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Sep 17
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183: The MESSY Life of Ronald Reagan: Sn...

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Hi friends, happy Wednesday!

So the other day, I was googling jelly beans. Don’t ask why, I was in a mood. But I ended up falling down a rabbit hole, and suddenly… I was reading about Ronald Reagan. 

Apparently, Reagan was *obsessed* with jelly beans. I guess he started eating them as a way to quit smoking. He swapped cigarettes for jelly beans. Inspired. 

But once he was hooked, he never looked back. There were jelly beans on Air Force One. Jelly beans in the Oval Office. Jelly beans sent to space with astronauts, I am not joking. 

At this point I stumbled onto a quote about his wife, Nancy Reagan, and let me just say...America may have called her the First Lady, but Hollywood had a slightly different title for her. If you know, you know.

So today, I’ve got quite a story for you. Blow jobs, secret weapon deals, astrology, and a very intense power couple. 
This man ignored a literal pandemic, while letting his wife schedule national security briefings based on his horoscope.

So join me for the Dark History of Ronald Reagan. Let’s get into it.

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Head Writer: Katie Burris
Research provided by: Elizabeth Hyman and Xander Elmore
Special thank you to our Historical Consultant: Claire Potter, Professor of History emerita at The New School for Social Research, and author of the Political Junkie Substack
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