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May 2022
27m 23s

Rob Newman on Franklin D Roosevelt

Bbc Radio 4
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Comedian and writer Rob Newman is a long-time fan of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who "saved the United States, just in time for the United States to save the world". When FDR came into office in 1933, at the height of the Great Depression, unemployment stood at more than 25% and drought in the Dust Bowl had decimated American agriculture across the Gr ... Show More
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