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What made FDR a more successful leader during the Depression crisis than Hoover? Why was Eisenhower more effective as supreme commander during World War II than he was as president? Why was Grant one of the best presidents of his day, if not in all of American history? What drove Bobby Kennedy into the scrum of electoral politics? Find the surprising and revelatory answers to these questions and more in this collection of new essays by great historians.

On November 10, 1975, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald disappeared beneath the waves of Lake Superior without so much as a distress call. What, exactly, happened out there 50 years ago? This five-episode limited podcast tells the story of the Edmund Fitzgerald from its launch to its loss — and explores the legacy of what has become one of the world's most famous shipwrecks. You'll hear from a former coast guardsman who was on a cutter participating in the search for the Fitzgerald; from a diver who saw the wreck firsthand; from the news anchor who broke the tragic story; and from over a dozen other ...

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Part 1: Into the Depths The Behemoth on the Water The Edmund Fitzgerald was a ship that defied the imagination, a steel leviathan of staggering proportions. At 729 feet long and weighing 13,632 tons, it dwarfed every other vessel on the Great Lakes, a behemoth that could haul more than 26,000 tons of iron ore in a single load. When she launched in 1958, she was the largest ship the Great Lakes had ever seen. Locals marveled at her size and whispered that she was unsinkable, a king among commoners. But there was always something unnerving about her sheer scale. She had an imposing presence, a ...

As a politician, John F. Kennedy crafted an image that inspired and thrilled millions - and left an outsize legacy after his tragic murder. Only a select inner circle was privy to the man behind Camelot. In Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye, Kenneth P. O'Donnell and David F. Powers, two members of Kennedy's "Irish Mafia," give an unflinching, honest, and intimate portrayal of the Kennedy family and JFK's presidency.

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While hardly a new phenomenon, masculinity—which includes elements of toughness, independence, and leadership, among others—roared onto the national political stage in America with the 2016 candidacy, election, and presidency of Donald Trump. Research into masculinity dates back over a century, but little attention has been paid to the specific role of masculinity in politics beyond the conventional wisdom that it, rather than femininity, is the dominant force.

A voice once silenced returns—now unfiltered, unowned, and free to speak.George Alive, hosted by John F. Kennedy Jr., is a field journal from Earth’s hidden corridors: history re-examined, truth recovered, and memory reclaimed. From the crash site to the headlines they buried, from voices they tried to erase to questions no one dares ask—this is the broadcast they didn’t expect to hear again.This non-fiction podcast speaks through the Intraface Sound Bridge—an interdimensional line of communication reconnecting contributors living in the next phase of human life with listeners in the...

A first-year fairytale: High school teams win state championships every year. But teams from first-year schools almost never do. And first-year teams with no seniors? Unheard of. Follow the 123 Wildcats story for an unthinkable trip back in time.

President John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 - November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the youngest person to assume the presidency by election and the youngest president at the end of his tenure. Kennedy served at the climax of the Cold War, and the majority of his foreign policy concerned relations with the Soviet Union and Cuba.

Welcome to TALK JAM…Musicians jam, just for fun. Here at TALK JAM, recorded live and then flash-frozen in a secret undisclosed location somewhere on the planet, two good friends talk about everything under the sun. It’s about writing, it’s about books, it’s about the Bible; it’s a lot about history, politics and conspiracy theories; we’re serving them all up in one big jam!

President John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 - November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the youngest person to assume the presidency by election and the youngest president at the end of his tenure. The following recording is of his January 20, 1961, inaugural address.