Mike Wallace is one of the most influential figures in the history of broadcast journalism. From his ground-breaking television interview programs of the 1950s to his 38-year run as co-host of 60 Minutes, Mike Wallace exemplified the most uncompromising standard of American journalism, asking the difficult questions and shining the light of day in the dark corners of American society. Big business, the government, the military, and a host of other powerful institutions all flinched under the glare of Wallace's camera lights. Over the years, a roll call of world leaders subjected themselves to Wallace's famously confrontational interview style, including George Bush, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon, Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Deng Xiaoping, Manuel Noriega, Ayatollah Khomeini, Menachem Begin, Anwar Sadat, Yasser Arafat, the Shah of Iran and Muammar Qaddafi. Mike Wallace was co-editor and co-host of 60 Minutes from its first broadcast in 1968. The show became the longest-running, most popular prime time news program in the history of television, driven by Mike Wallace's relentless pursuit of the truth. In the process, Mike Wallace wrote the book for a generation of news correspondents, showing them the way to expose miscarriages of justice, commercial scams and corruption in high places. Through it all, he held the attention of the American public with reporting that was as entertaining as it was informative. In this podcast, recorded at the Academy of Achievement's 1995 Summit in Williamsburg, Virginia, Mike Wallace describes life as a voyage of discovery. He relates how he first fell in love with broadcasting and found his calling in life. In the Q&A session that follows, he discusses his role in the lawsuit brought by General William Westmoreland against CBS News, and the devastating impact it had on him. Well into his 80s, Mike Wallace was still reporting 20 stories a year for 60 Minutes. In 2006, he retired, after more than 60 years.