Dead Presidents Podcast
HumorHistoriePresidential history buffs James J. Hamilton and Stephen Lincoln-Douglas take you on an epic journey through the lives of our nation's chief executives.
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- 32 Franklin D. Roosevelt (04:19:13)
Franklin D. Roosevelt was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and, after his fifth cousin became president, his famous last name opened the door to a political career. FDR's life became difficult when he was stricken with polio at age 39, and he developed a fierce determination to succeed in the face of any obstacle. As the Great Depression deepened, he rose from New York's governor to president of the United States. During his historic presidency, FDR enacted an aggressive series of reform...
- PWF #15 - PWF vs. CCW (01:04:15)
Live from the field at Bull Run, Virginia, the Presidential Wrestling Federation's long-running feud with Confederate Championship Wrestling reaches an epic climax! Featuring: Four-man elimination tag team match: Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Benjamin Harrison & William McKinley vs. John Tyler, Nathan Bedford Forrest, J.E.B. Stuart & John Mosby Handicap match: Zachary Taylor & Winfield Scott vs. Gideon Pillow Main event: Abraham Lincoln & Ulysses Grant vs. Jeffers...
- Presidential War #26 - In the Palm of Lincoln's Rough-Hewn Rail-Splitting Hand (01:07:01)
On this installment of Presidential War, we discuss whether there's any president we'd rather have defending us against murder charges than renowned prairie lawyer Abraham Lincoln. Also: we decide which of the two Bushes gets picked first in flag football, we consider one category in which the lowly James Buchanan trounces Theodore Roosevelt, and we face the horrifying prospect of either Billy Carter or Malik Obama becoming president of the United States. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, ...
- Top 5 Presidential Musicians (00:19:06)
Many presidents have been musically-inclined and some even considered it a possible career path. On this episode we rock out to the Top 5 Presidential Musicians!Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at deadpresidentspodcast@gmail.com Please rate & review, subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!
- 31 Herbert Hoover (01:54:53)
Herbert Hoover was orphaned as a child, but his tireless work ethic and masterful administrative talents brought him success as a mining engineer, a career in which he crisscrossed the globe and became a millionaire in the process. During the First World War, he led a massive effort to relieve the suffering population of occupied Belgium, earning international acclaim and putting his name under consideration for the presidency. During eight years as Commerce Secretary in the Harding and Cooli...
- PWF #14 - At Your Home (01:00:31)
Live from a privately-owned farm in South Carolina, PWF's At Your Home pay-per-view has all the belts on the line! PWF Women's Championship: Eleanor Roosevelt vs. Bess TrumanTag Team Championship: TR & Taft vs. Gerald Ford & Ronald ReaganTranscontinental Championship: Franklin Pierce vs. Ulysses S. Grant ("Brawl in the Stall" match in a pigpen)PWF Championship: FDR vs. Dwight Eisenhower (strap match) Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at deadpresidentspodcast...
- Presidential War #25 - Other Things You Can Do With Cigars (with Elliott Burns) (01:16:14)
Special guest (and returning champion) Elliott Burns joins us for another exciting installment of Presidential War and attempts to extend the undefeated streak of guests prevailing over the podcast co-hosts. Discussion topics include: who would win in a fistfight between Andrew Jackson and Ulysses Grant, would we rather have TR or Jimmy Carter dating our daughter, and whether FDR could ever be considered a better president than Lincoln. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email u...
- Top 5 First Ladies (00:50:24)
We count down the Top 5 First Ladies in American history!Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at deadpresidentspodcast@gmail.com Please rate & review, subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!
- 30 Calvin Coolidge (02:28:35)
Calvin Coolidge's hardscrabble Vermont farm upbringing imbued him with the old-school New England values of hard work and thriftiness, which served him well as he embarked on a career as a lawyer in Massachusetts and began a steady climb of local and state political offices. As governor, his firm and unflinching response to the 1919 Boston police strike garnered him national headlines and inspired some enthusiastic delegates at the 1920 Republican National Convention to buck the party bosses ...
- PWF #13 - Underground (00:45:39)
The Presidential Wrestling Federation is live from the basement of a bar in an undisclosed location with another electrifying slate of matches: Ronald Reagan & Gerald Ford vs. Rutherford B. Hayes & Benjamin Harrison (winners get a shot at the Tag Team Championship)Millard Fillmore vs. Chester Arthur (bareknuckle boxing grudge match--must win by knockout)8-Man Battle Royal for the vacant Transcontinental Championship: Thomas Jefferson vs. Andrew Jackson vs. Franklin Pierce vs. Ulysses ...
- Presidential War #24 - Suckling at the Presidential Teat (01:22:07)
This Presidential War episode settles the burning question that is on everyone's mind—who would have made a better president: George Washington's brother Lawrence Washington or James A. Garfield's son James R. Garfield? We also discuss Dolley Madison's accomplishments, Frances Cleveland's good looks, and how Abraham Lincoln might have fared if he had served as Attorney General. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at deadpresidentspodcast@gmail.com Please rate & review...
- Top 5 Presidential Golfers (00:25:31)
Golf is the unofficial presidential pastime and some presidential practitioners have been particularly passionate about hitting the links. Some have even been good at it, and we count down the best on this Top 5. (Fore!)Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at deadpresidentspodcast@gmail.com Please rate & review, subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!
