11 - President William Howard Taft / Mint Julep

Big Bill Taft was the last United States President that you could say was "too honest" for the job. He was a living cartoon character, an avid golfer, and the singular man responsible for 67% of possum skeletons found in the continental United States. But if the most interesting forgotten President isn't your thing, we also discuss Alice Roosevelt's pet snake Emily Spinach, recount the chilling tale of "The Thing" - the ghost of Abe Lincoln's son that haunted the Taft White House, and uncover a plot twist concerning Taft's friend and confidant Archibald Willingham DeGraffenreid Clarendon Butt. Next week's topic is pigeons. Prepare to cry. Want to reach us with comments, topic and/or drink recommendations, or conspiracies you concocted in a drug induced stupor? Email us anytime, day or night, at [email protected]