Dead Presidents Podcast
120 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsPresidential history buffs James J. Hamilton and Stephen Lincoln-Douglas take you on an epic journey through the lives of our nation's chief executives.
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PWF #15 - PWF vs. CCW
August 28, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 44.2 MBLive from the field at Bull Run, Virginia, the Presidential Wrestling Federation's long-running feud with Confederate Championship Wrestling reaches an epic climax! Featuring: Four-man elimination tag team match: Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Benjamin Harrison & William McKinley vs. John Tyler, Nathan Bedford Forrest, J.E.B. Stuart & John Mosby Handicap match: Zachary Taylor & Winfield Scott vs. Gideon Pillow Main event: Abraham Lincoln & Ulysses Grant vs. Jefferson Davis & Robe...
Presidential War #26 - In the Palm of Lincoln's Rough-Hewn Rail-Splitting Hand
August 14, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 46.1 MBOn this installment of Presidential War, we discuss whether there's any president we'd rather have defending us against murder charges than renowned prairie lawyer Abraham Lincoln. Also: we decide which of the two Bushes gets picked first in flag football, we consider one category in which the lowly James Buchanan trounces Theodore Roosevelt, and we face the horrifying prospect of either Billy Carter or Malik Obama becoming president of the United States. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, an...
Top 5 Presidential Musicians
July 31, 2023 04:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MBMany presidents have been musically-inclined and some even considered it a possible career path. On this episode we rock out to the Top 5 Presidential Musicians! Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at [email protected] Please rate & review, subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!
31 Herbert Hoover
July 17, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 78.9 MBHerbert Hoover was orphaned as a child, but his tireless work ethic and masterful administrative talents brought him success as a mining engineer, a career in which he crisscrossed the globe and became a millionaire in the process. During the First World War, he led a massive effort to relieve the suffering population of occupied Belgium, earning international acclaim and putting his name under consideration for the presidency. During eight years as Commerce Secretary in the Harding and Cool...
PWF #14 - At Your Home
July 03, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 41.6 MBLive from a privately-owned farm in South Carolina, PWF's At Your Home pay-per-view has all the belts on the line! PWF Women's Championship: Eleanor Roosevelt vs. Bess Truman Tag Team Championship: TR & Taft vs. Gerald Ford & Ronald Reagan Transcontinental Championship: Franklin Pierce vs. Ulysses S. Grant ("Brawl in the Stall" match in a pigpen) PWF Championship: FDR vs. Dwight Eisenhower (strap match) Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at deadpresidentspodcast@gm...
Presidential War #25 - Other Things You Can Do With Cigars (with Elliott Burns)
June 26, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 52.4 MBSpecial guest (and returning champion) Elliott Burns joins us for another exciting installment of Presidential War and attempts to extend the undefeated streak of guests prevailing over the podcast co-hosts. Discussion topics include: who would win in a fistfight between Andrew Jackson and Ulysses Grant, would we rather have TR or Jimmy Carter dating our daughter, and whether FDR could ever be considered a better president than Lincoln. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email u...
Top 5 First Ladies
June 19, 2023 04:00 - 50 minutes - 34.6 MBWe count down the Top 5 First Ladies in American history! Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at [email protected] Please rate & review, subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!
30 Calvin Coolidge
June 12, 2023 04:00 - 2 hours - 102 MBCalvin Coolidge's hardscrabble Vermont farm upbringing imbued him with the old-school New England values of hard work and thriftiness, which served him well as he embarked on a career as a lawyer in Massachusetts and began a steady climb of local and state political offices. As governor, his firm and unflinching response to the 1919 Boston police strike garnered him national headlines and inspired some enthusiastic delegates at the 1920 Republican National Convention to buck the party bosses...
PWF #13 - Underground
June 05, 2023 04:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MBThe Presidential Wrestling Federation is live from the basement of a bar in an undisclosed location with another electrifying slate of matches: Ronald Reagan & Gerald Ford vs. Rutherford B. Hayes & Benjamin Harrison (winners get a shot at the Tag Team Championship) Millard Fillmore vs. Chester Arthur (bareknuckle boxing grudge match--must win by knockout) 8-Man Battle Royal for the vacant Transcontinental Championship: Thomas Jefferson vs. Andrew Jackson vs. Franklin Pierce vs. Ulysses S....
