"There is no Negro problem. There is no Southern problem. There is no Northern problem. There is only an American problem." - Lyndon Baines Johnson, March 9, 1965 ~~~ Lyndon Baines Johnson was thrust into the presidency at a moment of tragedy - the public assassination of his predecessor. With the nation in panic, Congress in deadlock, and Civil Rights seemingly out of reach, the challenges were long, but Johnson used his mastery of the legislative process to overcome them. He may have gone...

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36.) Lyndon Baines Johnson 1963-1969

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33.) Harry S Truman 1945-1953

33.A) The Truman Committee: An interview with Steve Drummond

33.B) Truman and the Bomb, an interview with D.M. Giangreco

33.C) Truman and the Pendergast Machine, an interview with Jon Taylor

33.D) The blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard and the awakening of Harry S. Truman, an interview with Judge Richard Gergel

34.) Dwight Eisenhower 1953-1961

34.A) Ike v McCarthyism, an interview with Larry Tye

34.B) Ike & the Suez Crisis, an interview with Jim Newton

34.C) Isolationism v internationalism, Ike & the election of 1952, an interview with Chris Nichols

34.C) Ike, the Last General, an interview with Bryan Gibby

35.) John F. Kennedy 1961-1963

BONUS! 2023 Friendsgiving History Podcast Spectacular

35.A) The Assassination of JFK, an interview with Stephen Fagin

35.B) Joe Kennedy Sr., The Patriarch, an interview with David Nasaw

35.C) JFK & The Press, an interview with Harold Holzer

36.) Lyndon Baines Johnson 1963-1969

36.A) LBJ & Vietnam, an interview with Mark Lawrence

36.B) LBJ's Great Society, an interview with Mark Updegrove

16.F.) How Lincoln changed American immigration, an interview with Harold Holzer

37.) Richard Nixon 1969-1974

37.A) Nixon's Domestic Agenda, an interview with Luke Nichter

37.B) The campaigns of Richard Nixon, an interview with John Farrell

38.) Gerald Ford 1974-1977

38.A) Gerald Ford in the Maelstrom, an interview with Brooke Clement

37.C) Nixon v The Supreme Court, an interview with Michael Bobelian

39.) Jimmy Carter 1977-1981

39.A) Jimmy Carter, the outsider, an interview with Jonathan Alter

BONUS! The Hail Mary Effect in Presidential Politics, an interview with William Silber

39.B) Jimmy Carter, Stagflation, & Paul Volcker, an interview with Jennifer Burns

40.) Ronald Reagan 1981-1989

2.A) John Adams and the modern presidency, an interview with Lindsay Chervinsky

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