This American President

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This American President delves into the lives and legacies of U.S. presidents through long form stories and interviews. It will challenge the way you look at American history. Hosted by Richard Lim and produced by Michael Neal. Art by NipRogers.com.

Episode Date
The Presidents of the Roaring Twenties Part 2 | The Triumph and Tragedy of Warren G. Harding
Apr 08, 2024
Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Most Controversial President of All Time? with David T. Beito
Mar 19, 2024
The Presidential Express: The History of Trains in American Politics, with Edward Segal
Mar 05, 2024
Why America Could Have a Presidential Succession Crisis, with Roy E. Brownell II
Feb 20, 2024
Who Was the Real Ulysses S. Grant? with John Reeves
Feb 06, 2024
The Presidents of the Roaring Twenties Part 1 | The Rise of Warren G. Harding
Jan 22, 2024
Theodore Roosevelt: America's First Modern President, with Michael Patrick Cullinane
Jan 16, 2024
History of the Papacy Preview: The Septuagint with Steve Guerra and Garry Stevens
Jan 12, 2024
Rediscovering Jimmy Carter, with Jonathan Alter
Jan 08, 2024
How Ulysses S. Grant Destroyed the Ku Klux Klan, with Fergus M. Bordewich
Dec 18, 2023
The Progressive Presidents Part 5 | Roosevelt, Wilson, and the Legacy of the Progressive Movement
Dec 04, 2023
What JFK Would Have Done in Vietnam Had He Survived, with Marc J. Selverstone
Nov 28, 2023
The Kennedy Assassination: 60 Years Later
Nov 22, 2023
America's Forgotten Civil Rights President: Benjamin Justesen on William McKinley
Nov 07, 2023
Key Battles of American History: After the War - World War II Leaders Preview
Oct 24, 2023
How George Washington Saved America with Bret Baier
Oct 17, 2023
What We Get Wrong About Richard Nixon With Paul Carter
Oct 10, 2023
The Best of the Eyewitness History Podcast with Josh Cohen
Oct 03, 2023
History Unplugged Podcast Preview: Theodore Roosevelt and World War I
Sep 25, 2023
The Most Divisive Election in American History With Luke Nichter
Sep 18, 2023
The Progressive Presidents Part 4 | Woodrow Wilson Transforms the World
Sep 11, 2023
History of North America Podcast Preview
Sep 04, 2023
Cold War | Harry S. Truman: The Power of the Universe Part 2 [Rebroadcast]
Aug 28, 2023
Cold War | Harry S. Truman: The Power of the Universe Part 1 [Rebroadcast]
Aug 21, 2023
History Podcasters Discuss What Movie Would They Make | Parthenon Roundup
Aug 14, 2023
Managing Chaos: What A Presidential Transition Is Really Like With Peter Feaver
Aug 07, 2023
Reconsidering Warren G. Harding With Ryan S. Walters
Jul 31, 2023
Sigmund Freud and the Lost Psychobiography of Woodrow Wilson With Patrick Weil
Jul 24, 2023
How Woodrow Wilson Used Propaganda to Manipulate the American People With John M. Hamilton
Jul 17, 2023
America's Most Brilliant President (and it isn't Thomas Jefferson) With Charles Goodyear
Jul 10, 2023
Introducing Organized Crime and Punishment: A History and Crime Podcast
Jun 26, 2023
The Progressive Presidents Part 3 | Woodrow Wilson Transforms America
Jun 19, 2023
Eyewitness History: Vietnam "Tunnel Rat" Discusses George Patton, His Tours of Duty, and... Barbara Walters?