Presidential War #24 - Suckling at the Presidential Teat
May 29, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBThis Presidential War episode settles the burning question that is on everyone's mind—who would have made a better president: George Washington's brother Lawrence Washington or James A. Garfield's son James R. Garfield? We also discuss Dolley Madison's accomplishments, Frances Cleveland's good looks, and how Abraham Lincoln might have fared if he had served as Attorney General. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at [email protected] Please rate & review, ...
Top 5 Presidential Golfers
May 22, 2023 04:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MBGolf is the unofficial presidential pastime and some presidential practitioners have been particularly passionate about hitting the links. Some have even been good at it, and we count down the best on this Top 5. (Fore!) Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at [email protected] Please rate & review, subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!
29 Warren G. Harding
May 15, 2023 04:00 - 2 hours - 103 MBFrom publisher of the Marion Star newspaper to U.S. Senator from Ohio, Warren G. Harding's meteoric rise culminated in 1920 when he became the compromise candidate of a deadlocked Republican convention and trounced his Democratic opponent with a campaign promising a "Return to Normalcy." He inherited a terrible economy, high taxes, exploding debt, and a nation still wracked with tension from the First World War and subsequent Red Scare. When Harding's health gave out and he died after just t...
PWF #12 - After School Special
May 08, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 46.6 MBThe PWF has fallen on hard times and its latest event is being held in a high school gymnasium, but the quality of the presidential wrestling action on display is as high as ever in this slate of electrifying matches: Fathers vs. Sons Match: John Adams & George H.W. Bush vs. John Quincy Adams & George W. Bush Tag Team Championship Match: James Madison & James Monroe vs. Theodore Roosevelt & William Howard Taft Transcontinental Championship Match: Barack Obama vs. Richard Nixon PWF Champi...
Presidential War #23 - Eviscerated by Cholera
May 01, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 47.3 MBThis game of Presidential War comes down to the wire! The scintillating discussion topics include: Would we rather have William McKinley or George H.W. Bush dating our daughter? Would we rather have John Adams or Andrew Jackson defending us against murder charges? And an epic clash of titans: Would George Washington or Abraham Lincoln make the better Secretary of State? Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at [email protected] Please rate & review, subscrib...
Top 5 Troubled Presidential Sons
April 24, 2023 04:00 - 20 minutes - 13.8 MBWhile some presidents' sons have achieved great things (two even becoming president themselves), others have lived tragic lives characterized by depression, scandal, substance abuse, and early death. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at [email protected] Please rate & review, subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!
28 Woodrow Wilson
April 17, 2023 04:00 - 3 hours - 133 MBBorn to Scots-Irish immigrants and raised in the Confederate South, Woodrow Wilson came into his own as a student at Princeton University. Armed with a Ph.D, he launched his career a historian and professor of political science and soon returned to Princeton, where he quickly became its most popular lecturer and was eventually named its president. His ambitious tenure garnered him national attention, and some Democratic party kingmakers saw him as an attractive candidate for national politic...
PWF #11 - War at the Shore
April 10, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 54.2 MBWar at the Shore features a card full of electrifying matches, including a main event in which the PWF is challenged by an unholy alliance between the CCW and the TWO: John Adams vs. John Quincy Adams Theodore Roosevelt & William McKinley vs. William Howard Taft & Warren Harding Woodrow Wilson vs. Barack Obama (Transcontinental Title Match) George Washington, Thomas Jefferson & Abraham Lincoln vs. Donald Trump, Jefferson Davis & a mystery Third Man Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and I...
Presidential War #22 - All The Peanuts You Can Eat
April 03, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 42.4 MBOn this episode, we discuss whether we'd rather have Jimmy Carter or Andrew Jackson dating our daughter, whether Woodrow Wilson or Millard Fillmore would make the better Supreme Court Justice, whether George Washington stands a snowball's chance in hell against George W. Bush in the category of Biggest Partier, and much more! Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at [email protected] Please rate & review, subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!
Top 5 Crazy Succession Scenarios That Almost Happened
March 27, 2023 04:00 - 59 minutes - 40.6 MBThe U.S. has never been forced to call upon presidential line of succession beyond the vice president, but it has been close many times. This episode delves into some of the craziest near-miss scenarios and considers some the wildest What Ifs in American history. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at [email protected] Please rate & review, subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!
