[Abridged] Presidential Histories
From Yorktown to the Civil War, Pearl Harbor to 9/11, discover the pivotal moments that defined each president's life and legacy and the lessons we can draw from them. New episodes available the 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month.
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[Abridged] Presidential Histories
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40.A) Reaganomics and the anti-tax movement, an interview with Michael Graetz
Americans have long had a complicated relationship with taxes. We don't like paying them, but we love the things they pay for. In the decades after World War II, both political parties agreed - taxes are worth it.Then came Ronald Reagan and...
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38.B) The History of the Pardon, an interview with Kimberly Wehle
On September 8, 1974, President Gerald Ford pardoned recently-resigned president Richard Nixon of any crimes he may have committed in the presidency, and the pardon has never been the same since. Law Professor
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2.A) John Adams and the modern presidency, an interview with Lindsay Chervinsky
Pandemics, political violence, partisans recognizable by the color of their hat - it may sound novel, but it's been with us practically since the beginning of the republic. Historian Lindsay Chervins...
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40.) Ronald Reagan 1981-1989
"Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem," - Ronald Reagan's inaugural address, January 20, 1981.For the first 50 years after the onset of the Great Depression and the election of Franklin Roose...
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39.B) Jimmy Carter, Stagflation, & Paul Volcker, an interview with Jennifer Burns
When unemployment and inflation began to rise side by side in the 1970s, nobody knew what to do. Economic theory suggested it should have been impossible, and yet the numbers couldn't be denied. Stanford Historian
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