A little bit about Lincoln, and his advocacy and defense of Zachary Taylor, a president who preceded him by three Presidents, all of them ineffective. Zachary Taylor would get barely over a year in office, but his stance on brewing … Continued
When it was discovered that Nixon through aide/supporter Chenault had interfered with Vietnam peace talks, LBJ left it to the Democratic candidate Humphrey to use or not use the revalations in politics. Humphrey declined. When asked why Humphrey didn’t use … Continued
As normal, I never fit everything I plan to in one episode. This was especially true with the ‘Don’t Run for President’ episode. In this cast, the extras left in various notebooks and computer text files. Susan B Anthony struggles … Continued
A secret ‘campaign within the campaign’ to act as odbudsman for campaign rhetoric may have helped Clinton win in 1992. Other successful campaigns should follow.
A bit about Sargent Shriver’s legacy, his running for Vice President in 1972 and good and bad moments, including a surprising connection to Joe Biden’s future.
They called it Solar Totem. But to many, they wouldn’t know what it was. Students that pass by it in Kent State University in April of 1970, say, might never have known that it was there at all. South of … Continued
A cast about the Third Amendment, not talked about much but not without its powers.
For most people, John W. Davis is at best a footnote, a speck of information and a textbook about presidential election history, the Also-Ran of Calvin Coolidge. Nineteen twenty four. You open up the historical electoral maps and you see … Continued
Since we talked about people not running for President in this cast we talk about Mario Cuomo and address that topic. I tell a Leftover story about Henry Clay we didn’t get into on the main cast. About his two … Continued
Was there a room where Warren G. Harding was selected for the GOP nomination in 1920. It might be more story than substance. But what about George Harvey’s room in the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago. Well… We look into this, … Continued
Lyndon Johnson surprised the nation and some of his supporters and administration officials when he said he would not seek, nor accept the nomination for President in 1968. But did he mean it? New evidence has surfaced that Lyndon Johnson … Continued
Who was the first VP? John Adams. Who was the first Veep? Truman’s VP Alben Barkley was the first to use the knickname for the job, Veep, coined by his grandson. We talk about Barkley in this episode that is … Continued
More from Rick Perlstein about the 1980 election; did the hostage issue really have the impact that most think it did (including Bruce, up until hearing this). Also Walt Whitman and his use of The United States ‘are’ and the … Continued
Worth a re-listen to my post-2016 episode for premium subscribers, with my thoughts of what happened and what might happen, now four years later. I quoted Harold Wilson but it’s actually Harold MacMillan who was the Prime Minster of the … Continued
We look at the Trump tax return case and the Faithless Elector cases recently decided by the Supreme Court. Also Howard Cosell and his view of politics in 1976, some unused material from the 1976 Convention Cast.
From 2014, our look at vaccines and healthcare politics related to it. With some material blended in from other casts related to vaccines, including the Boston slave who saved the city.
A talk on a bunch of different topics, including the strange story of a conflict between the Republic of Texas and France
Some thoughts about rebellions, federal and state power, the Whskey excise tax rebels of 1794 and the actions of the local government in Pittsburgh at the time. Spurred on by our discussion with Lindsay Chervinsky about George Washington’s Cabinet.
I discussed a lot about healthcare when the issue was hot during the Obamacare debate. I had some ideas that angered both left and right, and also got into the history of healthcare, or really the lack of it, in … Continued
Known as a backroom-dealer and powerful Vice President, less is known about DIck Cheney’s younger years. We tell the story on this preview of a Vice Presidents podcast episode, for Extra Podcast subscribers. Thanks for your support. Cheney’s family were … Continued
Touching on a few topics from the various notebooks I’m been assembling. Little more detail on Kent State, and more that Ruffner said in the interview I couldn’t fit in the cast. Also the original SARS disease and Daniel Defoe’s … Continued
a really old one – but a lot of the content applies, as to the categories of VP picks. Do you heal a party, patch up a weakness, create buzz, or something else? I aired this episode before one of … Continued
Well, a rerun of a 2014 episode, part of a series about ‘Lies Your Talking Head Told You’. What the battle of New Orleans was like, and how it changed politics in America forever.
A rough cut of a just completed interview with ANOTHER eyewitness to the events at Kent State May 4th 1970. Howard Ruffin took the photographs that would appear in LIFE Magazine from that day. We discuss a lot of topics, … Continued
These are the topics we tackle in this episode, based on our recent interview with AJ Baime. Stay safe.