A.) Sam Houston, The Raven

A.) Sam Houston, The Raven

Sam Houston was never president of the United States, but he was the first president of the Independent Republic of Texas, one of the first senators of the state of Texas, and was ejected from the governorship of Texas for refusing to swear loyalty to the confederacy on the eve of the Civil War. Follow Houston as he runs away from home to live with the Cherokee, joins the army to fight under Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812, becomes Jackson's most likely heir as governor of Tennessee, flees...

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36.B) LBJ's Great Society, an interview with Mark Updegrove

36.B) LBJ's Great Society, an interview with Mark Updegrove

Lyndon Baines Johnson is one of the most legislatively accomplished presidents in American history - possibly the only president who actually did so much winning, people got tired of it. But how did h...

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36.A) LBJ & Vietnam, an interview with Mark Lawrence

36.A) LBJ & Vietnam, an interview with Mark Lawrence

Few presidents have a darker mark on their resume that LBJ's handling of the Vietnam war. Though overwhelmingly popular at first, the war divided the nation and broke Johnson's political power just 4 ...

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36.) Lyndon Baines Johnson 1963-1969

36.) Lyndon Baines Johnson 1963-1969

"There is no Negro problem. There is no Southern problem. There is no Northern problem. There is only an American problem." - Lyndon Baines Johnson, March 9, 1965 ~~~ Lyndon Baines Johnson was thrus...

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35.C) JFK & The Press, an interview with Harold Holzer

35.C) JFK & The Press, an interview with Harold Holzer

JFK once joked, "the worst I do, the more popular I get." Historian Harold Holzer, director of the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College in New York City, Chairman of the Lincoln ...

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35.B) Joe Kennedy Sr., The Patriarch, an interview with David Nasaw

35.B) Joe Kennedy Sr., The Patriarch, an interview with David Nasaw

Joe Kennedy Jr. used his intellect, connections, and more than a few shady stock market tricks to become one of the wealthiest men in America. Once there, he threw his vast fortune behind the politica...

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35.A) The Assassination of JFK, an interview with Stephen Fagin

35.A) The Assassination of JFK, an interview with Stephen Fagin

60 years ago today, John F. Kennedy was assassinated while traveling through the streets of Dallas. Stephen Fagin, curator of The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, takes us through the tragic day an...

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35.) John F. Kennedy 1961-1963

35.) John F. Kennedy 1961-1963

"Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." - John F. Kennedy, January 20, 1961 ~~~ John F. Kennedy presided over three of the most turbulent years of the Cold...

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BONUS! 2023 Friendsgiving History Podcast Spectacular

BONUS! 2023 Friendsgiving History Podcast Spectacular

Earlier this year, four podcasters got together to record the second annual Friendsgiving History Podcast Spectacular! Tune in as I'm joined by three fellow history podcasters and friends for a round ...

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