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The Making Of A President

February 4, 2016 History

This hour, we’ll talk to Stephen Harrigan about “A Friend of Mr. Lincoln,” a fictionalized look at the 16th president’s formative years.

Roosevelt’s Wins

January 6, 2016 Economics, History

This hour, we’ll talk about how the end of the Great Depression and World War II are inextricably linked with historian Eric Rauchway.

Ronald Reagan guided the U.S. through the last days of the Cold War and ushered in a new breed of conservatism that still reverberates today. We’ll take inventory of his legacy this hour with biographer H.W. Brands.

A Full Inventory Of Our 44th Presidency

May 27, 2015 History, Politics

We’ll spend this hour with David Bromwich, whose essay in the June issue of Harper’s is “What Went Wrong: Assessing Obama’s Legacy.”

Remembering Watergate

August 6, 2014 Uncategorized

This hour, we’ll talk to Former White House Counsel John W. Dean about the scandal that brought down a president, which he writes about in “The Nixon Defense: What He Knew and What He Knew It.”