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Back to SearchJimmy Carter: The One-Term President Whose Post-Presidential Life Became His Greatest Achievement
Episode 7076
Jimmy Carter left the White House widely considered a failed president — defeated by Reagan in a landslide after the Iran hostage crisis and stagflat…
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Anwar Sadat: The Peacemaker Whose Historic Deal With Israel Got Him Assassinated
Episode 7073
Anwar Sadat flew to Jerusalem in 1977 and became the first Arab leader to recognize Israel — a decision that won him the Nobel Peace Prize and cost h…
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Frederick the Great: The Flute-Playing Prince Who Built Prussia Into a Military Superpower
Episode 7068
Frederick the Great's father tried to beat the music and poetry out of him, executed his best friend in front of him, and nearly had Frederick himsel…
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The Man Who Liberated a Continent: How One Leader's Vision Reshaped South America
Episode 7071
Jose de San Martin crossed the Andes with an army to liberate Chile and Peru from Spanish rule — one of the most audacious military campaigns in hist…
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Pancho Villa: From Mule Driver to Revolutionary General to Hollywood Movie Star
Episode 7060
Pancho Villa was a bandit turned revolutionary general who invaded the United States, starred in a Hollywood film about his own revolution, and remai…
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Ayatollah Khomeini: How Cassette Tapes Smuggled a Revolution Into Iran
Episode 7058
Ayatollah Khomeini overthrew the Shah of Iran from exile — using cassette tapes. His sermons were recorded, duplicated by hand, and smuggled into Ira…
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Calvin Coolidge: Silent Cal's Secret Mastery of Media Strategy and Presidential Branding
Episode 7064
Calvin Coolidge was called "Silent Cal" and cultivated an image of laconic New England restraint. In reality, he held more press conferences than any…
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Stonewall Jackson: The Bitter Insult That Named a Confederate Legend
Episode 7065
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson earned his nickname at the First Battle of Bull Run — though historians still debate whether the name was meant as a compl…
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William Tecumseh Sherman: The General Who Invented Modern Warfare and Was Called Mad for It
Episode 7063
William Tecumseh Sherman suffered a nervous breakdown early in the Civil War and was called insane by the press. He then conducted the March to the S…
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Robert E. Lee: The Marble Man and the Myth That Obscured a Complicated Traitor
Episode 7061
Robert E. Lee has been carved in marble — literally and figuratively — as the noble, reluctant Confederate who fought for Virginia rather than slaver…
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