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27.A.) The rise and presidency of William Howard Taft; an interview with Peri Arnold

To hear William Howard Taft tell it, all he ever wanted to do is be a federal judge. But people don't just accidentally become president. Join me as I talk with Peri Arnold, a professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, a consultant to New York Times in Education, and author of several books, including Remaking the Presidency: Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson; about the role ambition, luck, and family played in Taft's rise to the nation's highest of...

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30.) Calvin Coolidge 1923-1929

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Politicians having affairs is nothing new in the history of the world. But what happens when they're sleeping with an enemy spy? Join me as I talk to author and lawyer James Robenalt, author of The H...

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APH Mailbag Episode!

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28.E.) Wilson's Wives, an interview with Paul Brandus

28.E.) Wilson's Wives, an interview with Paul Brandus

Woodrow Wilson's wives had a tremendous impact on his presidency. His first wife, Ellen Axson Wilson, died the week World War I broke out in Europe, leaving the president so depressed at a moment of c...

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28.D.) Woodrow Wilson, WW1, and the new world order; an interview with Thomas Knock

28.D.) Woodrow Wilson, WW1, and the new world order; an interview with Thomas Knock

For the first 128 years of American history, the United States followed the parting advice of its first president, George Washington, to stay out of European wars. That all changed with Woodrow Wilso...

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No 20th century president did more to set back racial equality in the United States than Woodrow Wilson. His administration introduced a silent policy of segregating the federal government, and when h...

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