His grandfather mattered. He mattered. What happened to his dad? ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook | Twitter | Instagram ________________________ Music from: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/ad…

Nixon tries his hand at running for President... again! ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook | Twitter | Instagram ________________________ Music from: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

Nixon comes to power. Then loses it. Then gets it again? ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook | Twitter | Instagram ________________________ Music from: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

This one is all about Richard Nixon - our 37th President. But this episode starts (and ends) WAY before he ever becomes President. Come see what we mean! ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook | Twitter | Instagram ________________________ Music from: http://www.bens…

LBJ takes the reigns and decides not to run again. ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook | Twitter | Instagram ________________________ Music from: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

LBJ becomes Vice President, and then President. We talk about how it all happened. ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook | Twitter | Instagram ________________________ Music from: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit pod…

Lyndon Johnson grew up in a town named after his own relative. Pretty cool! ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook | Twitter | Instagram ________________________ Music from: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastcho…

JFK was assassinated. Jason visited the spot where it happened. ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook | Twitter | Instagram ________________________ Music from: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adc…

We've probably all heard of impeachment, but how does it work anyway? If the president does something bad, who holds them accountable? What happens if they get impeached? We'll talk about all that and more in this episode! ______________________________ Support the show! Use this link to do your shopping on Amazon. It won't cost you a penny more an…

Eugene Debs helped found multiple unions, political parties and ran for president five times... one of them from jail. ______________________________ Support the show! Use this link to do your shopping on Amazon. It won't cost you a penny more and it will help us out! ElectionCollege.com/Amazon ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the s…

This episode of Whistlestop travels to October 19, 2016 as Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio, the defeated GOP aspirant for the presidency, is asking his party not to play by the modern rules of politics. Whistlestop is Slate’s podcast about presidential history. Hosted by Political Gabfest host John Dickerson, each installment will revisit me…

Kennedy didn't waste much time with international affairs after he was in office. ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook | Twitter | Instagram ________________________ Music from: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podc…

Though his brother had once been the chosen one, John F. Kennedy now becomes the political figure he was meant to be. ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook | Twitter | Instagram ________________________ Music from: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music Learn mo…

In this episode we talk about JFK's early life and ailments. ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook | Twitter | Instagram ________________________ Music from: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoi…

Ben and Jason talk about some of their favorite Presidential places to go on vacation. ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook | Twitter | Instagram ________________________ Music from: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…

Mamie didn't have a drinking problem, but some people thought she did. ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook | Twitter | Instagram ________________________ Music from: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.…

Ike's presidency winds down and we talk about the end of his life. ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook | Twitter | Instagram ________________________ Music from: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/…

Ike's military career comes to a close as he is persuaded to run for President! ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook | Twitter | Instagram ________________________ Music from: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcas…

This episode of Whistlestop travels to October 12, 2012 when Democratic candidate Barack Obama was declared the loser at the first Presidential debate against Mitt Romney and Twitter won. Whistlestop is Slate’s podcast about presidential history. Hosted by Political Gabfest host John Dickerson, each installment will revisit memorable moments from A…

This episode of Whistlestop travels to March 12, 2008 as President George W. Bush goes over the text of his speech to address the financial crisis in the housing market and Treasury Secretary Paulson makes a warning that becomes an unfortunately accurate prediction. Whistlestop is Slate’s podcast about presidential history. Hosted by Political Gabf…

Ike really makes a name for himself during WW1, and he even helped us preserve evidence to combat Holocaust deniers. ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook | Twitter | Instagram ________________________ Music from: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music Learn mor…

Ike had bad knees and no money. Listen to us chat about the early years of Dwight Eisenhower! ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook | Twitter | Instagram ________________________ Music from: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music Learn more about your ad choices…

Bess Truman was a rather private person, but we still have a few things to talk about! ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook | Twitter | Instagram ________________________ Music from: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…

For two and a half years, Emily Bazelon has been following people through a special court in New York designed to be a speedy machine for the harsh punishment of illegal gun possession. Along the way, a strange thing happened — the politics outside the courtroom started to change when a new generation of activists and insiders began challenging the…

