Dead Presidents Podcast

Cock of the Rock, the official stud horse of the Dead Presidents podcast, bought ads on the show for five consecutive episodes and might be our favorite sponsor. We had him in the studio for a live in...

13 Sep 202122min

The first 16 songs by The Constitutionalists, the official house band of the Dead Presidents Podcast, are compiled here in the form of an album entitled Article II, Section 1. 1. George Washingt...

6 Sep 202133min

In an epic Season 1 finale, we follow the life of Abraham Lincoln from his humble beginnings to his days as a homespun prairie lawyer, and trace his rise to national prominence as an intellectual lead...

16 Aug 20213h 51min

In the special season finale of Presidential War, forty-four presidents will enter the squared circle and only one will be left standing. There'll be clotheslines, piledrivers, finishing moves, low bl...

9 Aug 20211h 5min

James Buchanan had the experience: lawyer, party leader, Representative, Senator, ambassador to Russia and Britain, and Secretary of State. So how did he fail so badly as president? His long camarader...

2 Aug 20213h 38min

We shake up the rules of Presidential War and spark enlightening discussion on a variety of topics: John Adams's effect on the presidency, Thomas Jefferson's consequential writings, George Washington'...

26 Jul 20211h 10min

Franklin Pierce was a Democratic congressman, party leader, Mexican-American war hero, and #1 on our list of Top 5 Drunkest Presidents. He was nominated as a compromise candidate in 1852 and, taking o...

19 Jul 20213h 22min

Guest Jeremy Lese joins us for another game of Presidential War, in which discussion topics include George W. Bush's popularity, FDR's effect on the presidency, George Washington's partying habits, JF...

12 Jul 20211h 28min