27 William Howard Taft
March 20, 2023 04:00 - 2 hours - 121 MBWilliam Howard Taft is perhaps best known as the fattest president who allegedly got stuck in a bathtub, but this episode will show that he was much, much more than that. Taft followed in his eminent father's footsteps to become a Yale graduate, lawyer, and judge. His highest ambition was to join the U.S. Supreme Court, and President McKinley promised to appoint him--if he first agreed to serve as civil governor of the Philippines. After his friend Theodore Roosevelt became president upon Mc...
PWF #10 - Reconstruction
March 13, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 52.6 MBAnything can happen in the Presidential Wrestling Federation--especially when all of the belts are on the line! The Reconstruction pay-per-view has an electrifying card of intense title matches: Tag Team Championships: James Madison & James Monroe v. John Adams & John Quincy Adams Women's Championship: Eleanor Roosevelt v. Michelle Obama Transcontinental Championship: Woodrow Wilson v. Barack Obama PWF Championship: George Washington v. FDR Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram...
Presidential War #21 - George W. Bush Are Learning
March 06, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 56 MBPresidential War enters Season 3 with the addition of exciting new categories! When it comes to the nation's premier presidential educational card game, no one ever needs to ask: "is our children learning?" They certainly is. On this episode, we leave no child behind. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at [email protected] Please rate & review, subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!
Top 5 Monroe Doctrine Invocations
February 27, 2023 05:00 - 37 minutes - 26.1 MB2023 is the bicentennial of the Monroe Doctrine, announced by President James Monroe in his 1823 State of the Union address. To celebrate, we've put together a Top 5 that functions as a comprehensive history of this cornerstone of American foreign policy. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at [email protected] Please rate & review, subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!
26 Theodore Roosevelt
February 20, 2023 05:00 - 4 hours - 197 MBIn one of American history’s most epic life stories, Theodore Roosevelt began as a sickly child debilitated by asthma and went on to become a Harvard graduate, author, historian, NY state legislator, cattle rancher, big game hunter, conservationist, Civil Service Commissioner, NYC Police Commissioner, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Spanish-American War hero, NY Governor, and Vice President. When McKinley’s assassination unexpectedly made him the youngest president in American history, his ...
The Constitutionalists - Article II, Section 2
February 13, 2023 05:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MBThe 9 songs from Season 2 by The Constitutionalists, the official house band of the Dead Presidents Podcast, are compiled here in the form of an album entitled Article II, Section 2. Andrew Johnson (0:00) Ulysses S. Grant (2:42) Rutherford B. Hayes (4:00) James A. Garfield (5:59) Chester A. Arthur (7:23) Grover Cleveland (9:39) Benjamin Harrison (12:45) Cleveland-Harrison-Cleveland (15:24) William McKinley (16:18) Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at deadpresidentspo...
State of the Podcast Address (Season 3 Trailer)
February 06, 2023 05:00 - 4 minutes - 3.05 MBBefore a joint session of Congress, the co-hosts of the podcast reflect on the first two seasons and announce that Season 3 will debut on Presidents Day, Monday, February 20, 2023. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at [email protected] Please rate & review, subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!
PWF #9 - PresidentialMania
October 24, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 78.5 MBThe biggest pay-per-view event of all time features the most explosive card in presidential wrestling history: Donald Trump vs. George Washington: The championship belt is on the line and so is ownership of the PWF--but if Trump wins, he gets to turn Mount Vernon into a casino. Abraham Lincoln vs. Jefferson Davis: At the Confederate Championship Wrestling's flagship pay-per-view SecessleMania, Lincoln can win back the PWF's southern territory, but he has to put an important constitutional ...
Presidential War #20 - Jimmy Carter Is Still Alive
October 17, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 63.9 MBThe epic season finale of Presidential War is a clash of titans. Who was the better statesman: Thomas Jefferson or FDR? Who would win in a fight: Abe Lincoln or TR? Who was the better-looking president: JFK or Franklin Pierce? Were Andrew Jackson's two vice presidents (John C. Calhoun and Martin Van Buren) more accomplished than William McKinley's (Garret Hobart and TR)? Also, we marvel at the still-aliveness of Nicest Guy category champion Jimmy Carter in the wake of his recent 98th birthda...
Top 5 Tragic Presidential Child Deaths
October 10, 2022 04:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MBWe try to lighten the mood by counting down the Top 5 Tragic Presidential Child Deaths! Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at [email protected] Please rate & review, subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!
