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#163: Megan Gorman - "All The Presidents' Money: How the Men Who Governed America Governed Their ...
Being president is a mixed bag. There are long days, high-stakes decisions, definitive elections and even the potential to be considered a dunce for the rest of history. But, there are also opportunities to help people in need, win the respect of the world, bring the country together, and, these days, make big bucks after their term in office. Their net worths soar after they sign book deals, honcho a film company or even endorse trinkets that seem fit for informercials. But as Megan Gorman shows in, "All The Presidents' Money," it wasn't always like that. Early presidents lived their lives out in debt. She shows how becoming president didn't preclude them from making mistakes with money ...
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#162: Kevin Baker - "The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City"
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Despite its reputation as a game with roots in rural America, Kevin Baker explains on this episode that baseball is rooted in New York City, and that it became the engine of the Big Apple. He also explains how the city itself influenced the game through its rules, its teams, its stadiums and its superstars. From Christy Mathewson to Babe Ruth, from the Highlanders to the Trolley Dodgers, from r...
#161: Max Boot - "Reagan: His Life and Legend"
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From the late 1990s until the mid-2010s, conservatives used the rallying slogan of, “What would Reagan do?” as a call to arms on the Federal budget, on taxes, on foreign affairs, and on the government’s role in our lives. He was held up as the beacon for what a president, a governor, a state legislator or a candidate for any office should try to be. George W. Bush modeled his presidency on hono...
#160: Clara Bingham - "The Movement: How Women's Liberation Transformed America, 1963-1973"
Просмотров 212 месяца назад
From the publisher: A comprehensive and engaging oral history of the decade that defined the feminist movement, including interviews with living icons and unsung heroes - from former Newsweek reporter and author of the “powerful and moving” (New York Times) Witness to the Revolution. For lovers of both Barbie and Gloria Steinem, The Movement is the first oral history of the decade that built th...
#159: Corey Brettschneider - "The Presidents and the People: Five Leaders Who Threatened Democrac...
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The first thing a president must do is swear to uphold the Constitution. But what happens when they betray that promise? Corey Brettschneider argues that it takes ordinary citizens to not only reign them in, but to make sure it never happens again. In "The Presidents and the People: Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend It," Professor Brettschneider profile...
#158: Francis Barry - "Back Roads and Better Angels: A Journey Into the Heart of American Democracy"
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Three-thousand miles. Fourteen states. Seven hundred towns. Two spouses. One Winnebago. Francis Barry and his wife, Laurel, took a trip across the Lincoln Highway from New York to San Francisco during the height of the pandemic, and during the height of the 2020 election. Their project was to figure out America by driving along the route that was first established more than a hundred years ago ...
#157: Lindsay Chervinsky - "Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents that Forged the ...
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George Washington is often given the lionshare of the credit when it comes to establishing the tradition of a peaceful transfer of power in the United States. But in her new book, "Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents that Forged the Republic," Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky argues that the second president also deserves a healthy portion of credit. Adams understood that he could never ...
#156: Dr. Andrea Balis & Elizabeth Levy - "Witch Hunt: The Cold War, Joe McCarthy, and the Red Sc...
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From the publisher, Roaring Book Press: Witch Hunt: The Cold War, Joe McCarthy, and the Red Scare provides a gripping account of one of the most tumultuous periods in American history. Authors Dr. Andrea Balis and Elizabeth Levy delve into Senator Joe McCarthy's infamous hunt for communists during the 1950s Red Scare. Originally written for young adult and teen audiences, the book is written in...
#155: Julie Satow - "When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion"
Просмотров 84 месяца назад
At the dawn of the 20th Century, the center of city life could be found at department stores. One could find the latest fashion, meet friends for a cup of coffee, mail a letter, and escape the hustle of every day life. Julie Satow shows how three women made department stores not just the place to be, but into an engine of cultural change. She also explores how the women challenged gender norms ...
#154: Adam Higginbotham - "Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space"
Просмотров 635 месяцев назад
On this episode, Adam Higginbotham brings us back to the moment that many say they will never forget, but also to a moment that is filled with misconception and myth. When the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded in 1986, seven astronauts lost their lives and NASA was confronted with its biggest failure. Higginbotham shows us how the space program chose to remember those lost, rebuild faith in its...
#153: Edward O'Keefe - "The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt"
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Teddy Roosevelt is thought of as the quintessentially masculine American president. He is known for going to war, for fighting buffalo with his bare hands, and sailing down the River of Doubt. But as Edward O'Keefe, the CEO of the Teddy Roosevelt Presidential Library explains, TR is more a product of the women in his life than the men. His mother, sisters and wives played critical roles in his ...
#152: Paul Sparrow - "Awakening the Spirit of America: FDR's War of Words with Charles Lindbergh ...
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Paul Sparrow argues that Franklin Roosevelt is the quintessential American president, not just of the 20th Century, but in all of American history. FDR's ability to rally the nation from the Great Depression, and then carry it into a devastating but essential World War showed not just his talent, but his understanding of the stakes the country faced. Sparrow argues that FDR is democracy's great...
