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B.) Jefferson Davis, The Confederate President

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29.A.) Warren Harding's affairs & legacy, an interview with James Robenalt

Politicians having affairs is nothing new in the history of the world. But what happens when they're sleeping with an enemy spy? Join me as I talk to author and lawyer James Robenalt, author of The H...

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28.E.) Wilson's Wives, an interview with Paul Brandus

Woodrow Wilson's wives had a tremendous impact on his presidency. His first wife, Ellen Axson Wilson, died the week World War I broke out in Europe, leaving the president so depressed at a moment of c...

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28.D.) Woodrow Wilson, WW1, and the new world order; an interview with Thomas Knock

For the first 128 years of American history, the United States followed the parting advice of its first president, George Washington, to stay out of European wars. That all changed with Woodrow Wilso...

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28.C.) Woodrow Wilson's legacy on race; an interview with Eric S. Yellin

No 20th century president did more to set back racial equality in the United States than Woodrow Wilson. His administration introduced a silent policy of segregating the federal government, and when h...

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