25 William McKinley
October 03, 2022 04:00 - 2 hours - 95 MBWilliam McKinley was a middle-class Ohio boy who received an education-by-fire in the Civil War, where his commanding officer and mentor was future President Rutherford B. Hayes. After the war, he followed in Hayes's footsteps as a lawyer and politician, overcoming family tragedy while working his way up into the Republican congressional leadership and becoming Ohio's governor. In 1896, he had no serious rival for his party's presidential nomination, and defeated populist Democrat William Je...
PWF #8 - Presidential Rumble
September 26, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 52.3 MBForty-three presidential superstars do battle in the squared circle—with the last man standing earning a title shot at PresidentialMania! Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at [email protected] Please rate & review, subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!
Presidential War #19 - Biggest Executive Branch
September 19, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 51.8 MBOn this iteration of Presidential War, discussion topics include the statesmanship of Woodrow Wilson vs. Dwight Eisenhower, the First Lady accomplishments of Abigail Adams vs. Sarah Polk, and the deviousness of Bill Clinton vs. Grover Cleveland. Also, we face the horrifying prospect of either James Buchanan or LBJ dating our daughter! Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at [email protected] Please rate & review, subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!
Top 5 Most Accomplished Presidential Moms
September 12, 2022 04:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MBWe count down the Top 5 Most Accomplished Presidential Moms! Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at [email protected] Please rate & review, subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!
24 Grover Cleveland (Pt 2)
September 05, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBFour years after being defeated for reelection, ex-President Grover Cleveland secured the Democratic nomination and, in an epic rematch, took down incumbent Benjamin Harrison to win an unprecedented non-consecutive term. Our 22nd president became our 24th president, but Cleveland's second term would unfortunately coincide with the Panic of 1893, a four-year economic depression the likes of which the nation had not yet seen. While his young wife gave birth to a growing family and he underwen...
PWF #7 - World War III
August 29, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBThe Presidential Wrestling Federation goes international in its latest pay-per-view spectacular, featuring: Zachary Taylor vs. Santa Anna Richard Nixon & Ronald Reagan vs. Nikita Khrushchev & Mikhail Gorbachev Barack Obama & Joe Biden vs. Vladimir Putin & Kim Jong Un The Bushes vs. Saddam Hussein & Osama bin Laden John Adams vs. King George III FDR, Churchill & Stalin vs. Hitler, Mussolini & Hirohito Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at deadpresidentspodcast@gma...
Presidential War #18 - Murdered by the Clintons?
August 22, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 51.1 MBOn the latest Presidential War, discover how James Buchanan and Warren Harding turn out to be winning cards while Abraham Lincoln ignominiously shits the bed. Also: one of the illustrious hosts of the Dead Presidents Podcast might not live to the end of the episode after he offends the wrong First Family. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at [email protected] Please rate & review, subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!
Top 5 Most Accomplished Presidential Daughters
August 15, 2022 04:00 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MBWe count down the top five most accomplished presidential daughters! Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at [email protected] Please rate & review, subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!
23 Benjamin Harrison
August 08, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 77.3 MBPresident William Henry Harrison's grandson was adamant: "I am the grandson of nobody. I believe every man should stand on his own merits.” Benjamin Harrison may have had a famous name, but he started a law practice from scratch, volunteered to fight in the Civil War, and lost several elections before he climbed to the top of the Indiana Republican party and landed a seat in the U.S. Senate. In 1888, his sterling reputation and his hailing from a critical swing state earned him the Republic...
PWF #6 - Era of Bad Feelings
August 01, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 51.7 MBThe Presidential Wrestling Federation is live from the RCA Dome in Indianapolis with a card full of electrifying matches: Theodore Roosevelt v. William Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson v. Barack Obama PWF Tag Team Championship Match: The Bushes v. JFK and LBJ Handicap match: Andrew Jackson v. Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun PWF Championship Match: Donald Trump v. Jimmy Carter Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at [email protected] Please rate & review, sub...
Presidential War #17 - Gerry Ford > Chevy Chase (with Dave Ranallo)
July 25, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 61.8 MBReturning champion Dave Ranallo joins us for another exciting installment of Presidential War, in which we discuss whether history will be kinder to Gerald Ford or his impersonator Chevy Chase, whether any president is more overrated than JFK, whether Warren Harding's illegitimate child went on to do great things, and much more! Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at [email protected] Please rate & review, subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!
