Historian David Pietrusza, author of 1920: The Year of Six Presidents, joins the Remnant for part one of an epic tour through 20th century American history. This first episode focuses on the six(!?) presidents of 1920, and on related contemporary national and international history. All the while, a sinister figure lurks in the background, to be explored at greater depth in part two…
Shownotes
- “Cheney” vs. “Cheney”
- 1920: The Year of Six Presidents by David Pietrusza
- Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg
- Judge and Jury: The Life and Times of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis by David Pietrusza
- Rothstein: The Life, Times and Murder of the Criminal Genius who Fixed the 1919 World Series by David Pietrusza
- The Age of Reform by Richard Hofstadter
- “Onward Christian Soldiers” anthem
- FDR’s D-Day prayer
- 1932: The Rise of Hitler and FDR―Two Tales of Politics, Betrayal, and Unlikely Destiny
- Rendezvous with Destiny: A History of Modern American Reform: A History of Modern American Reform
- William Jennings Bryan and the Scopes Trial
- “As Maine goes, so goes Vermont”
- Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act
- Washington’s Farewell Address
- Irving Kristol on NATO
- Calvin Coolidge and the Boston Police Strike
- The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson by Herbert Hoover
- FDR’s Bank Holiday
- JFK speech on experts
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