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S007 – Unprecedented Part III: 1968

November 2, 202036 - Lyndon B JohnsonAbe Fortas, Barry Goldwater, César Chávez, Curtis LeMay, Dwight D Eisenhower, Edmund Muskie, Edward Kennedy, Eugene McCarthy, George McGovern, George Romney, George Wallace, Gerald Ford, Happy Rockefeller, Harold Stassen, Hubert Humphrey, John F Kennedy, John Volpe, Lady Bird Johnson, Lenore Romney, Lurleen Wallace, Lyndon B Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr, Nancy Reagan, Nelson Rockefeller, Pat Nixon, Richard M Nixon, Robert F Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Spiro Agnew, Vietnam Warpresidencies

Year(s) Discussed: 1907-1968

In a year of domestic unrest, social strife, and uncertainty at home and abroad, the United States prepared for a presidential election in 1968. Little did they know that it would be a contest unlike any other. In the midst of a turbulent campaign, political norms were challenged, rivalries were intensified, and the only guarantee was that a new chapter in American history would emerge after all the votes were in. Sources used for this episode can be found at http://presidencies.blubrry.com.

Featured Image: “Lyndon Johnson meets with Presidential candidate Richard Nixon at the White House” by Yoichi Okamoto [26 Jul 1968], courtesy of Wikipedia

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S001 – A History of Primaries

January 5, 2020UncategorizedAdlai Stevenson II, Al Smith, caucus, Charles Evans Hughes, Democratic Party, Dwight D Eisenhower, Election of 1816, Election of 1820, Election of 1824, Election of 1912, Election of 1916, Election of 1924, Election of 1928, Election of 1932, Election of 1952, Election of 1960, Election of 1968, Election of 1972, Election of 1976, Election of 2020, Herbert Hoover, Hubert Humphrey, James Monroe, John F Kennedy, John W Davis, Joseph I France, Lyndon B Johnson, presidential election, presidential primary, Republican Party, Robert Taft, Theodore Roosevelt, William H Crawford, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilsonpresidencies

Year(s) Discussed: 1816-1976

Did you know that presidential primaries in the United States are a rather modern innovation and that for a long time, presidential primary winners often didn’t end up as the party’s nominee? Learn how the primary system came to be what it is today, the varying impacts it has had on presidential campaigns since its inception, and why it took so long to play a key role in choosing presidential nominees. Sources used for this episode can be found at http://presidencies.blubrry.com.

Featured Image: “For Auld Lang Syne” by Leonard Raven-Hill [May 1912], courtesy of Wikipedia

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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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Presidencies of the United States

A journey through presidential history from the beginning to the present day

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S007 – Unprecedented Part III: 1968

S001 – A History of Primaries

0.02 – Presidential Address

0.01 – Introduction – What is the Presidency?