[Abridged] Presidential Histories

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39.A) Jimmy Carter, the outsider, an interview with Jonathan Alter

When Jimmy Carter won the presidency, his Democratic party held a 61-37 majority in the Senate and a 292-143 majority in the House. Why then, with such a clear governing majority, were his relations with Congress so poor, and his agenda so challenged? Jonathan Alter, a long-time journalist and author of numerous books on the presidency, including His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life,  discusses how Carter's outsider status and a healthy heaping of luck swept him to the presidency, but betrayed him in the White House.  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