The Worst Answer to "Why Do You Want to Be President?" in Campaign History | Losing Campaigns
In this episode of Slate's podcast about presidential campaign history, chief political correspondent John Dickerson remembers when Ted Kennedy challenged incumbent President Jimmy Carter for the Demo...
22 Jul 201528min
Bill Clinton, There for You Till the Last Dog Dies | The Clinton Era
In this episode of Slate's podcast about presidential campaign history, chief political correspondent John Dickerson revisits Bill Clinton's rise and fall and rise during the 1992 Democratic primary. ...
8 Jul 201528min
Truman Defeats Dewey, an Upset for the Ages | The 20th Century
In this episode of Slate's podcast about presidential campaign history, chief political correspondent John Dickerson explains how Harry Truman pulled off an improbable victory over Thomas Dewey in the...
25 Jun 201532min
One of the Great Train Wrecks of All Time | Losing Campaigns
In this episode of Slate's podcast about presidential campaign history, chief political correspondent John Dickerson examines George McGovern's hasty selection of a vice-presidential running mate duri...
10 Jun 20154min
Ford, Reagan, and the 1976 RNC | The Reagan Era
In this episode of Slate's bite-sized podcast about presidential campaign history, chief political correspondent John Dickerson offers up Part Two in his look at Ronald Reagan's rise to power in the c...
27 Mai 20152min
Ford, Reagan, and the Halloween Massacre | The Reagan Era
Thumbing his nose at both courtesy and convention, Ronald Reagan challenged incumbent Gerald Ford for the GOP presidential nomination in 1976. But why would Reagan run against a sitting president of h...
13 Mai 201527min
The Mulligan Letters | Losing Campaigns
In this episode of Slate's bite-sized podcast about presidential campaign history, chief political correspondent John Dickerson brings us a disturbingly familiar story of personal correspondence comin...
29 Apr 201529min
Ma, Ma, Where's My Pa? | The 19th Century
In this episode of Slate's bite-sized podcast about presidential campaign history, chief political correspondent John Dickerson tells the salacious tale of the love child that nearly cost Grover Cleve...
22 Apr 20151min
