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V003 – Interview with Jared Cohen, Accidental Presidents

May 26, 2019UncategorizedAbraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Johnson, Chester A Arthur, Franklin D Roosevelt, Harry S Truman, James A Garfield, John F Kennedy, John Tyler, Lyndon B Johnson, Millard Fillmore, Theodore Roosevelt, William Henry Harrison, William McKinley, Zachary Taylorpresidencies

Year(s) Discussed: 1835-2009

In this episode, I talk with Jared Cohen, author of Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America, about the presidents who came to the office due to the untimely demise of their predecessor and how their becoming president altered the course of US history. In this wide-ranging discussion, we assess some of the successes and failures of these presidents as well as the history of how constitutional questions related to succession were answered and what questions still remain. Images used in this episode can be found at http://presidencies.blubrry.com.

Featured Image: “Jared Cohen” by Esther Nisanova

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0.02 – Presidential Address

March 1, 2017UncategorizedAbraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Barack Obama, Benjamin Harrison, Bill Clinton, Calvin Coolidge, Donald Trump, Dwight D Eisenhower, Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin D Roosevelt, George H W Bush, George W Bush, George Washington, Harold Stassen, John F Kennedy, Lyndon B Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Rutherford B Hayes, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas E Dewey, Thomas Jefferson, William Henry Harrison, Woodrow Wilsonpresidencies

To mark the occasion of the 45th president’s first speech to a joint session of Congress, I present to you this special episode on how presidents have communicated with other politicians and government officials as well as with the general public and how this has changed both with the advent of new technologies and with the varying personalities of the chief executives. From George Washington’s public levees and national tours to Abraham Lincoln’s effective use of the telegraph, from Theodore Roosevelt’s bully pulpit to the Johnson treatment, and from the installation of the White House telephone to the current president’s use of Twitter, this episode covers a great deal of ground. Sources used for this episode can be found at http://presidencies.blubrry.com.

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0.01 – Introduction – What is the Presidency?

January 20, 2017UncategorizedAlexander Hamilton, Andrew Johnson, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Constitutional Convention, diplomacy, Dwight D Eisenhower, George Washington, Harry S Truman, impeachment, James Madison, Jimmy Carter, presidency, Richard M Nixon, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilsonpresidencies

In the inaugural episode of this podcast, we examine the nature of the presidency – what qualifies someone for the presidency, what powers and limitations does the president have, how was the office developed in the first place, and how has the office changed over time? This high level overview gives us an opportunity to be introduced to some themes that are going to carry through the podcast, and I take a few minutes to share the intended format of the podcast. Sources used for this episode can be found at http://presidencies.blubrry.com.

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Tag Archives: Andrew Johnson

V003 – Interview with Jared Cohen, Accidental Presidents

0.02 – Presidential Address

0.01 – Introduction – What is the Presidency?