Managing Chaos: What A Presidential Transition Is Really Like With Peter Feaver
Every four to eight years, the power of the presidency is transferred from one citizen to another. It seems routine, but the peaceful transfer of power is one of America's greatest political tradition...
7 Aug 202344min
Reconsidering Warren G. Harding With Ryan S. Walters
Historians consistently rank Warren G. Harding among the worst presidents of all time, but Professor Ryan S. Walters begs to differ. In this episode, Walters discusses his new book on America's 29th p...
31 Jul 202354min
Sigmund Freud and the Lost Psychobiography of Woodrow Wilson With Patrick Weil
During one random visit to a used bookstore, Professor Patrick Weil stumbled upon the lost psychobiography of Woodrow Wilson -- the first ever full-length psychological study of an American president,...
24 Jul 202356min
How Woodrow Wilson Used Propaganda to Manipulate the American People With John M. Hamilton
Americans have long cherished their First Amendment right to freedom of speech. During Woodrow Wilson's presidency, however, the government took unprecedented measures to restrict that right and, with...
17 Jul 202341min
America's Most Brilliant President (and it isn't Thomas Jefferson) With Charles Goodyear
Who do you think was America's most brilliant president? Some might say Thomas Jefferson, while others say Theodore Roosevelt. Author Charles Goodyear has a different answer: James A. Garfield. In thi...
10 Jul 202352min
Introducing Organized Crime and Punishment: A History and Crime Podcast
In Organized Crime and Punishment: A History and Crime Podcast, historian Steve Guerra and his trusty sidekick “Mustache Chris'' explore the rise of organized crime in various regions of the world and...
26 Jun 202323min
The Progressive Presidents Part 3 | Woodrow Wilson Transforms America
Theodore Roosevelt may have been America's first progressive president, but it was a bookish professor from Princeton named Woodrow Wilson who would truly fulfill the hopes of the progressive movement...
19 Jun 20231h 3min
Eyewitness History: Vietnam "Tunnel Rat" Discusses George Patton, His Tours of Duty, and... Barbara Walters?
Former Vietnam War veteran & "tunnel rat" Nick Sanza discusses his experience overseas, what it's like coming from a long lineage of military service, and what he learned from the tunnels in this inte...
12 Jun 202315min
