Presidents Podcasts
During 2008, historians and political experts will share their thoughts on today's election issues — and compare them to those of the past.
Listen to these Presidents Podcasts directly from this page.
You can also subscribe to the American Experience podcast feed to automatically receive them — and other American Experience podcasts.
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Episodes
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The Presidents: The Democratic Party and Expanding Opportunity (13:15)
Harvard University sociologist Orlando Patterson places Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign in the context of Democratic Party history.
Listen Now (mp3 file, 12.2 MB)
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The Presidents: American Conservativism (11:50)
Historian Dan Carter places John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign in the context of the American conservative movement.
Listen Now (mp3 file, 10.9 MB)
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The Presidents: The Economy (10:12)
MIT historian Meg Jacobs examines the impact of economic issues during election years.
Listen Now (mp3 file, 9.4 MB)
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The Presidents: First Ladies (8:57)
John Jay College historian Blanche Wiesen Cook looks back at Eleanor Roosevelt and discusses the role of the First Lady.
Listen Now (mp3 file, 8.2 MB)
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The Presidents: Foreign Policy Leadership (14:57)
International relations professor Ernest May from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and history professor Kristin Hoganson from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign describe foreign policy, presidential leadership, and elections.
Listen Now (mp3 file, 13.7 MB)
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The Presidents: Critical Elections (8:11)
Georgetown University historian Michael Kazin looks back at the 1968 presidential campaign and discusses the theory of "critical elections."
Listen Now (mp3 file, 7.5 MB)
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The Presidents: Campaigning and the Primary System (20:11)
Boston University historian Bruce Schulman, author of The Seventies: The Great Shift in American Culture, Society, and Politics, looks back at the 1976 presidential campaign and finds parallels to the 2008 campaign.
Listen Now (mp3 file, 18.5 MB)
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How do I subscribe to the Presidents Podcasts?
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