A High Point in Bipartisan Deal-Making | The 20th Century
Whistlestop is Slate's podcast about presidential history. Hosted by political correspondent and Political Gabfest panelist John Dickerson, each installment will revisit memorable (or even forgotten) ...
20 Sep 20172min
Riding the Oratory Train | The Oval Office
This episode of Whistlestop revisits September 25, 1919 and the collapse of grand speeches for peace delivered by President Wilson.Whistlestop is Slate's podcast about presidential history. Hosted by ...
10 Aug 201742min
Loyalty Tests and The Bridge of Death | The Oval Office
This episode of Whistlestop revisits July 1979 when President Carter prepared to cut a number of his cabinet members free and start afresh. Whistlestop is Slate's podcast about presidential history. ...
26 Juli 20172min
Foreign Collusion and the Dragon Lady | The Nixon Era
Whistlestop is Slate's podcast about presidential history. Hosted by John Dickerson, each installment revisits a memorable (or even a forgotten) moment from America's past.Join Slate Plus for full, ad...
12 Juli 201736min
Lady Lincoln and the Leak | The 19th Century
This episode of Whistlestop revisits an era of mischievous accounting by first lady Mary Todd Lincoln and the work of a leaker who helped distract the press.Whistlestop is Slate's podcast about presid...
28 Juni 20172min
A Powerful Pardon | The Nixon Era
This episode of Whistlestop revisits Sunday September 8, 1974 when President Ford announced his pardon of Richard Nixon.Whistlestop is Slate's podcast about presidential history. Hosted by political c...
14 Juni 20172min
Oliver North Master Crafter of the Political Lie | The Reagan Era
This episode of Whistlestop travels back to October 5, 1986 when an American plane went down as it was carrying arms to "Contra" guerrillas fighting the communist regime in Nicaragua and the lies abou...
1 Juni 20173min
Recording from the Oval | The Nixon Era
This episode of Whistlestop travels back to February 1971 when President Nixon asks his Chief of Staff if they can record conversations in the Oval Office for posterity.Whistlestop is Slate's podcast ...
17 Maj 20172min
