Presidential
The Washington Post's Presidential podcast explores how each former American president reached office, made decisions, handled crises and redefined the role of commander-in-chief. It was released leading up to up to Election Day 2016, starting with George Washington in week one and ending on week 44 with the president-elect. New special episodes in the countdown to the 2020 presidential election highlight other stories from U.S. presidential history that can help illuminate our current moment. Hosted by Lillian Cunningham, the series features Pulitzer Prize-winning biographers like David McCullough and Washington Post journalists like Bob Woodward. [When you're done, listen to Lillian's other historical podcasts: Constitutional and Moonrise]
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Previous Episodes
- BONUS | Women, politics and the presidency 26.09.2024
- Introducing, "The Sports Moment" 25.07.2024
- The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop: ‘Somebody knows’ 22.11.2023
- Introducing “The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop” 13.10.2023
- Listen to the first episode of “Field Trip”: Yosemite National Park 28.06.2023
- Introducing “Field Trip” 14.06.2023
- A sneak peek from Lillian 06.06.2023
- BONUS | Happy Presidents’ Day! Or … not? 21.02.2022
- Joe Biden: Triumph, tragedy and the fate of the center 08.11.2020
- BONUS | What books about Trump say about America 23.10.2020
- BONUS | Pandemic, propaganda and the presidency 24.09.2020
- BONUS | When a VP pick changes history 08.08.2020
- BONUS | Binding up the nation's wounds 19.06.2020
- LIVE EVENT | 'Unprecedented Presidents' live from WBUR CitySpace 06.03.2020
- Donald Trump: Division and union 09.11.2016
- Barack Obama: The pursuit of identity 31.10.2016
- George W. Bush: Changing course 24.10.2016
- Bill Clinton: The good and the bad 16.10.2016
- George H. W. Bush: Restraint 09.10.2016
- Ronald Reagan: Myths and truths 03.10.2016
