Presidents of The United States Podcast
9 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago -Stories about the Presidents, including those obscure ones, from the makers of My History Can Beat Up Your Politics.
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Episodes
Wilson's Stare and the LBJ Treatment, Why FDR Picked the Democrats and More
April 11, 2020 15:31 - 38 minutes - 21.8 MBEverything you want to know about Presidents, but were afraid to ask on this collection of Presidential facts.
Lyndon Johnson and the Trick That Created Medicare
March 28, 2020 14:15 - 30 minutes - 22.4 MBBe a fly on the wall for Lyndon Johnson's discussions around the passage of Medicare, and how he co-opted his opponent's plans to make it work, and pulled off a political stunt that ensured the program would work.
McKinley Is More Than Just "That President Who Died in Office"
March 28, 2020 14:14 - 43 minutes - 23.7 MBA talk with author and historian Robert Merry about William McKinley, his contributions, and his political skill.
There's Too Much Lincoln in Your Diet
March 25, 2020 23:36 - 31 minutes - 15 MBA look at Lincoln that starts at 1865 - as the image of a President is formed. Should we question the image we have of Lincoln today? The amount of history that is about him?
I am James Buchanan
March 25, 2020 02:37 - 1 hour - 36.6 MBA look at the 15th President, widely viewed as the worst ever. His Presidency began and ended with deaths. Does he deserve the censure he gets? The answer, as we go through his story, is a solid maybe.
The Trial of Thomas Jefferson, Governor
March 25, 2020 02:32 - 32 minutes - 16.5 MBBefore he became President, Thomas Jefferson was a governor. And it didn't go well.
Nixon in Full
March 25, 2020 02:29 - 1 hour - 41.9 MBA complete look at Richard Nixon's life, Presidency and legacy.
President Twenty-Two and Twenty-Four: Grover Cleveland
March 24, 2020 12:50 - 33 minutes - 27.9 MBIf he's known at all, it's for two non-consecutive Presidencies. The only Democrat elected between the Civil War and the 1910's Stephen Grover Cleveland was a different President from Democrats then - and now. His uniquely anti-imperial, frugal and good government mix brought him enormous personal popularity. A stand he took lost him an election.
You Don't Know Franklin Pierce
March 24, 2020 11:47 - 56 minutes - 26.7 MB"Nothing can ruin him" Handsome, young, exactly in the middle of American politics, a Northerner that Southerners could love - Franklin Pierce emerges as a dark horse compromise in a time of crisis. And from there, everything goes downhill. A deep look into POTUS 14, perhaps the most unknown.