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Presidents Are People Too!

De: Alexis Coe, Elliott Kalan
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  • Resumen

  • Presidents Are People Too! transforms American presidents into real-life people - complete with flaws, quirks, and scandals you won't find in history books. Comedian Elliott Kalan and historian Alexis Coe talk to experts, comedians, journalists, and re-enactors to better understand the leaders memorialized on the Washington Mall, as well as those who you may have forgotten.

    When you add Presidents Are People Too! to your library you will receive all 24 episodes, each with a runtime of approximately 25 minutes.

    ©2016 Audible Originals, LLC (P)2016 Audible Originals, LLC
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Episodios
  • Ep. 24: Franklin Pierce (Presidents Are People Too)
    Oct 25 2017

    Alexis and Elliott delve into the life of a handsome yet disappointing president, number 14, Franklin Pierce. They speak to a presidential grief specialist about how Pierce dealt with a tragic death two months before his inauguration, examine how the Kansas-Nebraska Act—an act that was meant to defuse tension over slavery—ended up blowing up the country, and explore Pierce’s lifelong friendship with the acclaimed novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne.

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    27 mins
  • Ep. 23: Gerald Ford (Presidents Are People Too)
    Oct 25 2017
    Alexis and Elliott get to know the all-American football star who stepped into office after Nixon’s resignation and served less than a full term, president #38 Gerald Ford. They examine his childhood, imagine his life as a pro-football player, explore his controversial decision to pardon Nixon a month after he left office in disgrace, and peek inside the East Wing with Betty Ford’s White House press secretary.
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    28 mins
  • Ep. 22: Chester A. Arthur (Presidents Are People Too)
    Oct 25 2017

    Alexis and Elliott explore the life of our oft-forgotten 21st president, Chester Alan Arthur. Author Esther Crain explains why Arthur was the quintessential Gilded Age New Yorker, Elliott digs into a complicated relationship with NY senator Roscoe Conkling, and Alexis investigates his involvement in a significant civil rights case. Playwright Sean David DeMers meets our hosts at a Brooklyn cemetery, to discuss Arthur’s mysterious correspondence with a New York woman who encouraged him to rise to the challenges of the presidency.

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    28 mins

Resumen del editor

Presidents Are People Too! transforms American presidents into real-life people - complete with flaws, quirks, and scandals you won't find in history books. Comedian Elliott Kalan and historian Alexis Coe talk to experts, comedians, journalists, and re-enactors to better understand the leaders memorialized on the Washington Mall, as well as those who you may have forgotten.

When you add Presidents Are People Too! to your library you will receive all 24 episodes, each with a runtime of approximately 25 minutes.

©2016 Audible Originals, LLC (P)2016 Audible Originals, LLC

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