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BONUS | Happy Presidents’ Day! Or … not?

BONUS | Happy Presidents’ Day! Or … not?

FromPresidential


BONUS | Happy Presidents’ Day! Or … not?

FromPresidential

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Length:
26 minutes
Released:
Feb 21, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Students, teachers and historians reflect on what has changed — and should change — about the way we teach presidential history today. This special episode features presidential experts Barbara Perry and Julian Zelizer, “How the Word Is Passed” author Clint Smith, and the AP government and politics class of teacher Michael Martirone.
Released:
Feb 21, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (57)

The Washington Post's Presidential podcast explores how each former American president reached office, made decisions, handled crises and redefined the role of commander-in-chief. It was released leading up to up to Election Day 2016, starting with George Washington in week one and ending on week 44 with the president-elect. Hosted by Lillian Cunningham, the series features Pulitzer Prize-winning biographers like David McCullough and Washington Post journalists like Bob Woodward. [When you're done, listen to Lillian's other historical podcasts: Constitutional and Moonrise]