American POTUS
We are obsessed with the presidency at American POTUS. We believe that the 46 imperfect patriots who have held our nation’s highest office all have something to offer today’s electorate – a perspective that appropriately grounds today’s political conversations in truth and context. To help us reveal the many layers of each administration, we’ll be joined by the nation’s most influential historians, scholars and experts who have studied every facet of the presidents and the presidency. Not only will we cover the crucial decisions that changed the world but also the humor, hobbies and quirks that give us a captivating sense of each American POTUS.
Episodes
122 episodes
American POTUS - Richard Toye - A Conversation with Harry Truman, Clement Attlee, and Ed Murrow
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American POTUS - Awakening the Spirit of American: FDR's War of Words with Charles Lindbergh and the Battle to Save Democracy - Paul Sparrow
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44:25
American POTUS Remember the First Ladies with Diana Carlin, Anita McBride and Nancy Kegan Smith
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1:02:23
Presidents from Abe Lincoln to Silent Cal
David Fisher returns to American POTUS to discuss his latest additions to his terrific Presidential Chronicles series. This time we talk about presidents from the Great Emancipator to Silent Cal.
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Season 1
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Episode 109
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48:56
Truman and the Atomic Bomb
Nearly 80 years after Harry Truman dropped the atomic bomb, there are still countless questions surrounding this accidental president and his debatable decision to end the war with Japan in this explosive way. What were the political circums...
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Season 1
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Episode 108
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1:03:32
Jefferson's European Adventure
It was the 1780’s and this future POTUS was suffering through middle age, his wife had passed away after a long illness and he had sworn off politics after a rough stint as Virginia’s governor. He was in desperate need of a big change!...
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Season 1
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Episode 107
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51:56
Long Shot POTUS Candidate Abraham Lincoln
It was a time when political conventions were far different than today. There might have been a favorite leading candidate going in, but the deal was not done until the back-room deals were made and the votes were cast. Enter unknown, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 106
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48:41
POTUS 1 and Westward Expansion
Long before he became our 1st POTUS, young George Washington was forging relationships, for better or for worse, with Native Americans on the western frontier. As life would have it, it’s these critical experiences that wound up serving him ...
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Season 1
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Episode 105
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1:02:11
The 1st Female Presidential Advisors
Overcoming the barriers to having their voices heard, female trailblazers in the late 40’s and 50’s opened the door to a new role in American politics. Their good reasoning and sound judgement were finally being paid attention to by pr...
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Season 1
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Episode 104
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47:13
POTUS 26: TR and His Political Best Friend
We all have friends, and politicians have A LOT of friends. But when it comes to political “Best Friends”, TR and his buddy Henry Cabot Lodge sets the bar. From a young age, the two men were taught to serve others and achieve tremendou...
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Season 1
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Episode 103
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54:14
POTUS 20 - The Unfulfilled Presidency
On the national stage, humble politician James Garfield was a virtual unknown - thrust into a long-shot run for the ultimate office, the Presidency. He went on to win the White House in one of the closest elections up to that time. And unexp...
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Season 1
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Episode 102
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55:34
POTUS 3's BIG, BOLD Real Estate Deal
It was Thomas Jefferson’s big bold real estate deal, the 15 Million Dollar Louisiana Purchase that was just too good to pass up. It doubled the size of the country, eliminated the threat of a foreign power, connected the western lands,...
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Season 1
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Episode 101
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51:18
Honest Abe's Death-Defying Trip to D.C.
Abraham Lincoln’s election of 1860 saw an amazing 80% voter turnout due in part to extreme passions for who would be leading our divided nation, they had never and would never be as high. As a result, Honest Abe’s whisker-close win proved to...
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Season 1
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Episode 100
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44:18
JFK - Debatable, Complex, Scandalous
Jack Kennedy won the presidency as a fresh new face for a new generation. A young, renegade leader who pushed the standards of how the White House conducted its business. And to this, he was successful just as much as he was a fa...
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Season 1
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Episode 99
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46:17
The Accidental War-Time POTUS
Harry Truman was a smart, humble, confident midwestern Vice President, who woke up one day to find himself in the top job, running the country! And it was no time to sit back and let issues and policies just play out. It was one of the...
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Season 1
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Episode 98
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43:38