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Presidencies of the United States — 313 episodes
Puerto Rico in the Age of Empire: Pirates, Revolts, and the Fight for Autonomy
Leadership, Fear, and the Politics of Power with James D Boys
The Lasting Debate Over the Declaration: How Changing Interpretations Shaped American Identity with Tony Williams
Privateers, Revolutionaries, and Filibusters: The Hidden History of American Expansionism
When History Goes Lyrical: Writing William Henry Harrison the Musical with Callie Perrone
The Traveling Patriot: James Monroe’s 1817 Tour and the Quest for National Unity
The Hidden Power of Personal Diplomacy in Shaping Presidential Legacy with Laurence Jurdem
The Queen, the Firebrand, and the Bride: The Triple Legacy of the Monroe Women (Monroe First Ladies Part 2)
La Belle Americaine: Elizabeth Monroe and the Architecture of Soft Power (Monroe First Ladies Part 1)
A Figure of Weight: Samuel Southard and the Politics of the Early Republic Part Two
Diligent and Durable: Samuel Southard and the Politics of the Early Republic Part One
How Civil War Memory Became a Hidden Weapon in American Politics with Tim Galsworthy
The Maverick of Knoxville: Hugh Lawson White’s Defiance of Old Hickory
The Monster of Party Spirit: James Monroe and the Fragile Era of Good Feelings
The Poet Behind the President: John Hay's Inspirational Legacy with Jan Cigliano Hartman
The Century-Long Battle Over Healthcare: Myths, Interests, and Political Cycles with David Blumenthal and James A Morone
Factions, Foreign Missions, and the Quest for Respect: Monroe Pre-Presidency Part Two
Leadership in the Shadows: Thomas Willing's Influence on the American Revolution and US Economic Policy with Richard Vague
Smith Thompson: The Political Jurist and the Balance of Power
Presidential Crisis Management: Leadership Lessons from US History with Edward Segal
From Revolutionary Soldier to American Statesman: Monroe Pre-Presidency Part One
Interview with David T Beito, FDR: A New Political Life
SATT 033.3/VPOTUS 007.3 - John C Calhoun Part Three
SATT 033.2/VPOTUS 007.2 - John C Calhoun Part Two
SATT 033.1/VPOTUS 007.1 - John C Calhoun Part One
Intelligent Speech 2026 Special Update
Friendsgiving 4.0: The Voyage to History
Interview with Charles Ferguson, Presidential Seclusion
Interview with Howard Gillette, Greater Philadelphia Region
VPOTUS 006.2 - Daniel D Tompkins Part Two
VPOTUS 006.1 - Daniel D Tompkins Part One
Interview with Megan Gorman, All the Presidents' Money
SATT 032.3 - William Wirt Part Three
SATT 032.2 - William Wirt Part Two
Frederick Muhlenberg
SATT 032.1 - William Wirt Part One
Interview with John Fagant, Buffalo Presidential Center
4.43 - Madison Q&A
Interview with Michael Giorgione, Inside Camp David
SATT 031.3 - John Quincy Adams Part Three
SATT 031.2 - John Quincy Adams Part Two
SATT 031.1 - John Quincy Adams Part One
Interview with Dan Scudder, Presidents for Kids
4.42 - Madison Post-Presidency
4.41 - The Next to the Last of the Founders
4.40 - The Year Without a Summer
EVPOTUS 005.5 - John Gaillard (President Pro Tempore)
Interview with Michael Vorenberg, Lincoln's Peace
4.39 - New Year, New Bank
Interview with Allen C Guelzo, Our Ancient Faith
SATT 030.3 - William H Crawford Part Three
Interview with John Robert Greene, Little Helpers
SATT 030.2 - William H Crawford Part Two
SATT 030.1 - William H Crawford Part One
4.38 - Shortest. War. Ever.
