In this sixth and final episode of Quite By Accident, Steve Hess shares stories with host Katie Dunn Tenpas about... more

In episode 5 of Quite By Accident, Steve Hess shares with host Katie Dunn Tenpas his feelings on his close... more

In episode 4 of Quite By Accident, Steve Hess explains how he entered the orbit of Richard Nixon, the former... more

In episode 3 of Quite By Accident, Steve Hess, a young staffer in Eisenhower’s administration, shares stories of feeling surprised... more

In episode 2 of Quite By Accident, Steve Hess recounts some of the lines he wrote for President Eisenhower’s speeches,... more

In this first episode of Quite By Accident, 25-year-old Steve Hess, fresh out of U.S. Army service in Germany, lands... more

Brookings scholar Stephen Hess didn't plan to start working in Eisenhower's White House at age 25—he began his career at... more