American POTUS Scott Brun & Alan Lowe
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- History
We are obsessed with the presidency at American POTUS. We believe that the 46 imperfect patriots who have held our nation’s highest office all have something to offer today’s electorate – a perspective that appropriately grounds today’s political conversations in truth and context. To help us reveal the many layers of each administration, we’ll be joined by the nation’s most influential historians, scholars and experts who have studied every facet of the presidents and the presidency. Not only will we cover the crucial decisions that changed the world but also the humor, hobbies and quirks that give us a captivating sense of each American POTUS.
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American POTUS - Hal Wert: Hoover vs. Roosevelt
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Presidents from Abe Lincoln to Silent Cal
David Fisher returns to American POTUS to discuss his latest additions to his terrific Presidential Chronicles series. This time we talk about presidents from the Great Emancipator to Silent Cal.The American POTUS podcast is a 501c3 non-profit show, supported by listener patriots like you. To help us keep the program going, please join others around the nation by considering a tax-deductible donation. You can make your contribution and see what exciting plans we have for new...
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Truman and the Atomic Bomb
Nearly 80 years after Harry Truman dropped the atomic bomb, there are still countless questions surrounding this accidental president and his debatable decision to end the war with Japan in this explosive way. What were the political circumstances at the time, the estimates of casualties, the legacy it would leave with the rest of the world? And critically, after all was said and done, would dropping the bomb ironically end up saving lives, for both sides? Vice President turned Presiden...
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Jefferson's European Adventure
It was the 1780’s and this future POTUS was suffering through middle age, his wife had passed away after a long illness and he had sworn off politics after a rough stint as Virginia’s governor. He was in desperate need of a big change! So off he went to spend the next 5 years as America’s representative to France. How to make wine, grow rice, design landscapes and buildings were all at the top of his list. But it was his firsthand experience with the French monarchy th...
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Long Shot POTUS Candidate Abraham Lincoln
It was a time when political conventions were far different than today. There might have been a favorite leading candidate going in, but the deal was not done until the back-room deals were made and the votes were cast. Enter unknown, long shot candidate Abraham Lincoln. An absolute dark horse whose strategy was to lay low, not offend anyone and wait to be seen as the guy who could best represent the new Republican party. The crazy story of how our 16th POTUS came very close to ne...
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POTUS 1 and Westward Expansion
Long before he became our 1st POTUS, young George Washington was forging relationships, for better or for worse, with Native Americans on the western frontier. As life would have it, it’s these critical experiences that wound up serving him well over the next few decades, as General during the Revolutionary War and as President during his 8 years in office. How George Washington, Major-General-and President dealt with the delicate and difficult relationship involving the westward expansion, a...