Presidential

A podcast by The Washington Post

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61 Episodes

  1. James A. Garfield: Shot down

    Published: 5/23/2016
  2. Rutherford B. Hayes: The most contested election

    Published: 5/15/2016
  3. Ulysses S. Grant: Lover, fighter, writer

    Published: 5/8/2016
  4. Andrew Johnson: Stitching up a torn country

    Published: 5/2/2016
  5. Abraham Lincoln: His hand and his pen

    Published: 4/24/2016
  6. James Buchanan: The bachelor and the bloodshed

    Published: 4/18/2016
  7. Franklin Pierce: Rolling off the tracks

    Published: 4/10/2016
  8. Millard Fillmore: Teaching the obscure presidents

    Published: 4/3/2016
  9. Zachary Taylor: War heroes and conspiracy theory

    Published: 3/27/2016
  10. James K. Polk: Getting it done

    Published: 3/20/2016
  11. John Tyler: Ghosts and the vice presidency

    Published: 3/13/2016
  12. William Henry Harrison: Great song, horrible death

    Published: 3/6/2016
  13. Martin Van Buren: The story of our two-party system

    Published: 2/29/2016
  14. Andrew Jackson: The violence, the fight

    Published: 2/21/2016
  15. John Quincy Adams: The trait that broke a presidency

    Published: 2/14/2016
  16. James Monroe: The Forrest Gump of presidents

    Published: 2/7/2016
  17. James Madison: Burning down the house

    Published: 1/31/2016
  18. Thomas Jefferson: On food and freedom

    Published: 1/25/2016
  19. John Adams: The case of the missing monument

    Published: 1/18/2016
  20. George Washington: The man, the myth, the legend

    Published: 1/10/2016

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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]