#151: Gary Cross - "Free Time: The History of an Elusive Ideal"
Просмотров 356 месяцев назад
What does it mean to have "free time" and is it ever enough? In "Free Time: The History of an Elusive Ideal," Dr. Gary Cross explains how free time is both precious and deceptive. Why are people on vacation already searching the web for their next one? What counts as free time? Does technology help or hurt our experience with time spent away from work? Dr. Cross joins us to answer these questio...
#150: Susan Tate Ankeny - "American Flygirl: The True Story of Hazel Ying Lee"
Просмотров 106 месяцев назад
In "American Flygirl" Susan Tate Ankeny shows how a young girl with a fascination for flying became the first female Asian-American pilot to fly for the military. Hazel Ying Lee was born in Portland, but came of age at a time when the deck was stacked against people like her. Hazel never let discrimination or expectation shatter her dreams of flying for a living. She flew in China to defend her...
#149: James Swanson - "The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight f...
Просмотров 206 месяцев назад
Though few remember it, James Swanson argues the Deerfield Massacre of 1704 played a critical role in the shaping of early America. He explains how Native tribes and French soldiers brutalized a small outpost of colonists in western Massachusetts and set off a continental effort to find the missing victims and establish forces to protect the colonies. The tale of large-scale kidnappings, battle...
#148: Jason Lantzer - "Dwight Eisenhower and the Holocaust"
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#148: Jason Lantzer - "Dwight Eisenhower and the Holocaust"
#147: Harold Holzer - "Brought Forth on This Continent"
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#147: Harold Holzer - "Brought Forth on This Continent"
#146: David Head & Timothy Hemmis - "A Republic of Scoundrels"
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#146: David Head & Timothy Hemmis - "A Republic of Scoundrels"
#145: Martyn Whittock - "American Vikings: How the Norse Sailed into the Lands and Imaginations o...
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#145: Martyn Whittock - "American Vikings: How the Norse Sailed into the Lands and Imaginations o...
#144: John Reeves - "Soldier of Destiny: Slavery, Secession, and the Redemption of Ulysses S. Grant"
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#144: John Reeves - "Soldier of Destiny: Slavery, Secession, and the Redemption of Ulysses S. Grant"
#143: Matthew Algeo - "When Harry Met Pablo"
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#143: Matthew Algeo - "When Harry Met Pablo"
#142: Lauren Lassabe Shepherd - "Resistance from the Right: Conservatives and Campus Wars"
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#142: Lauren Lassabe Shepherd - "Resistance from the Right: Conservatives and Campus Wars"
#141: Doug Melville - "Invisible Generals: Rediscovering Family Legacy and a Quest to Honor Ameri...
Просмотров 16 месяцев назад
#141: Doug Melville - "Invisible Generals: Rediscovering Family Legacy and a Quest to Honor Ameri...
#139: Richard Aldous - "The Dillon Era"
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#139: Richard Aldous - "The Dillon Era"
#138: Douglas Brunt - "The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel"
Просмотров 56 месяцев назад
#138: Douglas Brunt - "The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel"
#137: Scott Shane - "Flee North: A Forgotten Hero and the Fight for Freedom in Slavery's Borderland"
Просмотров 56 месяцев назад
#137: Scott Shane - "Flee North: A Forgotten Hero and the Fight for Freedom in Slavery's Borderland"
#136: J. Randy Taraborrelli - "Jackie: Public, Private, Secret"
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#136: J. Randy Taraborrelli - "Jackie: Public, Private, Secret"
#135: Adam Lazarus - "The Wingmen: The Unlikely, Unusual, Unbreakable Friendship Between John Gle...
Просмотров 56 месяцев назад
#135: Adam Lazarus - "The Wingmen: The Unlikely, Unusual, Unbreakable Friendship Between John Gle...
#134: Colin Dickey - "Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democr...
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#134: Colin Dickey - "Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democr...
I have four great grandma's who survived the deerfield massacre. They stayed in Quebec.
Thank you!!!
We won’t go back! I’m 70 and I want my granddaughters to have the freedom I’ve had. We don’t need the government telling us what we can and can’t do! Mind your own damned business!
What is the name of his website?
Promo`SM 😂
Steve Donoghue has already read them all 😂
Interesting. I too like to read biographies of great people (Steve Jobs, Walt Disney, George Lucas) but I always try to avoid political figures. But it's probably still interesting stuff. Good for him.
This is so random, but I love his website!!!
Whats the site and the music?
Twelve books about Lincoln is barely scratching the surface. I'm sure there are hundreds if not thousands on Lincoln.
I think he’s only reading the definitive works
What is the website?
I have read : Grant - Chernow Truman- McCollough Lincoln’s Team of Rivals What is your website, or reply with the best bio of each President. Reading , An Hour Before Daylight, a Carter Bio now
Ron Chernow is a great author. I read Hamilton and it was great