Encore: Presidential Assassinations | Murder for Spoils | 2
On April 14th, 1865, John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. Lincoln died hours later, shocking the war-torn nation and becoming the first President to b...
14 Aug 202441min
Encore: Presidential Assassinations | Protecting POTUS (NEW) | 1
The job of guarding the President’s life belongs to the men and women of the United States Secret Service. There have been many highs and lows in the agency’s more than 150-year history – most poignan...
7 Aug 202452min
History Daily: The Lonesome Cowboys Raid
August 5, 1969. Police in Atlanta, Georgia raid a screening of Andy Warhol’s underground film Lonesome Cowboys, triggering a wave of protests that sparks the gay rights movement in the Deep South. Thi...
5 Aug 202418min
First Ladies | No Handbook | 6
There’s no job description for the role of First Lady of the United States. Betty Ford described it as being “much more than a 24-hour job.” First Ladies move into 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue along with ...
31 Jul 202441min
First Ladies | Michelle Obama | 5
In the summer of 1989, Michelle Robinson was an up and coming lawyer at a Chicago law firm when she met a charming associate named Barack Obama. The two would soon marry, and despite her distaste for ...
24 Jul 202441min
History Daily: The End of the Warsaw Ghetto
July 22, 1942. The Nazis begin the evacuation of the Warsaw Ghetto, transporting hundreds of thousands of Jews to their deaths at the Treblinka Extermination Camp.You can listen ad-free in the Wondery...
22 Jul 202417min
First Ladies | Betty Ford | 4
In 1974, Betty Ford was thrust onto the world stage when Richard Nixon resigned and her husband, Gerald, rose from VP to become the 38th President of the United States. As First Lady, Betty became kno...
17 Jul 202442min
First Ladies | Eleanor Roosevelt | 3
In 1905, Eleanor Roosevelt married her distant cousin Franklin, beginning a remarkable and complicated union. During her husband’s years as President, from 1933 to 1945, Eleanor became the longest-ser...
10 Jul 202442min
