Dead Presidents Podcast

14/07/2024

A few years ago the Dead Presidents Podcast ranked the Top 5 Failed Assassins in presidential history. Scarily this list will need to be updated.

Four presidents have been successfully gunned down, but many more have survived attempts on their lives by inept would-be assassins. How did the best-laid plans of these desperate nutjobs go so awry? Find out on an episode sure to win Jodie Foster...

02/12/2023

Today is the bicentennial of the Monroe Doctrine! In his December 2, 1823 State of the Union Address, President James Monroe announced what would become a cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy: "The occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers..." Listen to our Top 5 Monroe Doctrine Invocations to learn how the policy has shaped American history for 200 years! https://www.buzzsprout.com/1656475/12327696

01/09/2023

We know the PWF vs. CCW feud has split many American households down the middle, with brothers against cousins and husbands against uncles, but it all comes to a climax in this pay-per-view spectacular, live from Bull Run! https://www.buzzsprout.com/1656475/13479069

30/08/2023

At the PWF vs. CCW pay-per-view spectacular, Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott face self-described wrestling legend Gideon Pillow in a handicap match! https://www.buzzsprout.com/1656475/13479069

28/08/2023

On our latest episode, the Presidential Wrestling Federation's long-running feud with Confederate Championship Wrestling reaches an epic climax in the field at Bull Run, Virginia, featuring a tag team match between Abe Lincoln & Ulysses Grant vs. Jefferson Davis & Robert E. Lee! https://www.buzzsprout.com/1656475/13479069

18/08/2023

The Bushes are both among our more athletic presidents. Which one would you pick first in a game of flag football? Find out who we picked on the latest episode of Presidential War! https://www.buzzsprout.com/1656475/13343487

16/08/2023

On the latest episode of Presidential War, we face the horrifying prospect of either Billy Carter or Malik Obama becoming president of the United States. Listen now! https://www.buzzsprout.com/1656475/13343487

14/08/2023

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. Listen now! https://www.buzzsprout.com/1656475/13343487

04/08/2023

Richard Nixon was a gifted musician and wrote his own music, but his fellow presidential pianist Harry Truman refused to play with him, saying: "The idea of a duet with Nixon is singularly repellant." Learn more our Top 5 Presidential Musicians: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1656475/13315127

02/08/2023

100 YEARS AGO TODAY: On August 2, 1923, Vice President Calvin Coolidge ascended to the presidency when Warren Harding died in office. Celebrate this centennial by listening to our chronicle of Coolidge's life and presidency! https://www.buzzsprout.com/1656475/13019994

02/08/2023

Warren Harding (who died 100 years ago today!) said he "played every instrument but the slide trombone and the E-flat cornet," and John Philip Sousa praised his "musical soul." Listen and find out where Harding landed on our Top 5 Presidential Musicians: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1656475/13315127

02/08/2023

100 YEARS AGO TODAY: On August 2, 1923, President Warren G. Harding died in office. He was still very popular at the time, but his reputation sank into the mud as the scandals of his administration emerged in the ensuing years. Celebrate this centennial by listening to our chronicle of Harding's life and presidency! https://www.buzzsprout.com/1656475/12828664

31/07/2023

Harry Truman had fun tickling the ivories while serenading Lauren Bacall, but the incident got him in trouble at home with Bess Truman, who was not amused! Learn more on our Top 5 Presidential Musicians: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1656475/13315127

21/07/2023

During WW1, Herbert Hoover led humanitarian relief efforts that saved millions from starvation and earned him international acclaim. Learn more on Episode 31! https://www.buzzsprout.com/1656475/13233106

19/07/2023

In 1920, a young FDR wanted to run for vice president on a Hoover-Roosevelt ticket, but by 1932 he was blaming Hoover for all the country's problems. Learn what the hell happened in between on our Herbert Hoover episode! https://www.buzzsprout.com/1656475/13233106

17/07/2023

Episode 31 is proudly sponsored by Radithor, the radioactive water that you can drink to cure arthritis! Click to see all of our Episode 31 sponsors' ads published in newspapers during Herbert Hoover's presidency: http://www.jamesjhamilton.net/2023/07/31-herbert-hoover.html

17/07/2023

In 1927, Will Rogers said: “When a man is sick he calls a doctor, but when the United States of America is sick they call for Herbert Hoover.” But when Hoover entered the White House in 1929, he finally met a crisis he couldn't fix—the Great Depression. Learn more on Episode 31! https://www.buzzsprout.com/1656475/13233106

07/07/2023

Listen to our latest episode to find out what mayhem ensues when TR and Taft defend the PWF Tag Team Championship belts against a challenge by Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford! https://www.buzzsprout.com/1656475/13146274

05/07/2023

At the latest PWF event, the Transcontinental belt is on the line when Franklin Pierce and Ulysses Grant face off in a "Brawl in the Stall" (in a pigpen), but a nearby barrel of moonshine may spell trouble for #1 and #2 from our Top 5 Drunkest Presidents! https://www.buzzsprout.com/1656475/13146274

03/07/2023

In the latest PWF pay-per-view spectacular, the Women's Championship belt is on the line in a no-holds-barred brawl between Eleanor Roosevelt and Bess Truman! Find out who wins on our newest episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1656475/13146274

30/06/2023

Special guest Elliott Burns joins us for the latest Presidential War, in which we discuss whether FDR could possibly be considered a better president than Lincoln! https://www.buzzsprout.com/1656475/13100093

28/06/2023

Special guest Elliott Burns joins us for the latest Presidential War, in which we discuss whether Andy Jackson or Ulysses Grant would win in a fistfight! https://www.buzzsprout.com/1656475/13100093

26/06/2023

Special guest Elliott Burns joins us for the latest Presidential War, in which we decide whether we'd rather have TR or Jimmy Carter dating our daughter! https://www.buzzsprout.com/1656475/13100093

23/06/2023

Eleanor Roosevelt had one of the most unorthodox presidential marriages in American history--and she was perhaps our most transformative and influential First Lady. Learn more on our Top 5 First Ladies! https://www.buzzsprout.com/1656475/13055097

21/06/2023

Few First Ladies were as adored as Jackie Kennedy--and few endured as much hardship and tragedy. Learn more on our Top 5 First Ladies! https://www.buzzsprout.com/1656475/13055097