George Murphy: Hollywood Song and Dance Man Who Started the Candy Desk
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!George Murphy, the only U.S. senator with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, was born on July...
29 Sep 20min
George Hearst: Comstock Silver, Homestake Gold, and a Poker Newspaper
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!George Hearst was born in 1820 in Sullivan, Missouri, where his father William ran a store and t...
29 Sep 21min
George Aiken: Vermont's $17.09 Senate Race and the Vietnam War Owl
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!George David Aiken was born in 1892 in Dummerston, Vermont, and grew up in Putney, where his fat...
29 Sep 22min
Gaylord Nelson: Earth Day Founder Who Won Patient Drug Warning Inserts
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Gaylord Nelson was born in 1916 in Clear Lake, Wisconsin, to a nurse and a country doctor. He ea...
29 Sep 21min
Joe Biden: From Seventh Youngest Senator to Oldest U.S. President
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in 1942. After his father's busin...
29 Sep 19min
Rufus King: Mob Target, Constitution Framer, Foe of Missouri Slavery
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Rufus King grew up in Scarborough, Massachusetts, in present day Maine, the son of Richard King,...
29 Sep 12min
Thomas J. Dodd: Nuremberg Prosecutor to First Censure Since McCarthy
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Thomas J. Dodd was born in 1907 in Connecticut to a political family of Irish descent. He joined...
29 Sep 23min
Alben Barkley: College Janitor to Iron Man Vice President Under Truman
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Alben W. Barkley was born in 1877 in a log house in rural Kentucky to tenant farmers who grew to...
29 Sep 22min
