Latest Presidency Podcast Episodes
A City Vanished
"To the Best of My Ability" - August 05, 2020 12:00 - 24 minutesIn the hours after Truman drops the bomb on Hiroshima, news reports begin to surface of “a city vanished.” As he said on many occasions, Truman never regretted the decision—seeing the bomb as the quickest way to bring an end to the bloodiest war in history. Speaking to the American people via r...
883 Killed
"To the Best of My Ability" - July 15, 2020 17:05 - 22 minutesEven with victory in sight, soldiers, sailors, and airmen continued to die in the Pacific theater. The USS Indianapolis, for example, was torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-58 while transporting parts of the atomic bomb “Little Boy” from San Francisco to Tinian in the Mariana Islands. Three hundr...
American POTUS - Season 1 Teaser
American POTUS - July 02, 2020 16:00 - 1 minuteThe American POTUS podcast is an engaging conversation about the ambition, wit and wisdom, that helped 44 men achieve and hold the highest office in the land. In every episode, we’ll be joined by the nation’s most influential historians, scholars and experts who have studied every facet of the ...
Urgent Summons
"To the Best of My Ability" - July 01, 2020 12:43 - 24 minutesIn July 1945, representatives of the victorious Allies met in the heart of Germany, in the Berlin suburb of Potsdam. It is a new cohort of leaders, while Stalin was still Soviet dictator, the inexperienced Truman and a brand-new British prime minister, Clement Attlee, represented the Anglo-Ameri...
Charter Into Deeds
"To the Best of My Ability" - June 17, 2020 15:18 - 25 minutesWorld War II had been so horrible that the victorious powers decided that nothing like it must ever happen again. President Roosevelt’s dream had been to establish a “United Nations” (UN) organization, in which the peace-loving nations of the world would settle disputes and intervene to punish a...
Bonus: The "Science" of Race
Q & Abe - June 11, 2020 13:45 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsWe're currently conducting interviews to prepare for season 3. The other day, we spoke with Dr. Nina Jablonski, an anthropologist who studies the evolution and social positioning of human skin color. As you might imagine, the conversation was inflected by current events. Dr. Jablonski explained...
Supreme Authority
"To the Best of My Ability" - June 03, 2020 16:51 - 22 minutesWith the war in Europe over, the Allied powers had to turn to the difficult business of governing Germany and the other occupied territories. It was a huge task: to restart a functioning economy for an entire continent, to restore systems of law and government, to bind up the wounds of war. On J...
Death Stand
"To the Best of My Ability" - May 20, 2020 19:05 - 24 minutesThe war in Europe was over, but fighting raged in the Pacific. “We are only half-through,” Truman declares to the American people. He was right. The Battle of Okinawa (April 1 - June 22) was one of the hardest-fought in the history of the US military. Okinawa is a mass of mountains, jungle, and ...
It's All Over
"To the Best of My Ability" - May 06, 2020 15:33 - 22 minutesTruman’s first few weeks in office were some of the most tumultuous in Presidential history. As Nazis forces experience blow after blow from Allied forces, fascism in Europe begins to crumble. Before the end of April, both Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini are dead. After more than five years of...
What Will The Recovery Look Like?
Good Politics - April 14, 2020 02:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsWill the US economy bounce back from the Corona recession or will it meltdown?
Trump and Economic Stimulus
Good Politics - April 14, 2020 01:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsA look at the politics of depression economics and the recent corona stimulus package.
The Fed versus The Doom
Good Politics - April 14, 2020 01:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsQuantitative easing and zero rates battle the Corona meltdown.
President Roosevelt is Dead
"To the Best of My Ability" - April 10, 2020 18:13 - 3 minutesApril 1945: In a war that changed the world, a month that changed the course of the war.
Oil Politics: How to Kill Fracking?
Good Politics - March 14, 2020 00:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsA look at the recent efforts of Russia to try to destroy US oil competitors.
The Corona Economy
Good Politics - March 08, 2020 02:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsA look at how the coronavirus may impact the US economy.
On Gaslighting
Good Politics - March 08, 2020 02:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsWhat is "gaslighting" and why are people starting to hear this term in politics?
Bonus: Preservation Insights
Q & Abe - February 27, 2020 14:35 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsThis bonus episode accompanies episode 2.4, "What's the Cottage worth?" While we’re digging around researching the questions in the show, we sometimes run across things that don’t fit within the main episode, but are too intriguing not to share. Having rediscovered the full specifications for ...
Trump and Jobs: The Truth
Good Politics - February 24, 2020 00:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsA look at the revised jobs numbers for the Trump Presidency through January 2020.
Trump and Economic Growth: The Truth.
Good Politics - February 24, 2020 00:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsAn examination of how the Trump administration is doing with economic growth through January 2020.
Trump's $4.6 Trillion Budget and the Deficit Problem
Good Politics - February 24, 2020 00:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsAn examination of Trump's fiscal policy going forward in 2020. A look at the $4.6 trillion budget, the deficit and the larger issues.
What's the Cottage worth?
Q & Abe - February 20, 2020 21:57 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsIn this episode, we're investigating a question we often get from visitors: "What's the Cottage worth?" Come investigate with us as we pore through old banking records and talk to an insurance adjuster, an antiquities appraiser, and an architect who studies sacred spaces. Guests: Kevin Sulliv...
Bonus: Didier and the Second Amendment
Q & Abe - February 13, 2020 15:02 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsThis bonus episode accompanies episode 2.3, What's the difference between freedom and liberty? Our journey working to answer the questions for the show sometimes leads to dialogue, conversations, and side pockets that don't fit directly within the main episode, but are too fascinating not to sh...
Impeachment Through Political Perception
Good Politics - February 09, 2020 06:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsAn examination of how the Trump impeachment was defined by political perception, narrative and framework rather than bedrock elements of facts and law that can pierce our biases.
Did Impeachment Fortify Trump?
Good Politics - February 09, 2020 06:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsAn examination of polling data and how Democrats might have played their cards differently.
What the Trump Impeachment Teaches.
Good Politics - February 09, 2020 06:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsType-B impeachment, known as "political impeachment," is not as effective as the real thing. To use the impeachment power effectively, you must have indictable offenses that show corruption in office. Lacking that, you merely increase the cohesion of your rival and strengthen your opponent.
What's the difference between liberty and freedom?
Q & Abe - February 06, 2020 15:34 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsFor this episode, we’re investigating the question: “What’s the difference between liberty and freedom?” Dig in with us as we talk to a historian of the English language, a native French speaker, and a legal expert in the anti-trafficking field. Guests: Michael Adams Didier Saillard Louis cd...
Who Has the War Power?
Good Politics - February 02, 2020 18:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsAn examination of the war power in the American constitution and whether Donald Trump is violating it.
Bonus: Encounters with Race and Racism
Q & Abe - January 30, 2020 15:14 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsThis bonus episode accompanies episode 2.2, If people saw that slavery was getting started, why didn't they stop it? In our conversations surrounding the questions in the show, we sometimes encounter stories that don’t fit within the main episode, but are compelling enough that we don’t want t...
Is Political Impeachment Illegal?
Good Politics - January 26, 2020 08:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsAn examination of the Dershowitz argument that political impeachment violates the US Constitution.
If people saw that slavery was getting started, why didn't they stop it?
Q & Abe - January 23, 2020 14:43 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsIn this episode, we’ll be digging into a question asked by a third grade student at the Cottage - "If people saw that slavery was getting started, why didn't they stop it?" Come down the rabbit hole with us as we talk to a historian of colonial Virginia, staff at the historic site of the 1619 la...
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