The Washington Post's Presidential podcast explores how each former American president reached office, made decisions, handled crises and redefined the role of commander-in-chief. It was released leading up to up to Election Day 2016, starting with George Washington in week one and ending on week 44 with the president-elect. New special episodes in the countdown to the 2020 presidential election highlight other stories from U.S. presidential history that can help illuminate our current moment. Hosted by Lillian Cunningham, the series features Pulitzer Prize-winning biographers like David McCullough and Washington Post journalists like Bob Woodward. [When you're done, listen to Lillian's other historical podcasts: Constitutional and Moonrise]

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Title Date published
Richard Nixon: Looking inward 2016-09-11
Lyndon B. Johnson: Power 2016-09-04
John F. Kennedy: We are all mortal 2016-08-28
Dwight D. Eisenhower: Covert action 2016-08-21
Harry S. Truman: Trying to make the right call 2016-08-15
Franklin D. Roosevelt: Through Eleanor's eyes 2016-08-07
Herbert Hoover: Dealing with disaster 2016-07-31
Calvin Coolidge: A tale of two Coolidges 2016-07-25
Warren G. Harding: Love and scandal 2016-07-18
Woodrow Wilson: A complicated legacy 2016-07-11
William Howard Taft: This chief, not that chief 2016-07-03
Theodore Roosevelt: Exuberance 2016-06-26
William McKinley: The modern campaign 2016-06-20
Benjamin Harrison: The president as conservationist 2016-06-12
Grover Cleveland: Tell the truth 2016-06-05
Chester A. Arthur: Redemption 2016-05-29
James A. Garfield: Shot down 2016-05-23
Rutherford B. Hayes: The most contested election 2016-05-15
Ulysses S. Grant: Lover, fighter, writer 2016-05-08
Andrew Johnson: Stitching up a torn country 2016-05-02
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