36.B) LBJ's Great Society, an interview with Mark Updegrove
Lyndon Baines Johnson is one of the most legislatively accomplished presidents in American history - possibly the only president who actually did so much winning, people got tired of it. But how did h...
12 Feb 202446min
36.A) LBJ & Vietnam, an interview with Mark Lawrence
Few presidents have a darker mark on their resume that LBJ's handling of the Vietnam war. Though overwhelmingly popular at first, the war divided the nation and broke Johnson's political power just 4 ...
15 Jan 202449min
36.) Lyndon Baines Johnson 1963-1969
"There is no Negro problem. There is no Southern problem. There is no Northern problem. There is only an American problem." - Lyndon Baines Johnson, March 9, 1965 ~~~ Lyndon Baines Johnson was thrus...
1 Jan 20241h 2min
35.C) JFK & The Press, an interview with Harold Holzer
JFK once joked, "the worst I do, the more popular I get." Historian Harold Holzer, director of the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College in New York City, Chairman of the Lincoln ...
18 Dec 202352min
35.B) Joe Kennedy Sr., The Patriarch, an interview with David Nasaw
Joe Kennedy Jr. used his intellect, connections, and more than a few shady stock market tricks to become one of the wealthiest men in America. Once there, he threw his vast fortune behind the politica...
4 Dec 202356min
35.A) The Assassination of JFK, an interview with Stephen Fagin
60 years ago today, John F. Kennedy was assassinated while traveling through the streets of Dallas. Stephen Fagin, curator of The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, takes us through the tragic day an...
22 Nov 202345min
35.) John F. Kennedy 1961-1963
"Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." - John F. Kennedy, January 20, 1961 ~~~ John F. Kennedy presided over three of the most turbulent years of the Cold...
20 Nov 202359min
BONUS! 2023 Friendsgiving History Podcast Spectacular
Earlier this year, four podcasters got together to record the second annual Friendsgiving History Podcast Spectacular! Tune in as I'm joined by three fellow history podcasters and friends for a round ...
20 Nov 202355min
