Listening In: JFK on running for President (January 5, 1960)

On January 5, 1960, the journalist James M. Cannon recorded a dinner party conversation at the home of John F. Kennedy, who had declared his candidacy for president three days earlier. Also present were his wife, Jacqueline, and their close friends Ben and Toni Bradlee. The conversation includes fascinating and candid revelations about Kennedy's medical problems, his private reasons for wanting to run, and his worry that he was too introverted to be a natural politician. This conversation is a part of the new collection "Listening In: The Secret White House Recordings of John F. Kennedy," available in stores now: bit.ly/RcGzgP