Mike Purdy Presidential Friendships: How They Changed History

Published: Jan. 23, 2023, 5:01 a.m.

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\\nJanuary 23, 2023 - How did the relationships of two pairs of U.S. presidents \\u2014 Theodore Roosevelt with William Howard Taft and Franklin Delano Roosevelt with freshman Congressman Lyndon Baines Johnson \\u2014 change the course of history, and the world we live in today?
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\\nIn this episode, presidential historian Mike Purdy brings us Presidential Friendships: How They Changed History. Mike is an opinion contributor to The Hill and founder of PresidentialHistory.com, where you can find his award-winning presidential history blog. He joined us last to chat about his previous book, 101 Presidential Insults: What They Really Thought About Each Other \\u2014 and What It Means to Us.
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\\nVisit Mike @PresidentialHistorian on Instagram, on Twitter @PREShistory or follow his Facebook page Mike Purdy Presidential History.
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\\nThanks to Mike\\u2019s fellow presidential historians who supplied questions for his interview. They are Feather Schwartz Foster, who joined us to discuss Mary Lincoln\\u2019s Flannel Pajamas: And Other Stories from the First Ladies\\u2019 Closet, and David Pietrusza, whose conversations you\\u2019ll find below.
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\\n \\tRoosevelt Sweeps Nation: FDR\\u2019s 1936 Landslide and the Triumph of the Liberal Ideal
\\n \\t1920: The Year of the Six Presidents
\\n \\t1932: The Rise of Hitler and FDR \\u2015 Two Tales of Politics, Betrayal, and Unlikely Destiny
\\n \\tTR\\u2019s Last War: Theodore Roosevelt, the Great War, and a Journey of Triumph and Tragedy
\\n \\tRothstein: The Life, Times, and Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series
\\n \\tToo Long Ago: A Childhood Memory. A Vanished World'