Jun 12, 2023
The Madness of Richard Nixon With Professor Zachary Jacobson
Jun 05, 2023
What Were Abraham Lincoln's Religious Beliefs? Joshua Zeitz on America's 16th President
May 30, 2023
Key Battles of American History: Causes of World War II Preview
May 01, 2023
America's Most Improbable President: Richard Norton Smith on Gerald Ford
Apr 24, 2023
History of the Papacy: Pizza, Pinocchio, and the Papacy Preview
Apr 17, 2023
The Progressive Presidents Part 2 | Theodore Roosevelt and the Pursuit of Greatness
Apr 10, 2023
America's First Woman President?: Rebecca Boggs Roberts on Edith Wilson
Mar 28, 2023
Theodore Roosevelt vs. Wall Street: Susan Berfield on TR's Epic Clash with J.P. Morgan
Mar 21, 2023
America's Princess: Stacy Cordery on Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Feb 28, 2023
We Stand At Armageddon: Benjamin Wetzel on Theodore Roosevelt's Religious Beliefs
Feb 14, 2023
The Progressive Presidents Part 1 | Theodore Roosevelt and the Pursuit of Greatness
Jan 04, 2023
History Unplugged: Alexander's Postwar Plans
Dec 26, 2022
Eyewitness History | "I Sprinted Toward the Gunman": Josh Cohen Speaks to the Former Columbine Principal
Dec 21, 2022
America's first Wartime President: James Madison and the War of 1812 with James Early
Dec 06, 2022
Who Is History's Most Underrated Figure? | Parthenon Roundup
Nov 16, 2022
Guarding the Most Famous Woman in the World: Clint Hill's Travels With Jacqueline Kennedy
Oct 26, 2022
Zachary Taylor, America's Only Homeless President
Oct 11, 2022
The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland
Sep 19, 2022
History of the Papacy | Freemasonry, The Catholic Church and the Modern World
Sep 17, 2022
Why the Cold War Was America’s Longest and Weirdest War
Aug 31, 2022
Mankind's Greatest Adventure with Apollo 13 Astronaut Fred Haise
Jul 20, 2022
If You Could Witness Any Five Events In History, What Would You Chose? With Steph Guerra
Jul 08, 2022
What Event Would You Eliminate From History? (And You Can't Choose 9/11) | Parthenon Roundup
Jul 01, 2022
Nixon Refuses to Resign and Other Undelivered Speeches That Would Have Rewritten History
Jun 24, 2022
The Great American Progressives (Roosevelt, Wilson, and Addams) and the Dawn of World War I
Jun 17, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II and Monarchy in the Modern World
Jun 08, 2022
History Unplugged | War Isn’t the Natural State of Human Affairs: It Shouldn’t Happen, and Most of the Time It Doesn't
Jun 06, 2022
George H. W. Bush's Inaugural Address | January 20, 1989
May 23, 2022
The Women of the Bush Dynasty
May 16, 2022
Cold War | George H.W. Bush: Father of the New World Order
Apr 27, 2022
Ukraine and Russia: The Long March to War with Geoff Weber
Mar 10, 2022
Key Battles of American History | The Rise of Imperial Japan
Mar 09, 2022
The Blueprint: Washington’s Farewell Address and His Advice for Every American [Full]
Feb 21, 2022
Parthenon Roundup | Who would you save from an untimely death? (and you can’t choose JFK)
Feb 15, 2022
Beyond the Big Screen | The Legend of 2001: A Space Odyssey
Feb 04, 2022
The Triumph of Nancy Reagan with Karen Tumulty
Jan 21, 2022
Parthenon Roundup | Who would you eliminate from history? (and you can’t choose Hitler)
Jan 05, 2022
Ronald Reagan's Address at Moscow State University | May 31, 1988
Dec 23, 2021
Cold War | Ronald Reagan: The Voice in the Wilderness Part 3
Dec 16, 2021
George Washington: The First American Action Hero [Rebroadcast]
Dec 01, 2021
The Last King of America with Andrew Roberts
Nov 19, 2021
Fighting Misinformation with Sharon McMahon, America’s Government Teacher
Nov 10, 2021
The Man Who Saved Ronald Reagan with Carolyn Parr
Nov 05, 2021
Ronald Reagan's Address on the Reykjavik Summit with Mikhail Gorbachev | October 13, 1986
Oct 27, 2021
Cold War | Ronald Reagan: The Voice in the Wilderness Part 2
Oct 21, 2021
The Making of Ronald Reagan with Paul Kengor
Sep 21, 2021
Ronald Reagan's "A Time for Choosing" Speech | October 27, 1964
Sep 16, 2021