Interview with Nathan Raab, The Hunt for History
39.015 - A Startling Education in Politics: A Tribute to Jimmy Carter
4.37 - What Now? The Aftermath of War
VPOTUS 005.2 - Elbridge Gerry Part Two
VPOTUS 005.1 - Elbridge Gerry Part One
Friendsgiving 3.0: The Good, the Bad, and the Murder Mystery
Interview with Jordan Cash, Adding the Lone Star
From Me to All of You: 2024 Election Edition
Interview with Kurt Deion, Congressional Cemetery
4.36 - One More Battle
SATT 029 - Benjamin W Crowninshield
4.35 - A Christmas Miracle
FEED DROP - History Shorts Podcast, Interview with Dan Carlin
Interview with Peter Zablocki, History Shorts
VPOTUS 004.5 - William H Crawford (President Pro Tempore)
SATT 028.2 - Alexander J Dallas Part Two
SATT 028.1 - Alexander J Dallas Part One
Interview with Stan Haynes, Roosevelt to Roosevelt
Interview with Lindsay Chervinsky, Making the Presidency
4.34 - The Storm That Saved Washington
S012 - There and Back Again: 1912
A Response to Recent Events
4.33 - Stalemate
Interview with Tyson Reeder, Serpent in Eden
VPOTUS 004.2 - George Clinton Part Two
VPOTUS 004.1 - George Clinton Part One
4.32 - Exile
S011 - The Center Cannot Hold: 1860
4.31 - Horseshoe Bend
SATT 027.2 - Richard Rush Part Two
SATT 027.1 - Richard Rush Part One
Interview with Talmage Boston, How the Best Did It
4.30 - We Have Met the Enemy
Interview with Salina B Baker, The Line of Splendor
S010 - The Jeffersonian Revolution: 1800
VPOTUS 003.2 - Aaron Burr Part Two
EVPOTUS 003.1 - Aaron Burr Part One
Interview with Fergus Bordewich, Klan War
4.29 - The Twilight
S009 - The Corrupt Bargain Elections: 1824 and 1876
4.28 - Burnt Corn and the Fort
SATT 026 - George W Campbell
ERename the War of 1812 Submissions and Voting
Interview with Laurence Jurdem, The Rough Rider and the Professor
EVPOTUS 002 - Thomas Jefferson
Interview with David T Beito, The New Deal's War on the Bill of Rights
4.27 - Don't Give Up the Ship
SATT 025.2 - John Armstrong Jr Part Two
SATT 025.1 - John Armstrong Jr Part One
Friendsgiving 2.0: Electric Hullabaloo
FEED DROP: Introducing Countdown to Dallas: The Kennedy Assassination
4.26 - Hello, Goodbye
Interview with Kate Andersen Brower
VPOTUS 001 - John Adams
4.25 - The Westward Retreat
4.245 - Puerto Rico and the Early US Republic
SATT 024 - William Jones
Interview with Kevin R C Gutzman, The Jeffersonians
Interview with Peter Stark, Gallop Toward The Sun
4.24 - The First Texas Revolution
VPOTUS 000 - Introduction
SATT 023 - William Pinkney
Evergreen Podcasts Listener Survey
4.23 - Out with the Old
Interview with C W Goodyear, President Garfield
SATT 022 - James Monroe
4.22 - The Eastward March
Interview with Paul Brandus, Countdown to Dallas
4.21 - When It Rains
SATT 021 - Paul Hamilton
4.20 - Once More Unto the Breach
SATT 020 - William Eustis
4.19 - Let Slip...
SATT 019 - Caesar A Rodney
4.18 - Put Your Best Plot Forward
4.17 - Unsettled Ground
SATT 018 - John Breckinridge
4.16 - We're Not Going to Take It Anymore
SATT 017 - Robert Smith
4.15 - Affairs of State
SATT 016.2 - Albert Gallatin Part Two
SATT 016.1 - Albert Gallatin Part One
4.14 - Freedom or Death
SATT 015.2 - James Madison Part Two
Friendsgiving
SATT 015.1 - James Madison Part One
4.13 - The Spanish Situations
SATT 014 - Levi Lincoln Sr
4.12 - The Two Shawnee Brothers
4.11 - Intrigue in Washington
SATT 013 - Henry Dearborn
4.10 - Yazoo v Yazoo
4.09 - Fear and Loathing in Napoleonic Europe
SATT 012.2 - John Marshall Part Two
SATT 012.1 - John Marshall Part One
4.083 - Dolley Madison Part Three
4.082 - Dolley Madison Part Two
4.081 - Dolley Madison Part One
SATT 011 - Samuel Dexter
4.08 - Fussin', Fightin', and Carryin' On
Interview with Peter Shea, In the Arena
SATT 010 - Benjamin Stoddert
4.07 - Dissension and Discord
4.06 – Peace Interrupted
SATT 009 – James McHenry
4.05 – In the Arena
4.04 – East and West
SATT 008 – Charles Lee
4.03 – The Call of My Country
4.02 – Madison Pre-Presidency Part Two
SATT 007 – Oliver Wolcott Jr
4.01 – Madison Pre-Presidency Part One
SATT 006 – Timothy Pickering
3.41 – Jefferson Q&A
3.40 – Jefferson Post-Presidency
3.39 – Sunset and Sunrise
SATT 005 – William Bradford
3.38 – Electioneering
SATT 004 – Thomas Jefferson
3.37 – O Grab Me
3.36 – Trial
SATT 003 – Edmund Randolph
3.35 – And Everything Else
3.34 – Conspiracy
SATT 002 – Henry Knox
3.33 – Glimmers of Hope
SATT 001 – Alexander Hamilton
SATT – Intro to Ongoing Special Series
3.32 – Time Draws Short
3.31 – Waves on the Horizon
3.30 – The Tide in Europe
3.29 – A Winter to Remember
3.285 – The Two Marthas
3.28 – The Calming Seas
State of the Podcast Update
Intelligent Speech Conference 2021
3.27 – Second Term, Same as the Worst
3.235 – A Western Interlude
3.26 – Present but Absent: The Hemings Family of Monticello
S008 – Transition Gone Wrong
3.25 – What’s Next
3.24 – Truth and Consequences
S007 – Unprecedented Part III: 1968
3.23 – One Man Left Standing
3.22 – A Death in the Family
3.21 – A Plotting We Will Go
Interview with Jeffrey Einboden, Jefferson’s Muslim Fugitives
From Me to All of You 2: A Quick Note
S006 – It’s Convention Time!
