“The Congress will push me to raise taxes, and I’ll say no, and they’ll push, and I’ll say no, and they’ll push again. And I’ll say to them: ‘Read my lips, no new taxes.’” — George Bush's GOP Nomination Acceptance speech, Aug. 18, 1988. "Poor George [Bush], he can't help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth." - Texas Governor Ann Richards at the 1988 Democratic National Convention. George H.W. Bush may have lived one of the most personally moving stories in all of presidential hi...

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41.) George H.W. Bush

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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

38.B) The History of the Pardon, an interview with Kimberly Wehle

40.A) Reaganomics and the anti-tax movement, an interview with Michael Graetz

41.) George H.W. Bush

41.A) George Bush & the end of the Cold War, an interview with Jeff Engel

BONUS! 2024 Friendsgiving History Podcast Spectacular

42.) Bill Clinton

42.A) Bill Clinton's Economic Legacy, an interview with Nelson Lichtenstein

43.) George W Bush 2001-2009

45.A) The rhetoric of Donald Trump, an interview with Jennifer Mercieca

43.A) An Afghan Story, an interview with Sahba Azami

44.) Barack Obama 2009-2017

44.A) Obama's 08' Iowa campaign, an interview with Chelsea Waliser

8.A) Martin Van Buren, America's first politician, an interview with James Bradley

45.) Donald Trump part 1 2017-2021

Democricide season 1: Who Killed Athenian Democracy? Episode 1

Democricide season 1: Who Killed Athenian Democracy? Episode 2

The improbable Victoria Woodhull, an interview with Eden Collinsworth

20.B) Death by Lightning, an interview on the assassination of James Garfield with Candice Millard

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