[Abridged] Presidential Histories

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34.B) Ike & the Suez Crisis, an interview with Jim Newton

There are October Surprises, and there are October crisis. Just days before Americans went to the polls to vote for Ike's 1956 reelection, his allies France, England, and Israel launched a surprise October invasion of Egypt to capture the Suez Canal. With Cold War temperatures rising, Ike was faced with a high-stakes dilemma. Would he back his allies, or Egypt, for control of the all-important canal. Veteran journalist Jim Newton, author of Eisenhower: The White House Years, discusses the crisis that reshaped the political world order. Support the show

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  2025 Friendsgiving History Podcast Spectacular

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  20.B) Death by Lightning, an interview on the assassination of James Garfi…

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  The improbable Victoria Woodhull, an interview with Eden Collinsworth

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  Democricide season 1: Who Killed Athenian Democracy? Episode 1

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  Democricide season 1: Who Killed Athenian Democracy? Episode 2

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  45.) Donald Trump part 1 2017-2021

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  8.A) Martin Van Buren, America's first politician, an interview with James…

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  44.A) Obama's 08' Iowa campaign, an interview with Chelsea Waliser

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  44.) Barack Obama 2009-2017

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  43.A) An Afghan Story, an interview with Sahba Azami

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  45.A) The rhetoric of Donald Trump, an interview with Jennifer Mercieca

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  43.) George W Bush 2001-2009

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  42.A) Bill Clinton's Economic Legacy, an interview with Nelson Lichtenstein

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  42.) Bill Clinton

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  BONUS! 2024 Friendsgiving History Podcast Spectacular

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  41.A) George Bush & the end of the Cold War, an interview with Jeff Engel