127 episodes
Visiting the Presidents Joe Faykosh
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5.0 • 37 Ratings
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Visiting the Presidents takes listeners through the birthplaces, homes, gravesites, libraries, and other historical sites associated with the Presidents of the United States. Join Dr. Joe Faykosh as we explore the childhoods, lives, loves, careers, and deaths of these presidents through the sites that were touched by them.
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S3 E8 Martin Van Buren's Tomb
"There is but one reliance." Martin Van Buren, our 8th President was a career politician, living and breathing politics to the very end. Hear about the end of his Presidency, his life after the office, his death, burial, and commemorations!
Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other information!
Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2024/05/07/season-3-episode-8-martin-van-burens-tomb/
Season 1's Martin Van Buren Episode-"Martin Van Buren and Kinderhook"
Season 2's Martin Van Buren Episode-"Martin Van Buren and Lindenwald"
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S3 E7 Andrew Jackson's Tomb
"Do not cry; be good children and we shall meet in heaven." Andrew Jackson, our 7th President, lived hard, and died harder, a man who rarely took an easy breath throughout his long life. Hear about his Presidency, his life after the office, his death, burial, and commemorations!
Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other information!
Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2024/04/23/season-3-episode-7-andrew-jacksons-tomb/
Season 1's Andrew Jackson Episode-"Andrew Jackson and the Waxhaws"
Season 2's Andrew Jackson Episode-"Andrew Jackson and The Hermitage"
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S3 E6 John Quincy Adams' Tomb
"This is the last of Earth but I am composed!" Fewer Presidents have had a more difficult Presidency, and given more in their post-Presidency than John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United States. Hear about his Presidency, his remarkable life after the office, his death, burial, and commemorations!
Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other information!
Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2024/04/09/season-3-episode-6-john-quincy-adams-tomb/
Season 1's John Quincy Adams Episode-"John Quincy Adams and Braintree/Quincy"
Season 2's John Quincy Adams Episode-"John Quincy Adams and Peacefield"
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S3 E5 James Monroe's Tomb
Another Fourth, another President's death! Hear about the strange afterlife of James Monroe, our first President to die away from his home, and one of the first to be transferred from one state to another! Learn about James Monroe's brief post-Presidency, death, and commemorations!
Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other information!
Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2024/03/26/season-3-episode-5-james-monroes-tomb/
Season 1's James Monroe Episode-"James Monroe and Colonial Beach"
Season 2's James Monroe Episode-"James Monroe and Highland"
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S3 E4 James Madison's Tomb
James Madison, the last of the Founding Presidents to pass, but one supremely focused on his historical legacy. Journey back to Montpelier to check out the simple cemetery with a large obelisk, and what this means for the memory of the Fourth President! Learn about James Madison's long post-presidency, his death, and the ways he is commemorated!
Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other information!
Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2024/03/12/season-3-episode-4-james-madisons-tomb/
Season 1's James Madison Episode-"James Madison and Port Conway"
Season 2's James Madison Episode-"James Madison and Montpelier"
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S3 E3 Thomas Jefferson's Tomb
"Thomas Jefferson surives!"--famous last words. While not true in a corporeal sense, Jefferson's legacy is with us and debated here. Journey back to Monticello to check out the simple cemetery with a large obelisk, and an outsized contribution to our country! Learn about Thomas Jefferson, Third President, and his long post-presidency, his death, and the ways he is commemorated!
Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other information!
Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2024/02/27/season-3-episode-3-thomas-jeffersons-tomb/
Season 1's Thomas Jefferson Episode-"Thomas Jefferson and Shadwell"
Season 2's Thomas Jefferson Episode-"Thomas Jefferson and Monticello"
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Customer Reviews
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Joey is my long lost brother. We have so many similarities, I feel like this podcast was made just for me. I don’t have any friends that share my Presidential passion. Love and enjoy the podcast and Joey!!
Great podcast
As one who shares Joe's obsession of visiting presidential graves I was excited to find this podcast. He does a great job telling his experiences. A solo hosted show doesn't always work but he nails it. Hearing about his travels to the birthplaces was fun as many of them are obscure. If you are a fan of presidential history and trivia this is the show for you.
The Perfect Blend of History and Travel
I’ve personally had this lifelong interest in going to as many presidential sites as I could and this podcast I think does that and so much more. It’s focused on telling the historical facts about the presidents, but also about them as people, their roller coasters of lives, and about the people closest to them that shaped and molded it. Joe delivers this information in a scholarly yet relatable way, and you learn something. I had no idea who Rosemary Kennedy was but I heard her story and I was stunned to say the least. I was exposed thanks to this podcast. Not only that but once Joe gives you the history he ties it in to a real world location to engage his love of travel and measure the president’s legacy in some regard. Some of which have colossal facilities, and some have a simple roadside plaque in the middle of nowhere. Joe makes them all sound equally interesting. Highly recommend for any history and or travel buff.