The Power Friendship: Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge in the Gilded Age

Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge were the political power players of the early 20th century. Their relationship proved politically beneficial to both men, but their friendship went far deeper than mere politics. We discuss with Laurence Jurdem how these two men helped shape America from the early 1900s onward.Laurence Jurdem is an adjunct professor of history at Fairfield University and Fordham College’s Lincoln Center campus. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and San Francisco Chronicle. He is the author of Paving the Way for Reagan: The Influence of Conservative Media on US Foreign Policy, and his latest work The Rough Rider and the Professor: Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge, and the Friendship that Changed American History.If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe.