Fail to the Chief

Thom Woodley
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Fail to the Chief

Fail to the Chief is the podcast where comic "historian" Thom Woodley talks about the men who became President... almost. Romp through the losers of presidential history, laugh and marvel at how different life might have been, had America made different choices. FailToTheChief.wordpress.com

  1. 11/05/2024

    FINAL EPISODE: Ranking ALL of the Presidential Losers

    We've come to the end. Here I give you the canonical list and ranking of EVERY SINGLE LOSER of all time, including many who never even ran. Listen to find out more.  In this episode I talk about the could-have-been Presidents Adams, Adams, Agnew, Anderson, Barkley, Bell, Blaine, Bono, Breckinridge, Brown, Bryan, Buchanan, Burr, Bush, Butler, Calhoun, Carter, Cass, Cheney, Clay, Cleveland, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Colfax, Cox, Crawford, Crockett, Curtis, Dallas, Davis, Dawes, Debs, Dewey, Disney, Dole, Douglas, Dukakis, Eastwood, Ellmaker, Fairbanks, Fillmore, Ford, Ford, Forrest, Franken, Franklin, Fremont, Garner, Gerry, Goldwater, Gore, Greeley, Hamilton, Hamlin, Hancock, Harrison, Harrison, Hearst, Hendricks, Hobart, Hoover, Houston, Hughes, Humphrey, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Johnson, Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy, Kerry, King, King, La Follette, Landon, Lindbergh, Long, MacArthur, Mangum, Marshall, Marshall, Marshall, Marshall, McCain, McCarthy, McClellan, McGovern, Mondale, Morton, Nader, Nixon, Parker, Pence, Perot, Pinckney, Quayle, Redford, Rice Atchison, Rockefeller, Rockefeller, Romney, Roosevelt, Roosevelt, Scott, Seymour, Sherman, Sherman, Smith, Smith, Springer, Stassen, Stevenson, Stevenson, Taft, Taney, Temple Black, Thurmond, Tilden, Tompkins, Trump, Van Buren, Ventura, Wallace, Wallace, Weaver, Webster, Wheeler, Wheeler, White, Willkie, Wilson, Winfrey, and Wirt.  God Bless America!

    57 min

  2. 11/04/2024

    The Presidency: HOLLYWOOD EDITION!!!

    Why have so many actors and celebrities been considered for the Presidency, despite having almost no experience? WHO CARES, THEY'RE CELEBRITIES YAY OMG Yes, it's not just Donald Trump and Ronald Reagan. Today I talk about all the celebrities who were thought about for Prez (and who were legally allowed to be, sorry, Arnold Schwarzenegger):  Robert Redford Clint Eastwood Sonny Bono Al Franken Jesse Ventura Oprah Winfrey Jerry Springer Shirley Temple Black Walt Disney Duane the Rock Johnson

    31 min

  3. 11/01/2024

    The Man Who Would Be President 9 Different Times: Harold Stassen

    As we close the corner on our presidential losers, I'd be remiss not to discuss the Governor of Minnesota, friend to Dwight Eisenhower, and NINE-TIME candidate for the Republican nomination, butt of jokes Harold Stassen. Hot take: he'd have been amazing?

    14 min

  4. 10/31/2024

    Marshalling the Presidents - John Marshall, George Marshall and Thurgood Marshall

    Today I'm taking a look at three very different men with one identical last name - the Marshalls. Each one of them was critical to our nation, and might have become president under different circumstances. I'll investigate and rate each one: John Marshall, Federalist Chief Justice of the Supreme Court George C. Marshall, General and Secretary of State during WWII Thurgood Marshall, first Black justice of the Supreme Court

    13 min

  5. 10/30/2024 · BONUS

    President Kennedy (Robert), President Kennedy (Teddy), and President Kennedy (John Jr)

    This time I lightning-round-rank the 3 titans of the Kennedy family... um, not counting 2024's brainworm bearkiller version. How would Bobby, Teddy and John John have been if they had become president?

    18 min

  6. 10/28/2024

    Tipping the Sacred Cows of American presidential elections

    There are a lot of myths in American elections. "As Maine goes, so goes the nation." "Missouri, the bellwether state." "The taller man wins." Let's explode them all. In this bonus episode, we dive deep and crunch numbers to see what's actually true and what's not. We'll cover: Does the Vice Presidential nominee usually win their home state? Does the taller candidate usually win? Who wins more, the Outsider or the Insider? What states and regions win the most?

    28 min

  7. 10/26/2024 · BONUS

    BONUS! President Kingfish Huey Long and the Sharing of the Wealth

    He was a Louisiana progressive populist wannabe dictator who wanted to redistribute all the rich folks' money forever and ever. And he might have been president, had he not been gunned down before he even had the chance to run. But what if?

    8 min

  8. 10/25/2024 · BONUS

    BONUS! President Butler... SMEDLEY Butler. (WTF?)

    Yes, his name was Smedley. No, he didn't let that stand in his way. What would have this Marines Major General and hero of the Bonus Army do if somehow catapulted into the White House on the eve of World War II? Why, he would do what all Smedleys do, of course.

    8 min
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Fail to the Chief is the podcast where comic "historian" Thom Woodley talks about the men who became President... almost. Romp through the losers of presidential history, laugh and marvel at how different life might have been, had America made different choices. FailToTheChief.wordpress.com

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  • Creator
    Thom Woodley
  • Years Active
    2014 - 2024
  • Episodes
    102
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    Fail to the Chief

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