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How America's Greatest Presidents Met Their Moment, with William Haldeman
The presidency is perhaps the greatest test of leadership in the world. In this episode, William Haldeman discusses what we can learn about leadershi…
1 year, 1 month ago
Two Presidents At War: Abraham Lincoln vs. Jefferson Davis, with Nigel Hamilton
The Civil War has often been portrayed as a conflict between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. Nigel Hamilton offers a new perspective: Lincoln vs.…
1 year, 2 months ago
Why Woodrow Wilson hated women's suffrage, with Christopher Cox
Woodrow Wilson might have been a progressive, but he was not happy about the progress women made in securing the right to vote. In this episode, form…
1 year, 2 months ago
How Harry Truman's best friend became a big problem, with John Robert Greene
What would you do if your best friend became president of the United States? That's exactly what happened to Harry H. Vaughan. In this episode, John …
1 year, 2 months ago
Kickstarter Update and Thoughts on the 2024 Presidential Election
Our host Richard Lim discusses the latest about the Kickstarter for his George Washington book project and reflects on Donald Trump's historic triump…
1 year, 3 months ago
What Gen Z-ers Know About the Presidents, with Reed Elliotte
Reed Elliotte has survived cancer, befriended three former presidents, become a presidential historian, is a future presidential candidate, and has b…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Presidents of the Roaring Twenties Part 4: The Legacy of Harding and Coolidge
What impact did presidents Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge have on the United States? In this episode, we will explore how these two unsung fig…
1 year, 4 months ago
Confronting the Presidents, with Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly knows several presidents personally and has spent years researching their lives and legacies. He and his co-author, Martin Dugard, have…
1 year, 4 months ago
How Winston Churchill Saved the World, with Martin Dugard
We are constantly told that we face "existential threats." Well, there once was a time when that was literally true -- and the man who stopped it was…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Presidents of the Roaring Twenties Part 3 | The Rise of Calvin Coolidge
Legend has it that Calvin Coolidge slept 11 hours a day during his presidency. Scholars today often mock Coolidge for being a passive, ineffective le…
1 year, 6 months ago