What is the President podcast?
Presidential on Apple Podcasts The Washington Post's Presidential podcast explores how each former American president reached office, made decisions, handled crises and redefined the role of commander-in-chief.
How do I listen to the Washington Post podcast?
Visit the Episodes page to listen to the podcast on The Washington Post site, or find it on these other audio platforms: Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher and RadioPublic. DO I HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE EPISODES IN ORDER? We recommend starting with " Episode 1: George Washington " and working your way up in time, president by president.
What are the best historical podcasts to listen to?
[When you're done, listen to Lillian's other historical podcasts: Constitutional and Moonrise] The Washington Post's Presidential podcast explores how each former American president reached office, made decisions, handled crises and redefined the role of commander-in-chief.
Where can I find the transcripts of the podcast episodes?
You can find them by going to the Episodes page, then looking for the “Transcript” link to the right of each episode’s audio player. We also worked with our colleagues at Newspaper in Education to create lesson plans that teachers can use to help structure academic exercises around the podcast.
Who was the first president to podcast?
In July 2005, U.S. President George W. Bush became a podcaster of sorts, when the White House website added an RSS 2.0 feed to the previously downloadable files of the president's weekly radio addresses. Also in July, the first People's Choice Podcast Awards were held during the Podcast Expo.
What is the best book about American presidents?
The best books on American PresidentsWashington. by Douglas Southall Freeman.Life of Andrew Jackson. by James Parton.Abraham Lincoln. by John Hay & John Nicolay.The Crisis of the Old Order. by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol I. by Robert Caro.
What is the order of presidents?
Order of Presidential SuccessionVice President.Speaker of the House.President Pro Tempore of the Senate.Secretary of State.Secretary of the Treasury.Secretary of Defense.Attorney General.Secretary of the Interior.More items...
How many presidents are there?
There have been 46 presidencies (including the current one, Joe Biden, whose term began in 2021), and 45 different individuals have served as president. Grover Cleveland was elected to two nonconsecutive terms, and as such is considered the 22nd and 24th president of the United States.
Who was the best president?
Abraham Lincoln has taken the highest ranking in each survey and George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Theodore Roosevelt have always ranked in the top five while James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, and Franklin Pierce have been ranked at the bottom of all four surveys.
Which president has the most biographies written about them?
Some 15,000 books have been written about Lincoln — more books, says Tetreault, than have been written about any other person in world history, with the exception of Jesus Christ.
Who is 4th in line for President?
the Secretary of StateIf the President were to resign or die, the Secretary of State is fourth in line of succession after the Vice President, the Speaker of the House, and the President pro tempore of the Senate. There have been 71 Secretaries of State in the nation's history.
Are all presidents related?
The remarkable discovery was made by 12-year-old BridgeAnne d'Avignon, of Salinas, California, who created a ground-breaking family tree that connected 42 of 43 U.S. presidents to one common, and rather unexpected, ancestor: King John of England.
Who is the youngest President to take office?
The youngest to become president by election was John F. Kennedy, who was inaugurated at age 43. The oldest person to assume the presidency was Joe Biden, who took the presidential oath of office 61 days after turning 78.
How many presidents have died?
Since the office was established in 1789, 45 persons have served as president of the United States. Of these, eight have died in office: four were assassinated, and four died of natural causes. In each of these instances, the vice president has succeeded to the presidency.
Who was the 1st President?
George WashingtonOn April 30, 1789, George Washington, standing on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York, took his oath of office as the first President of the United States.
How many presidents have been assassinated?
four PresidentsIn the course of the history of the United States four Presidents have been assassinated, within less than 100 years, beginning with Abraham Lincoln in 1865. Attempts were also made on the lives of two other Presidents, one President-elect, and one ex-President.
Who hosts the Washington Post podcast?
