New Deal Podcast
by Eric Gardner
Elected amid the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal saved the country from fascism and laid the foundation for modern America. Almost all of this happened in six years. Today, little is known about the individual New Deal programs. Who imagined them. How they became law, and how many were ultimately destroyed. The New Deal Podcast looks to change that.
Episodes
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S1E1 - The Agricultural Adjustment Act
American agriculture is facing a crisis not seen in generations. In 1970, there were about 650,000 dairy farms in America, in 2019 there are around 40,000. Market concentration and overproduction have left once profitable farms facing hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt. President Trump’s...
About this show
Elected amid the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal saved the country from fascism and laid the foundation for modern America. Almost all of this happened in six years. Today, little is known about the individual New Deal programs. Who imagined them. How they became law, and how many were ultimately destroyed. The New Deal Podcast looks to change that.
Hosted by
Eric Gardner