“If you knew of a great scandal in our administration, would you for the good of the country and the party expose it publicly or would you bury it?”
This is the story of a brilliant man’s presidency and the greatest presidential scandal to precede Watergate. This is the story of Warren G. Harding and the Teapot Dome Scandal.
Growing up in Ohio, Warren–or little “Winnie,” as his mom calls him–shows his brilliance from day one. The smart, charismatic, and handsome boy grows up to become a newspaperman and falls in love with politics while reporting. He soon becomes a rising star, holding Ohio then national offices. Taking the reins of government after World War I, the Republican hopes to return the post-war, economically downtrodden, and fearful nation to “normalcy.”
But can he return the nation to “normalcy” while his friends in the “Ohio Gang” are making shady deals? And what does Warren know of these deals? Is he naive? Or is the several-times adulterous president, who copes with the stress of office through drink and gambling, in on it? That’s the question we’ll ask ourselves as we follow his less-than-a-full-term presidency.
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79: The Indian Wars (Part 3): Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce & Standing Bear’s Fight for Civil Rights
78: The Indian Wars (Part 2): The Battle of the Little Bighorn (the Greasy Grass)
77: The Indian Wars (Part 1): The U.S.-Dakota War
76: Reconstruction (Part 4): The Battle of Liberty Place and the Mississippi Plan
75: Reconstruction (Part 3): The Rise of the KKK and the First Black Men in Government
74: Reconstruction (Part 2): The Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant
73: Reconstruction (Part 1): The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
72: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
71: Revisiting the Hamilton/Burr Duel: An Affair of Honor
70: Epilogue: The Civil War Comes to a Close
69: Surrender at Appomattox: The Last Days of the Civil War
68: Sherman's March to the Sea and the Thirteenth Amendment
67: Ending 1864: The Battles of the Crater, Mobile Bay, Centralia, and Franklin
66: The Election of 1864: Lincoln's Bid for Reelection
65: Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign & The Free State of Jones
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64: Grant's Overland Campaign: The Battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, & Petersburg
Bonus: A Chat about Southern Accents w/ Jeremy Collins from "Podcasts We Listen To"
63: Wounded and Dying: Nurses, Doctors, and Disease in the Civil War
62: The War in Tennessee: Chickamauga and Chattanooga
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