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BEST OF THE GIST - Presidents Day

BEST OF THE GIST - Presidents Day

FromThe Gist


BEST OF THE GIST - Presidents Day

FromThe Gist

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Length:
34 minutes
Released:
Feb 19, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

We are off on this Holiday, but we wanted to share two interviews from the archive. One is from 2019 with founding CEO of C-SPAN Brian Lamb and Co-CEO Susan Swain are here to discuss their new book The Presidents: Noted Historians Rank America’s Best—and Worst—Chief Executives. Also from 2018 is Kate and J.D. Dobson are out with a book that considers Ulysses S. Grant’s quiet charisma, Franklin Pierce’s youthful charm, and the distinguished eyebrows of a certain Warren G. Harding. The Dobsons are the authors of Hottest Heads of State, Volume 1: The American Presidents.
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Released:
Feb 19, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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Slate's The Gist with Mike Pesca. A daily afternoon show about news, culture, and whatever else you'll be discussing with friends and family tonight.