15.2 James Buchanan
Episode Date: May 11, 2019Often ranked among the worst of presidents and one of the people who helped bring on the civil war - find out just why this is as Rob explains it to...
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113 episodes transcribedOften ranked among the worst of presidents and one of the people who helped bring on the civil war - find out just why this is as Rob explains it to...
James Buchanan has not gone down too well in history. His name is synonymous with the onset of the civil war. But was he really that bad? Well... qui...
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This week we visit the sleepy village of Kinderhook and see what is going on there. What’s this? A tavern with an ambitious, well dressed boy tending...
Surprise episode! Every handful of episodes, we are going to check in with some genuine Americans and see if they agree (roughly) with our scores. Fi...
After New Orleans, Jackson finds himself one of the most popular men in the country. He has a head full of idea as to how the country should be run,...
We now arrive at one of the more controversial presidents in US history: Jackson has a bit of a, shall we say, reputation. In this episode we explor...