Love and Presidencies
Greetings, all! I hope the first month of the new year was a good one for you!
Though we did have a bit of a setback at Presidencies HQ this week due to a car wreck (thankfully, everyone is ok), by and large, we saw some positive developments including getting 2024 off to a strong start with new episodes!
Latest Episodes
In case you missed it, three new episodes hit the podcast feed in January.
Madison Presidency Series: 4.28 - Burnt Corn and the Fort
Seat at the Table Series: SATT 026 - George W Campbell
Interview Series: Interview with Laurence Jurdem, The Rough Rider and the Professor
The plan right now is to alternate months with a Seat at the Table coming out followed by a Vice Presidencies episode. Where there’s a two-part episode, I’m aiming to only have a week in between the release of both parts, but one may be at the end of one month then the second one at the beginning of the next month.
At least one Madison presidency episode should come out a month, then there's likely to be a special episode of some sort, whether it’s an interview episode or a special topic.
Speaking of, a new special episode is launching today, so be sure to check your feed wherever you get your podcasts or you can listen to it through the website.
Love and Presidencies
We’ve seen numerous examples of love and affection in our journey through presidential history thus far, and we’ve got another one coming in our next Vice Presidencies episode.
Theodosia Bartow Prevost Burr and her husband, Aaron Burr, by all accounts were deeply in love and had a strong partnership. Be on the lookout for that episode to launch later this month to learn more!
In the meantime, of the Presidents and First Ladies that we’ve discussed to date, it seems like they had strong, affectionate relationships. I’d love to hear from you as to who you think had the best relationship.
In case you need a refresher, check out these episodes on the First Ladies which discuss their respective marriages:
Love of Reading
I don’t know about you, but being inside more in the winter months is a great opportunity for me to catch up on some reading.
In preparation for upcoming episodes of the podcast, I read two books in the last month:
George Clinton: Yeoman Politician of the New Republic by John P Kaminski
This one was a pretty approachable biography of the fourth US vice president, George Clinton of New York. He’s a figure that’s come up quite a bit in the podcast narrative, but I’ll be honest that I didn’t know much about his early life and career prior to reading this book. I finished the read with the notion that someone who served as a general and a governor simultaneously in the American Revolution deserves a bit more attention than he typically gets, so I look forward to recording his Vice Presidencies episode and sharing more about Clinton with all of you.
The Year Without Summer: 1816 and the Volcano That Darkened the World and Changed History by William K Klingaman and Nicholas P Klingaman
As listeners know, my approach to presidential history is that it’s not just about what is actively being done by the President and Cabinet but sometimes the events happening around them that they’re commenting on or are impacted by. As this engaging book highlights, there were few who were not impacted by the eruption of Tambora in the mid 1810s. Very approachable and highly recommended read.
February Birthdays
We have a few folks (including our most recent Seat at the Table subject) that we’ve discussed previously who have birthdays coming up this month.
February 9: George W Campbell (born 1769)
February 22: George Washington (born 1732)
February 23: Henry Dearborn (born 1751)
Naturally, Washington’s is the big one and is the origin of the American holiday that we now know of as Presidents’ Day on the third Monday in February.
(P.S. If you haven’t figured out what you’re going to do in order to celebrate Presidents’ Day this year, there’s still time - there are always lots of episodes of a certain US presidential history podcast that you could listen to…)
And finally…
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Until next time, stay safe and healthy, be kind to one another, and take care, dear friends!