[Abridged] Presidential Histories

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

Donald Trump does not talk like a politician. But where some hear truth telling, and others hear something unhinged, professor Jennifer Mercieca hears a consistent rhetorical strategy designed to bind audiences to Trump and sever them from everyone else. A strategy good enough to win the presidency not just once, but twice. Communication professor Jennifer Mercieca, author of Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump, discusses the six techniques Trump uses to cast a spell on his audiences. 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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  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