New special episodes in the countdown to the 2020 presidential election highlight other stories from U.S. presidential history that can help illuminate our current moment. Hosted by Lillian Cunningham, the series features Pulitzer Prize-winning biographers like David McCullough and Washington Post journalists like Bob Woodward. [When you're done, listen to Lillian's other historical podcasts: Constitutional and Moonrise]
How many episodes of The Washington Post podcast?
51 episodes. The Washington Post's Presidential podcast explores how each former American president reached office, made decisions, handled crises and redefined the role of commander-in-chief. It was released leading up to up to Election Day 2016, starting with George Washington in week one and ending on week 44 with the president-elect.
Who is the host of the 2020 Presidential Election?
presidential history that can help illuminate our current moment. Hosted by Lillian Cunningham, the series features Pulitzer Prize-winning biographers like David McCullough and Washington Post journalists like Bob Woodward.
Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford was America's only president who wasn't actually elected. Coming in as VP for Nixon after the fall of Spiro Agnew, he was left to pick up the pieces after Nixon resigned in 1974.
Richard M Nixon Part 2
I am not a crook. At least that's what Nixon claimed. In this episode we will be looking at Nixon's foreign policy and the infamous Watergate scandal. Also special guest Matt will join us to discuss the culture of the 70s and how the true counter culture was born during the era of Nixon. Also, we will finally rank ole tricky Dicky.
Richard M Nixon: Part One
It's the president you'll all been waiting for: Tricky Dicky himself. In this episode we will be looking at his early life, political career and domestic policy as president. We will be saving his foreign policy and a little something called Watergate for part two.
LBJ Part 2: Presidential years
LBJ inherited a heavy burden, taking over for JFK. But was he up to the challenge? How did he handle Civil Rights crises, the war in Vietnam and growing poverty in America? Listen to find out!
LBJ Part 1: Early life, political career and the LBJ treatment
Before LBJ became president, he led an interesting political life, engaging in a good deal of questionable campaigns to rise to his station. He was particularly infamous for what became known as the LBJ Treatment, a method of intimidation that involved close contact and public nudity.
JFK Part Two: Presidency
Despite only being President from 1961 to 1963 due to his assassination, a lot happened during JFK's presidency. He presided over massive Civil Rights protests and segregationist riots and the infamous Cuban Missile Crisis. How did he handle these events and where does he rank as a President? Does he live up to the legend of Camelot?
What is the presidential podcast about?
Four years later, the “Presidential” podcast adds a new biography to its cadre of American presidents. This special episode explores Joe Biden's decades-long, hard-fought personal and political path to the White House, with the New Yorker’s Evan Osnos. [ Read more]
Who is the best book ever written by a president?
Ulysses S. Grant's memoirs are considered the best ever written by a president. In this episode, Washington Post nonfiction book critic Carlos Lozada and biographer David Maraniss discuss what they found funny, touching and illuminating about the work. [ Read more]
What is the Washington Post?
The Washington Post has been covering the American presidency from the nation’s capital for decades, and The Post’s site is a great repository of presidential stories from history. (For example, read this breakdown of how The Post originally reported on President Richard Nixon and the Watergate scandal.)
Who is Lou Cannon?
Lou Cannon, biographer and senior White House correspondent for The Washington Post during President Reagan's administration, helps us separate the fact from fiction about who Ronald Reagan really was. [ Read more]
Who is the Washington Post polling manager?
Biographer David McCullough looks at some of the most difficult decisions President Truman made during his time in the White House, and Washington Post polling manager Scott Clement examines the biggest polling failure in presidential history.
Who is the author of Bully Pulpit?
This chief, not that chief. Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of 'The Bully Pulpit,' along with historian Michelle Krowl and Supreme Court reporter Robert Barnes discuss why President Taft made a better chief justice than commander-in-chief.
Who is Teddy Roosevelt's biographer?
Biographer David McCullough and historian Michelle Krowl take us inside the wild, unstoppable dynamism of Teddy Roosevelt, whose energy and activism redefined the role of American president. [ Read more]
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