Top 5 Worst Vice Presidents
July 18, 2022 04:00 - 40 minutes - 27.7 MBWe count down five significant Vice Presidents who made their mark on American history—but not in a good way. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at [email protected] Please rate & review, subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!
22 Grover Cleveland (Pt 1)
July 11, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 71.8 MBGrover Cleveland was a lawyer and former sheriff enjoying a bachelor's life full of tall beers and greasy food. Then in 1881, he was elected mayor of Buffalo. In 1882, he was elected governor of New York. His meteoric rise culminated in 1884 when he became the first Democrat elected president since before the Civil War. In one short term, he tackled civil service reform, set an unbelievable veto record, and married the youngest First Lady in our nation's history. When she left the White Hou...
PWF #5 - SuffragetteSlam
July 04, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 70.5 MBThe PWF women's division takes center stage at SuffragetteSlam, where First Lady wrestling superstars attempt to foil PWF owner Donald Trump's plot to imperil women's rights. Featuring an exciting card: Nancy Reagan vs. Barbara Bush Mary Todd Lincoln vs. Julia Grant Sally Hemings vs. Julia Gardiner Tyler First Ladies (Jackie Kennedy, Hillary Clinton, Florence Harding, Melania Trump) vs. Presidential Mistresses (Marilyn Monroe, Monica Lewinsky, Nan Britton, Stormy Daniels) Repeal the 19t...
Presidential War #16 - If Kitty Dukakis Were Raped And Murdered
June 27, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBIn this thrilling iteration of Presidential War, we discuss the most insane question in presidential debate history and make some interesting comparisons: the electoral performances of James Buchanan vs. William Howard Taft; the pre-presidential accomplishments of Teddy Roosevelt vs. Lyndon Johnson; and the First Lady accomplishments of Dolley Madison vs. Michelle Obama. Also: Who was the better politician—Martin Van Buren or Abraham Lincoln? Who was the better statesman—FDR or Ronald Reagan...
Top 5 Best Vice Presidents
June 20, 2022 04:00 - 51 minutes - 35.1 MBWe count down the five Vice Presidents who made the most out of an often insignificant office. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at [email protected] Please rate & review, subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!
21 Chester A. Arthur
June 13, 2022 04:00 - 2 hours - 112 MBChester A. Arthur, the son of a poor Baptist preacher, rose to become a well-connected New York attorney. He honed his masterful administrative skills as New York's Quartermaster General during the Civil War, then applied those skills to become an unparalleled party organizer. In an era of rampant political corruption, Arthur was the quintessential machine politician. He held the federal government's most lucrative patronage post until President Hayes fired him, yet his party connections lan...
PWF #4 - Make Wrestling Great Again
June 06, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBIn the Presidential Wrestling Federation's latest pay-per-view, Make Wrestling Great Again, the PWF gets acclimated to its new owner and inaugurates its new Women's Division. All the titles are on the line in this exciting event: Joe Biden vs. William Howard Taft Tag Team Championship Match: George H.W. Bush & George W. Bush vs. Theodore Roosevelt & Grover Cleveland Women's Championship Match: Dolley Madison vs. Eleanor Roosevelt Transcontinental Championship Match: John Quincy Adams vs....
Presidential War #15 - Vulgar Display of Presidential Power
May 30, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 50.2 MBIn this bizarro episode of Presidential War, the object of the game is to lose. With inverted categories like (Least) Best Politician, (Least) Best Statesman, and (Least) Best President Overall, we find out which presidents are the biggest losers! Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at [email protected] Please rate & review, subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!
Top 5 Constitutional Convention Delegates
May 23, 2022 04:00 - 43 minutes - 30.1 MBIn the summer of 1787, fifty-five of America's most prominent leaders attended the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. Writing from Paris, Thomas Jefferson called it "an assembly of demigods." On this episode, we count down the Top 5 delegates who were most influential in shaping the Constitution that emerged. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at [email protected] Please rate & review, subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!
20 James A. Garfield
May 16, 2022 04:00 - 2 hours - 109 MBJames A. Garfield rose from humble beginnings to become a well-respected scholar, war hero, and Republican party leader who spent 18 years in the House of Representatives. In 1880, against his own protests, he was chosen as the dark horse compromise candidate for the Republican presidential nomination. He entered the White House with an ambitious agenda on education, civil rights, foreign policy, and civil service reform--and unflinchingly faced down the country's most powerful political mac...