Too old? Hah! Alben will show them a thing or two... ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook | Twitter | Instagram ________________________ Music from: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

Alben Barkley was a Vice President who ascended through the ranks at breakneck speed. Find out about his early life and the beginnings of his political career in this episode! ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook | Twitter | Instagram ________________________ Music…

This episode of Whistlestop travels to December 23, 1783 when the commander in chief of the Continental Army sat before the president of the Confederation Congress and prepared to step away from the job. Whistlestop is Slate’s podcast about presidential history. Hosted by Political Gabfest host John Dickerson, each installment will revisit memorabl…

Truman's presidency ended about as sadly as it began. ________________________ Support the show! Use this link to do your shopping on Amazon. It won't cost you a penny more and it will help us out! ElectionCollege.com/Amazon ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook | T…

This episode of Whistlestop travels to March 4, 2019 when Senator Rand Paul quoted from Montesquieu on Twitter: “When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty.” A statement that helped guide the founders towards a valuable separation of power. Whistlestop is Slate…

Thanks for an incredible 300 episodes! ________________________ Support the show! Use this link to do your shopping on Amazon. It won't cost you a penny more and it will help us out! ElectionCollege.com/Amazon ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook | Twitter | Instag…

Turns out Harry Truman was incredibly unpopular. Find out why and how he overcame it here! ________________________ Support the show! Use this link to do your shopping on Amazon. It won't cost you a penny more and it will help us out! ElectionCollege.com/Amazon ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes -…

This episode of Whistlestop travels to June 1st, 1787 when America’s founders faced a challenge: the nation couldn’t depend on the good will of the states to keep itself unified but there wasn’t a mandate for new rules to be made either. Whistlestop is Slate's podcast about presidential history. Hosted by Political Gabfest host John Dickerson, each…

Harry Truman just got back from war and decides he is going to get into politics. Maybe he'll even be the President some day... ________________________ Support the show! Use this link to do your shopping on Amazon. It won't cost you a penny more and it will help us out! ElectionCollege.com/Amazon ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to th…

Harry Truman came from pretty humble beginnings and MAY just not have been President if it weren't for a girl he liked - at least not in Ben's alternate version of history. ________________________ Support the show! Use this link to do your shopping on Amazon. It won't cost you a penny more and it will help us out! ElectionCollege.com/Amazon ______…

This episode of Whistlestop travels to the spring of 1787 when fifty-five men of property and elite status argued in Philadelphia at the Constitutional Convention for what President John Adams called "the greatest single effort of national deliberation that the world has ever seen,” and soon the American Presidency was born. Whistlestop is Slate's …

You don't get a nickname like Cactus Jack without ruffling a few feathers - and you also do pretty much whatever you want. ________________________ Support the show! Use this link to do your shopping on Amazon. It won't cost you a penny more and it will help us out! ElectionCollege.com/Amazon ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the sho…

This episode of Whistlestop travels to November 7, 1995, when a long and uncomfortable plane ride helped fire up Speaker Gingrich to deliver a dramatic set of budget demands that President Bill Clinton did not expect. Whistlestop is Slate's podcast about presidential history. Hosted by Political Gabfest host John Dickerson, each installment will re…

The First Bank of the United States was created to help the new country establish some financial security. Did it work? __________________________ Support the show! Use this link to do your shopping on Amazon. It won't cost you a penny more and it will help us out! ElectionCollege.com/Amazon ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show…

FDR is gonna run for a fourth term and we can hardly believe it. We have a feeling he won't finish it though. ________________________ Support the show! Use this link to do your shopping on Amazon. It won't cost you a penny more and it will help us out! ElectionCollege.com/Amazon ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a…

This episode of Whistlestop travels to April 1995 as President Bill Clinton and Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich battle to define American democracy. Whistlestop is Slate's podcast about presidential history. Hosted by Political Gabfest host John Dickerson, each installment will revisit memorable moments from America's presidential carnival. Love…