I have written a chapter and President Martin Van Buren for Iain Dale's book The Presidents, this episode is my interview with Iain talking about Van Buren and a reading from the chapter. The Presidents: 250 Years of American Political Leadership Book by Iain Dale https://www.amazon.co.uk/Presidents-Years-American-Political-Leadership/dp/1529379520/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The 1960 United States presidential election was the 44th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 8, 1960. In a closely contested election, Democratic United States Senator John F. Kennedy defeated incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon, the Republican Party nominee.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Newly sworn-in presidents usually give a speech referred to as an inaugural address. As with many inaugural customs, this one was started by George Washington in 1789. After taking his oath of office on the balcony of Federal Hall, he proceeded to the Senate chamber where he read a speech before members of Congress and other dignitaries. Every president since Washington has delivered an inaugural address. While many of the early presidents read their addresses before taking the oath, current...

Sean Overton Brady on our Facebook group asked what would have happened if Monroe was captured by Barbary pirates on his way to his diplomatic posting in Paris? Our friends at the Twilight Histories tell us...   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Last month listener Laura Jackson on our Facebook group asked the Twilight Histories if they would create an alternative history where The US didn’t purchase Alaska, today we release another excellent guest show from a listener suggestion.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Our friends from the Twilight History podcast give us an alternative look on how things could've been if America had taken all of Mexico after the Mexican - American War. Thank you to Bryan Smith for the inspiration.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and became a highly influential voice of modern conservatism. Prior to his presidency, he was a Hollywood actor and union leader before serving as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 to 1975.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Fault Line: Bush, Blair and Iraq - premieres on September 29th on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A tatseer of the forth coming Reagan episode and Roifield talks to Corey Brettschneider on President Trump breaking the norms of office. This epsiode also features into about the Intelligent Speech online conference. - Intelligent Speech 2020 is an online conference that brings together the best educational podcasters and their listeners,  - Intelligent Speech 2020 is taking place at intelligentspeechconference.com on June 27 from 10 am to 6 pm Eastern time - There will be approximately 40...

Trailer for the forthcoming episode on the 40th president Ronald Reagan For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

How emotions drive presidents, Roifield talks to Dan Hill on identifying emotional patterns that help to understand three key things about U.S. presidents. Dan Hill, Ph.D., is an internationally recognised expert on the role of emotions in business, politics, sports, and popular culture, and has given keynote speeches in over 20 countries. He's the founder and president of Sensory Logic, Inc., which pioneered the use of facial coding to scientifically capture and quantify emotions in...

Impeachment is the process by which a legislative body levels charges against a government official. Impeachment does not in itself remove the official definitively from office; it is similar to an indictment in criminal law, and thus it is essentially the statement of charges against the official. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Article One of the United States Constitution gives the House of Representatives the sole power of impeachment and the Senate the sole power to try impeachments of officers of the U.S. federal government. (Various state constitutions include similar measures, allowing the state legislature to impeach the governor or other officials of the state government.) In the United States, impeachment is only the first of two stages, and conviction during the second stage requires "the concurrence of...

Roifield speaks to tech entrepreneur Misha Leybovich about this theory of the 40 year pattern in American politics and what it tells us about 2020 and 2060. https://medium.com/@mishaley/how-history-predicts-the-2020-election-and-the-next-40-years-1904e6ac19bd For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th president of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. This episode covers his early life in Springfield. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Saturday, June 29th 11 am – 7 pm The Centre for Social Innovation, New York https://www.intelligentspeechconference.com/shop/ Podcasts entertain and inform millions of people every day. Coming through our headphones, podcasters are like friends joining us as we go about our daily routines and sometimes they’re even the last voice we hear at night as we put head to pillow. For years podcasts have been DIY labors of love but as the industry becomes increasingly dominated by celebrity...