Presidential
A podcast by The Washington Post
61 Episodes
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James A. Garfield: Shot down
Published: 5/23/2016 -
Rutherford B. Hayes: The most contested election
Published: 5/15/2016 -
Ulysses S. Grant: Lover, fighter, writer
Published: 5/8/2016 -
Andrew Johnson: Stitching up a torn country
Published: 5/2/2016 -
Abraham Lincoln: His hand and his pen
Published: 4/24/2016 -
James Buchanan: The bachelor and the bloodshed
Published: 4/18/2016 -
Franklin Pierce: Rolling off the tracks
Published: 4/10/2016 -
Millard Fillmore: Teaching the obscure presidents
Published: 4/3/2016 -
Zachary Taylor: War heroes and conspiracy theory
Published: 3/27/2016 -
James K. Polk: Getting it done
Published: 3/20/2016 -
John Tyler: Ghosts and the vice presidency
Published: 3/13/2016 -
William Henry Harrison: Great song, horrible death
Published: 3/6/2016 -
Martin Van Buren: The story of our two-party system
Published: 2/29/2016 -
Andrew Jackson: The violence, the fight
Published: 2/21/2016 -
John Quincy Adams: The trait that broke a presidency
Published: 2/14/2016 -
James Monroe: The Forrest Gump of presidents
Published: 2/7/2016 -
James Madison: Burning down the house
Published: 1/31/2016 -
Thomas Jefferson: On food and freedom
Published: 1/25/2016 -
John Adams: The case of the missing monument
Published: 1/18/2016 -
George Washington: The man, the myth, the legend
Published: 1/10/2016
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]