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FDR And Polio: The Cover-Up (Part 2)

10/8/2026 • 39 min

Our conversation about FDR and polio continues with a look at how his public image obscured the fact that he was in a wheelchair -- while the story of his battle with polio also him serve as a champion of the downtrodden. Plus: Will we ever see an "openly" disabled president in our lifetime? Join our America250 newsletter community! Subscribe for free to get the… Play episode

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FDR And Polio: The Scourge (Part 1)
The Age Of Dark Money w/ Alex Lovit [Some Sunday Context]
Citizens United: Corporations Are People Too w/ Celina Stewart (Part Two)
Citizens United: Money Is Speech w/ Celina Stewart (Part One)
Our Dog Whistle Politics w/ Alex Lovit [Some Sunday Context]
Southern Realignment: Hunting Where the Ducks Are w/ Eric K. Ward (Part Tw…
Southern Realignment: The Impossible Coalition w/ Eric K. Ward (Part One)
Seneca to Prohibition to the 19th w/ Alex Lovit [Some Sunday Context]
Seneca Falls: The Legend w/ Deva Woodly (Part Two)
Seneca Falls: The Burnt-Over District w/ Deva Woodly (Part One)
Are We Locked In To Two Parties? w/ Alex Lovit [Some Sunday Context]
Bill Of Rights: Factions w/ Dahliah Lithwick (Part Two)
Bill Of Rights: We Forgot Freedom w/ Dahliah Lithwick (Part One)
Inside A Music Festival w/ Craig Finn [Some Sunday Context]
Woodstock: Generation Gap (Part 2)
Woodstock: Before The Mud (Part 1)
"The Giant Pool of Money" Revisited w/ Alex Blumberg [Some Sunday Context]
2008 Crash: The Bailout (Part 2)
2008 Crash: The Collapse (Part One)
Teaching Evolution [Some Sunday Context]
Scopes Monkey Trial: Darrow v Bryan (Part 2)
Scopes Monkey Trial: Evolution in Schools (Part 1)
JFK's Fallout Shelters [Some Sunday Context]
Moon Landing: It Was Not Faked (Part 2)
Moon Landing: One Giant Leap (Part 1)
Eleanor Roosevelt'sTuskegee Plane Ride [Some Sunday Context]
Military Integration: Pressure On Truman (Part Two)
Military Integration: Double V (Part One)
The Capitol Cornerstone Conspiracy (Revolutionary Rerun)
The "Coup" Against Washington (Revolutionary Rerun)
The Only US Raid On British Soil (Revolutionary Rerun)
That Other Midnight Ride (Revolutionary Reruns)
A Declaration Abstention w/ John Dickerson (Revolutionary Rerun)
Franklin's French Fantasies w/ Mike Duncan (Revolutionary Rerun)
Lexington, Concord, and Menotomy? (Revolutionary Rerun)
Liberty Trees (Revolutionary Rerun)
Ben Franklin's ALMANACK (Revolutionary Rerun)
Mid-Year Mailbag w/ Jody, Niki, and Kellie
The Declaration of Independence (Live from Boston) w/ A.J. Jacobs
Books We'd Save From A Fire (Part 2) w/ Jon Meacham
The Books That Shaped America w/ Jon Meacham (Part 1)
A Nation Of Readers: Poetry, Essay, Hanif and Javier
Stonewall: Does It Matter Who Threw The First Brick? (Part 2)
Stonewall: The Breaking Point (Part 1)
A Nation Of Readers: The Gaps In History
Little Bighorn: Custer's Last Stand and Custer's Legend (Part 2)
Little Bighorn: The U.S. Conquers The West (Part 1)
A Nation Of Readers: Nate DiMeo's Memory Palace

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