3.20 – Action and Reaction
3.19 – The Not So Merry Merry
S005 – Unprecedented Part II
Intelligent Speech Conference 2020
3.18 – The Boys Are Back in Town
3.17 – Sailing in New Waters
Interview with Lindsay Chervinsky
3.16 – Up River, Down River
S004 – Unprecedented Part I
Interview with Thomas Balcerski (Bosom Friends)
3.15 – Of Wars and Pieces: The Indigenous Nations Up to 1803
Interview with Jon Finkel (Jocks in Chief)
From Me to All of You: A Quick Note
3.14 – Can I Make a Purchase?
S003 – The Super Tuesday Spectacular
3.13 – Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
3.12 – And the Beat Goes On
S002 – Primaries vs Caucuses
3.11 – Making Plans for Monroe
S001 – A History of Primaries
3.10 – We Need to Talk
3.09 – Yazoo to You Too
3.08 – The Enabler-in-Chief
3.07 – The Door to the West
3.06 – To Limited Arms
3.05 – Affairs, Foreign and Domestic
3.04 – A Deadly Revenge
3.03 – The Revolution of 1800
3.02 – Jefferson Pre-Presidency Part Two
3.01 – Jefferson Pre-Presidency Part One
2.26 – Adams Q&A
V004 – Interview with Zacharie Kinslow
2.25 – Adams Post-Presidency
2.24 – The 36th Ballot
2.23 – The Double-Edged Sword
V003 – Interview with Jared Cohen, Accidental Presidents
2.22 – Enter the Federal City
V002 – The Washington Presidency in Five (or So) Minutes
2.21 – I am Gabriel, That Stands in the Presence of God
V001 – Tammany Hall and the Presidencies
2.20 – A Proper Sense of Their Duty
2.19 – Don’t Let the Door Hit You
30.000 – Body by Calvin Coolidge
2.18 – New Year, New à Vous
2.17 – Some Awful Crisis
2.16 – High Noon in Trenton
2.15 – Hot Time, Summer in the Country
A Humble Appeal
2.14 – The Plausible Probability of Preserving the Peace
2.13 – Destiny Written in the Stars
2.12 – Ready, Aim, Fire!
2.11 – The Opposition Strikes Back
41.015 – An Important Mission: A Tribute to George H W Bush
2.10 – Checkmate: Hamilton
2.095 – Abigail Adams
2.09 – All Around and Away They Go
2.08 – Have At Thee! The Response to XYZ
2.07 – One Hand Washes the Other: The XYZ Affair
2.06 – Scandals and Observations
2.05 – Et Tu, France?
2.04 – Hither and Yon: The News From Abroad
2.03 – The New Sheriff in Town
1.36 – Washington Q&A
2.02 – Adams Pre-Presidency Part Two
2.01 – Adams Pre-Presidency
1.35 – Washington Post-Presidency
1.34 – The Final(ish) Curtain Call
1.33 – Race to the Finish Line
1.32 – Samsons and Solomons
1.31 – Runaway
1.30 – Under Pressure, Near and Far
1.29 – The Not So Dream Team
1.28 – A Caesar, a Cromwell, and a Washington: The Betrayals of 1795
1.27 – The Light of Burning Effigies
1.26 – A Monument of Folly and Venality
1.25 – The Happy Course
1.24 – The Mvskoke and Mathews
36.005 – Martin Luther King Jr National Historic Site
1.23 – Effigies and Efficacies
1.22 – My, What Big Treaties You Have
1.215 – Martha Washington
1.21 – The Bigger They Are
1.045 – A Proclamation of Thanksgiving
1.205 – Randolph
1.20 – Go West, Young Men
1.19 – Rebellion
1.18 – Pestilence
1.17 – Genet Must Go
1.16 – Don’t Mess With Washington
1.15 – It’s Not Easy Being Neutral
1.14 – The Second Inaugural
1.13 – Should I Stay or Should I Go Now?
One Year Anniversary Special Episode
1.12 – Slavery in America
1.11 – Mad Anthony and His Legion
1.10 – Agitations 2: Foreign Intrigues
1.09 – Agitations
1.08 – Banking and Drinking
1.07 – Arthur St Clair: Worst. General. Ever.
1.06 – Assumption, Presumption, Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off
1.05 – Take This Report and File It
1.04 – The Dream Team
1.03 – Year One
0.02 – Presidential Address
1.025 – Hamilton
1.02 – Washington Pre-Presidency Part Two
1.01 – Washington Pre-Presidency Part One
0.01 – Introduction – What is the Presidency?
Mini Episode 01 – Presidential Transitions