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26.) Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1909

26.A.) The progressivism of Theodore Roosevelt, an interview with Alycia of Civics and Coffee Pod

26.B.) How NY made TR, an interview with Ted Kohn

26.C.) Teddy Roosevelt, the press, and the bully pulpit; an interview with Harold Holzer

26.D.) Teddy Roosevelt, his cabinet, and a doomed bromance with William Howard Taft; an interview with Lindsay Chervinsky

26.E.) Theodore Roosevelt's post-presidential quest for death and glory; an interview with David Pietrusza

27.) William Howard Taft 1909-1913

27.A.) The rise and presidency of William Howard Taft; an interview with Peri Arnold

27.B.) William Howard Taft, the presidential Chief Justice; an interview with Kevin Burns

28.) Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921

28.A.) Woodrow Wilson & the Spanish flu pandemic; an interview with John Barry

28.B.) Woodrow Wilson's progressive legacy; an interview with John Milton Cooper

28.C.) Woodrow Wilson's legacy on race; an interview with Eric S. Yellin

28.D.) Woodrow Wilson, WW1, and the new world order; an interview with Thomas Knock

28.E.) Wilson's Wives, an interview with Paul Brandus

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29.) Warren Harding 1921-1923

29.A.) Warren Harding's affairs & legacy, an interview with James Robenalt

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30.) Calvin Coolidge 1923-1929

30.A.) Calvin Coolidge turns PR into Presidential Relations, an interview with David Greenberg

31.) Herbert Hoover 1929-1933

31.A.) The political evolution of Herbert Hoover, an interview with Thomas Schwartz

31.B) Herbert Hoover, the first businessman president, an interview with David Hamilton

31.C) Herbert Hoover & the origins of The Great Depression, an interview with Robert McElvaine

32.) Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1933-1945

32.A.) FDR and the New Deal, an interview with Eric Rauchway

32.B.) FDR's death & the history of presidential mourning, an interview with Lindsay Chervinsky & Matthew Costello

32.C.) FDR, Traitor to his Class, an interview with H.W. Brands

32.D.) FDR's mastery of radio, the press, and persuasion, an interview with Harold Holzer

32.E.) FDR's policy of Japanese internment, an interview with Paul Sparrow

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