- 29 Warren G. Harding (02:30:11)
From publisher of the Marion Star newspaper to U.S. Senator from Ohio, Warren G. Harding's meteoric rise culminated in 1920 when he became the compromise candidate of a deadlocked Republican convention and trounced his Democratic opponent with a campaign promising a "Return to Normalcy." He inherited a terrible economy, high taxes, exploding debt, and a nation still wracked with tension from the First World War and subsequent Red Scare. When Harding's health gave out and he died after just tw...
- PWF #12 - After School Special (01:07:45)
The PWF has fallen on hard times and its latest event is being held in a high school gymnasium, but the quality of the presidential wrestling action on display is as high as ever in this slate of electrifying matches: Fathers vs. Sons Match: John Adams & George H.W. Bush vs. John Quincy Adams & George W. BushTag Team Championship Match: James Madison & James Monroe vs. Theodore Roosevelt & William Howard TaftTranscontinental Championship Match: Barack Obama vs. Richard NixonPW...
- Presidential War #23 - Eviscerated by Cholera (01:08:50)
This game of Presidential War comes down to the wire! The scintillating discussion topics include: Would we rather have William McKinley or George H.W. Bush dating our daughter? Would we rather have John Adams or Andrew Jackson defending us against murder charges? And an epic clash of titans: Would George Washington or Abraham Lincoln make the better Secretary of State? Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at deadpresidentspodcast@gmail.com Please rate & review, subscr...
- Top 5 Troubled Presidential Sons (00:20:00)
While some presidents' sons have achieved great things (two even becoming president themselves), others have lived tragic lives characterized by depression, scandal, substance abuse, and early death.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at deadpresidentspodcast@gmail.com Please rate & review, subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!
- 28 Woodrow Wilson (03:13:03)
Born to Scots-Irish immigrants and raised in the Confederate South, Woodrow Wilson came into his own as a student at Princeton University. Armed with a Ph.D, he launched his career a historian and professor of political science and soon returned to Princeton, where he quickly became its most popular lecturer and was eventually named its president. His ambitious tenure garnered him national attention, and some Democratic party kingmakers saw him as an attractive candidate for national politica...
- PWF #11 - War at the Shore (01:18:50)
War at the Shore features a card full of electrifying matches, including a main event in which the PWF is challenged by an unholy alliance between the CCW and the TWO: John Adams vs. John Quincy AdamsTheodore Roosevelt & William McKinley vs. William Howard Taft & Warren HardingWoodrow Wilson vs. Barack Obama (Transcontinental Title Match)George Washington, Thomas Jefferson & Abraham Lincoln vs. Donald Trump, Jefferson Davis & a mystery Third Man Follow us on Facebook, Twi...
- Presidential War #22 - All The Peanuts You Can Eat (01:01:39)
On this episode, we discuss whether we'd rather have Jimmy Carter or Andrew Jackson dating our daughter, whether Woodrow Wilson or Millard Fillmore would make the better Supreme Court Justice, whether George Washington stands a snowball's chance in hell against George W. Bush in the category of Biggest Partier, and much more!Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at deadpresidentspodcast@gmail.com Please rate & review, subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!
- Top 5 Crazy Succession Scenarios That Almost Happened (00:59:03)
The U.S. has never been forced to call upon presidential line of succession beyond the vice president, but it has been close many times. This episode delves into some of the craziest near-miss scenarios and considers some the wildest What Ifs in American history. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at deadpresidentspodcast@gmail.com Please rate & review, subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!
- 27 William Howard Taft (02:56:12)
William Howard Taft is perhaps best known as the fattest president who allegedly got stuck in a bathtub, but this episode will show that he was much, much more than that. Taft followed in his eminent father's footsteps to become a Yale graduate, lawyer, and judge. His highest ambition was to join the U.S. Supreme Court, and President McKinley promised to appoint him--if he first agreed to serve as civil governor of the Philippines. After his friend Theodore Roosevelt became president upon McK...
- PWF #10 - Reconstruction (01:16:36)
Anything can happen in the Presidential Wrestling Federation--especially when all of the belts are on the line! The Reconstruction pay-per-view has an electrifying card of intense title matches: Tag Team Championships: James Madison & James Monroe v. John Adams & John Quincy AdamsWomen's Championship: Eleanor Roosevelt v. Michelle ObamaTranscontinental Championship: Woodrow Wilson v. Barack ObamaPWF Championship: George Washington v. FDR Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instag...
- Presidential War #21 - George W. Bush Are Learning (01:21:34)
Presidential War enters Season 3 with the addition of exciting new categories! When it comes to the nation's premier presidential educational card game, no one ever needs to ask: "is our children learning?" They certainly is. On this episode, we leave no child behind.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at deadpresidentspodcast@gmail.com Please rate & review, subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!
- Top 5 Monroe Doctrine Invocations (00:37:54)
2023 is the bicentennial of the Monroe Doctrine, announced by President James Monroe in his 1823 State of the Union address. To celebrate, we've put together a Top 5 that functions as a comprehensive history of this cornerstone of American foreign policy. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at deadpresidentspodcast@gmail.com Please rate & review, subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!
- 26 Theodore Roosevelt (04:47:23)
In one of American history’s most epic life stories, Theodore Roosevelt began as a sickly child debilitated by asthma and went on to become a Harvard graduate, author, historian, NY state legislator, cattle rancher, big game hunter, conservationist, Civil Service Commissioner, NYC Police Commissioner, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Spanish-American War hero, NY Governor, and Vice President. When McKinley’s assassination unexpectedly made him the youngest president in American history, his u...