On today’s episode, Sharon is joined by author and professor Laurence Jurdem to discuss his book, The Rough Rider and the Professor, about the unusual thirty-five-year political friendship between President Theodore Roosevelt and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. While Roosevelt famously “rose like a rocket,” in the political spotlight with his larger-than-life per ... Show More
Yesterday
Mayhem: The 1970s You Never Knew, Episode 6
A cover up that cost Nixon's presidency, a pardon that cost Gerald R. Ford his election, and a friendship dating back to the 1940s. It was the first time a President had been impeached, and the only time in U.S. history that a President resigned from office. The betrayal of the p ... Show More
35m 59s
May 4
Mayhem: The 1970s You Never Knew, Episode 5
The right to privacy, a 22-year-old who went by the pseudonym “Jane Roe,” and one of the most famous court cases in United States history. Join us as we learn what happened leading up to Roe v. Wade, the fate of Norma McCorvey following the Supreme Court’s ruling, and how this pi ... Show More
43m 22s
Apr 27
Mayhem: The 1970s You Never Knew, Episode 4
Deep Throat, Operation Gemstone, two valiant reporters, and a secret 30 years in the making. Watergate was not a single scandal, but rather an avalanche of events and co-conspirators, all engaged in corruption to keep President Nixon in office. The stakes were so high that Nixon’ ... Show More
37m 20s
Mar 2023
494 Three Roads Back - How Emerson, Thoreau, and William James Responded to the Greatest Losses of Their Lives (with Megan Marshall)
In a final powerful book, acclaimed literary biographer Robert Richardson told the story of how Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and William James dealt with personal tragedies early in their careers. In this episode, Jacke talks to Pulitzer-prize winner Megan Marshall, ... Show More
46m 35s
Apr 2024
President Ulysses S. Grant: The Myth of the Butcher
<p>How does a heroic general of the Civil War become one of the lowest rated Presidents (at least until recently)?</p><br><p>To discuss Grant's commitment to reconstruction, civil rights, and the crushing of the Ku Klux Klan, Don is joined by Professor Anne Marshall. Anne is a hi ... Show More
50m 10s
Feb 2023
From the Battlefield to the Stage | Special Interview with Norman S. Poser
<p>Join us for our interview with the author, historian, and Emeritus Law Professor, Norman S. Poser about his book, "<em>From the Battlefield to the Stage | The Many Lives of General John Burgoyne"</em>. In this special discussion, Professor Poser explains the origins of the boo ... Show More
44m 48s
Mar 2023
The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, The Cold War, And The World On The Brink | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
<p>Will Inboden is a man of many talents: author, academic, and national policy maker. He held positions with the State Department and the National Security Council before returning to academia to serve as executive director of the Clements Center for National Security and associ ... Show More
57m 48s
Jun 2018
#414: Theodore Roosevelt, Writer and Reader
<p>If you’ve been following The Art of Manliness for awhile, you know we’re big fans of Theodore Roosevelt. <a href="http://strenuouslife.co/" target="_blank">The man embodied the Strenuous Life.</a> He was a rancher, a soldier, a hunter, a statesman, and a practitioner of boxing ... Show More
43m 38s
Jan 2024
Kermit Roosevelt III on Theodore Roosevelt and the Collapse of Honor (PT 1)
<p>On this episode of the Daily Stoic Podcast, Ryan talks with American author, lawyer, and legal scholar <strong><em>Kermit Roosevelt III </em></strong>on Honoring and doing what is right, Why peoples values and sense of honor are collapsing, How many people know who Marcus Aure ... Show More
1h 7m
<p>Ryan speaks with Heather Cox Richardson about her new book <a href="https://geni.us/Unrd" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America</em></a>, her mission to deliver history as a way of promoting human connection, changing ... Show More
