16 episodes
Very Presidential with Ashley Flowers Spotify Podcasts
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4.6 • 114 Ratings
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It’s the most powerful position in American politics—and arguably, the world. But behind the oath to preserve, protect and defend, lie dark secrets posed to leave some legacies in disgrace. Uncover the most damning details surrounding history’s most high-profile leaders in the Spotify Original from Parcast, Very Presidential with Ashley Flowers. Every Tuesday through the 2020 election, Ashley Flowers shines a light on the darker side of the American presidency… From torrid love affairs and contemptible corruption to shocking cover-ups and even murder, she’ll expose the personal and professional controversies you may never knew existed. Very Presidential with Ashley Flowers is a Spotify Original from Parcast.
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George Washington: (Almost) Our First Zombie President
As a military general, Washington lost more battles than he won, obsessed over his salary, and launched a mission that exploded into an international war. So, naturally, he was cast as a hero and catapulted into the presidency. What could go wrong?
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Ulysses S. Grant: The Butcher on the Battlefield… The Mouse in the House
He arrived at the White House without experience or a clue… But that didn’t stop Grant from secretly doubling his salary and accepting extravagant gifts from Wall Street. Meanwhile, his administration extorted, bribed, and stole millions of tax dollars away from Americans living through a depression they basically caused. And still, people said a more honest, generous man never lived.
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Gerald Ford: Underrated, Or Over His Head?
He pardoned a disgraced president, was nearly gunned down by a member of the Manson Family, and once taped a polarizing SNL introduction… And yet, Gerald Ford’s legacy is largely that of a nice guy — not a scandal magnet. How exactly did the moderate everyman survive the White House?
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Andrew Johnson: The Drunken Demagogue
He was the follow-up act no one wanted: Johnson took office after Lincoln was assassinated, and spent his presidency making every sloppy, chaotic move he was capable of. Everything he did — from empowering ex-Confederates to spearheading a deranged speaking tour to calling for a Congressman to be hanged — led to disaster, death, and ultimately his own disgrace.
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Richard Nixon: Tricky Dick
He was a paranoid president who wiretapped the White House, kept actual lists of enemies, popped pills, shoved aides, and might've secretly been in love with his best friend. Nixon’s always going to be tied to the Watergate scandal, but there’s so much more to know about so-called “Tricky Dick.”
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: 12 Years In Power
FDR was president for over a decade — plenty of time to curate a rotating cast of love interests, including the Princess of Norway and his own daughter-in-law. But if the White House living arrangements were made somewhat awkward by his constant need for companionship, FDR didn’t seem to notice. He was busy handling crisis after crisis… and manufacturing a few of his own, too.
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Customer Reviews
Love it
As an Australian I am not really up on American Presidents, we only hear of the standouts. Washington, Lincoln, Kennedy. And of course recently all the criticism of Trump, however it’s nice to see he is in good company and by far not the worst American President. Great podcast really loved listening to it.
This is slander not history
I listened to the JFK and LBJ episodes. The one on JFK was the most vicious slander, devoid of any historical objectivity. The first and only account of the Cuban Missile Crisis that considers it a manufactured crisis that had as its source US provocation of the Soviets! Utterly absurd. Of course the usual womanising and medicinal requirements of JFK (passed off as illicit drug dependence) gets a run with the salaciousness factor turned up to 11. Pathetic. The LBJ episode was a bit less slanderous but treats the Great Society as a footnote and gives the tiresome narrative of what a terrible war Vietnam was; seems that’s no longer the exclusive refrain of self indulgent baby boomers. I’d give this podcast a miss. You’d get better history from a National Enquirer article.
So enjoyable
This was a fantastic pod. Especially the Washington episode - not a lot has changed. The indigenous Americans and the Afro Americans are still having struggling for equality and civil rights.