camp David. The National Archives has catalogued 22,725 conversations across 949 tapes. Easy Nixon brings together the released audio, the Nixon Library finding aids, AI-generated transcripts for more than 19,000 conversations, and short AI summaries — all free, with permanent links you can cite. Read more about the project and the data.