A ’90s-Style Government Shutdown (Part 2) | The Clinton Era
This episode of Whistlestop travels to November 7, 1995, when a long and uncomfortable plane ride helped fire up Speaker Gingrich to deliver a dramatic set of budget demands that President Bill Clinto...
30 Jan 20192min
A ‘90s Style Government Shutdown (Part 1) | The Clinton Era
This episode of Whistlestop travels to April 1995 as President Bill Clinton and Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich battle to define American democracy.Whistlestop is Slate's podcast about presidential...
16 Jan 201930min
If a Wall Falls | The 20th Century
This episode of Whistlestop travels back to November 9, 1989, when East and West Berliners took sledgehammers to the Berlin Wall and President H.W. George Bush refrained from making grandiose statemen...
12 Dec 20181min
Tip and the Gip Part 2, Social Security | The Reagan Era
This episode of Whistlestop travels back to December 16, 1981 when President Ronald Reagan signs Executive Order 12335, creating the National Commission on Social Security Reform.Whistlestop is Slate'...
28 Nov 20182min
Tip and the Gip Part 1 | The Reagan Era
This episode of Whistlestop visits 1981 when Republican President Ronald Reagan, after surviving an assassination attempt, received a warm visit from the Democratic Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill.Wh...
14 Nov 201846min
Doing the Midterm Shuffle | The Presidency
This episode of Whistlestop visits 1982, 1986, 1994, 2006 and 2010 when former sitting U.S. Presidents all scrambled to respond to displeasing midterm election results.Whistlestop is Slate's podcast a...
31 Okt 20181min
Taking Aim at the New Guy | The Presidency
This episode of Whistlestop travels back to October 18, 1938 when former President Hoover picked on the new President with gusto. Many U.S. Presidents to follow were also publicly critical of the new ...
3 Okt 20183min
The Nomination of Judge Bork (Part 2) | The Reagan Era
This episode of Whistlestop travels back to September 15, 1987 and into the Senate Caucus Room where Associate Justice Designee Robert Bork begins his five days of testimony before the Senate Judiciar...
5 Sep 20181min
