21.) Chester A. Arthur 1881-1885
Chester A. Arthur is the most corrupt politician to ever become president. For years, he made a fortune making sure enough money disappeared from the New York City customs house to keep his patron in ...
25 Okt 202151min
44.A) The Black President, an interview on Barack Obama with Claude A. Clegg
It's Obama time! We are skipping ahead in the narrative to talk with UNC professor Claude A. Clegg, author of the recently published book The Black President: Hope and Fury in the Age of Obama, about ...
18 Okt 202158min
20.A.) Garfield and the Gilded Age, an interview with Todd Arrington
James Garfield has been called, "The best president we never had." What did we lose when he was assassinated? A champion for the abandoned freedmen? A guiding light in an age of corruption? Or just an...
6 Sep 202148min
20.) James A. Garfield 1881-1881
James Garfield didn't want to be president, but the 1880 Republican Convention nominated him against his will. And do you know what thanks he got for it? Assassinated within six months. But Garfield h...
1 Sep 202150min
19.A.) Hayes' evolving views on slavery, an interview with Dustin McLochlin
Rutherford B. Hayes is known to history as the President who ended Reconstruction, but is that a fair monicker? What did Hayes think of slavery, the freedmen, and Reconstruction, anyway? Join me as I...
9 Aug 202149min
19.) Rutherford B Hayes 1877-1881
How do you lead a nation when half the country thinks you were fraudulently elected? I'm not talking about 2021, I'm talking about 1877, when Rutherford B Hayes emerged the winner of an election that...
2 Aug 202156min
18.C.) Grant, Lincoln, and Reconstruction, an interview with Ron White
President Lincoln and General Grant formed one of the most successful president-general partnerships in American history, winning the Civil War and defeating the Confederacy. But before that partnersh...
19 Jul 202132min
18.B.) The evolving myth and reputation of Ulysses S. Grant, an interview with Joan Waugh
Ulysses S. Grant's reputation has been through a lot. While he was still alive, he was very nearly our first three-term president; after he died, the Myth of the Lost Cause repainted him as a drunk an...
12 Jul 202150min