The Disaster in Afghanistan: How We Got Here with Christopher Paul Meyer
Aug 30, 2021
Cold War | Ronald Reagan: The Voice in the Wilderness Part 1
Aug 24, 2021
In the Arena: American Presidential Hopefuls with Peter Shea and Tom Maday
Jul 29, 2021
Richard Nixon's Address to the Nation Announcing His Resignation | August 8, 1974
Jul 08, 2021
King Richard: Nixon and Watergate with Michael Dobbs
Jun 24, 2021
Richard Nixon's Remarks upon Returning from People's Republic of China | February 28, 1972
Jun 15, 2021
Cold War | Richard Nixon: His Own Worst Enemy Part 3
Jun 07, 2021
Photographic Presidents with Cara A. Finnegan
May 18, 2021
Richard Nixon's "Silent Majority" Speech on the Vietnam War | November 3, 1969
May 12, 2021
Cold War | Richard Nixon: His Own Worst Enemy Part 2
May 06, 2021
Fan in Chief: Richard Nixon and American Sports with Nicholas Sarantakes
Apr 26, 2021
Richard Nixon's First Inaugural Address | January 20, 1969
Apr 21, 2021
Cold War | Richard Nixon: His Own Worst Enemy Part 1
Apr 12, 2021
Joseph Stalin's Formative Years with Ronald G. Suny
Mar 18, 2021
The History of WWII Podcast | 316-FDR: The Man with No Fear [Preview]
Mar 08, 2021
James Garfield: The Last Lincoln Republican with Todd Arrington
Mar 03, 2021
Abraham Lincoln in His Times with David S. Reynolds
Feb 16, 2021
Cold War | John F. Kennedy: The Price of Ambition Part 3
Feb 05, 2021
John F. Kennedy's Early Years with Fredrik Logevall
Jan 19, 2021
Cold War | John F. Kennedy: The Price of Ambition Part 2
Jan 05, 2021
Washington's Cabinet with Lindsay Chervinsky
Dec 16, 2020
Jackie Kennedy Onassis with Paul Brandus
Dec 01, 2020
Cold War | John F. Kennedy: The Price of Ambition Part 1
Nov 17, 2020
The World According to Vladimir Putin with Brian Taylor
Nov 03, 2020
Abraham Lincoln: The Master of Fake News with Elizabeth Mitchell
Oct 30, 2020
Confirming Supreme Court Justices In An Election Year with David Greenberg
Oct 26, 2020
The Blueprint: Washington’s Farewell Address and His Advice for Every American [Preview]
Oct 20, 2020
What Happens if the President is Incapacitated?
Oct 07, 2020
The History of Presidential Elections with Jarrett Stepman
Sep 15, 2020
America’s Suffragists: 100 Years Later with Jane Hampton Cook
Aug 18, 2020
Dwight D. Eisenhower's Legacy with Merrill Eisenhower Atwater
Aug 08, 2020
Cold War | Dwight D. Eisenhower: On the Edge of Armageddon Part 2
Jul 08, 2020
Cold War | Dwight D. Eisenhower: On the Edge of Armageddon Part 1
Apr 16, 2020
Presidents, Pandemics, and Prophets
Apr 15, 2020
Cold War | Harry S. Truman: The Power of the Universe Part 2
Feb 29, 2020
State of the Podcast + Kickstarter Project
Feb 03, 2020
Cold War | Harry S. Truman: The Power of the Universe Part 1
Oct 24, 2019
FDR's Final Odyssey: D-Day to Yalta with Nigel Hamilton
Sep 28, 2019
Apollo 11 Splashdown with Navy Frogman John Wolfram
Jul 18, 2019
George Washington: A Gulf of Civil Horror
Jun 15, 2019
Presidential Fight Club with Scott Rank
May 09, 2019
Gen. Michael Hayden, Director of the NSA and CIA under George W. Bush
Mar 31, 2019
US Expansion | McKinley and Roosevelt: Will and Ted’s Imperial Adventure Part 2
Feb 11, 2019
US Expansion | McKinley and Roosevelt: Will and Ted’s Imperial Adventure Part 1
Oct 17, 2018
US Expansion | James K. Polk: The Great American Conqueror Part 2
Jun 11, 2018
US Expansion | James K. Polk: The Great American Conqueror Part 1
Mar 21, 2018
US Expansion | Thomas Jefferson: The Art of the Steal
Dec 05, 2017
The Women Who Would Be President
Sep 26, 2017
Photographing the President with Bob Knudsen
Aug 15, 2017
Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Inscrutable Man Part 2
Jul 19, 2017
Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Inscrutable Man Part 1
Jun 27, 2017
Ronald Reagan's Life After Presidency with Peggy Grande
Jun 06, 2017
Fake News and Nasty Men: The 1876 Election
May 16, 2017
Andrew Johnson: Smile of the Demagogue
Apr 26, 2017
George Washington: The First American Action Hero
Apr 04, 2017
Introducing This American President
Mar 01, 2017