"This American carnage stops right here and stops right now." - Donald Trump, inauguration speech, Jan. 20, 2017. The American presidency had long fascinated Donald Trump. Ever since attending the 1988 GOP National Convention, Trump had wanted a piece of it - he'd even called Bush that year to ask to be on the ticket. But the idea that a twice divorced, six-times bankrupted Democratic donor could become the Republican president of the United States - that was laughable. Until it happened. Fol...

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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

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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

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

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