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The Presidency as a Consumer Experience (Part 2) | The 21st Century

This episode of Whistlestop travels to October 19, 2016 as Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio, the defeated GOP aspirant for the preside...

4:11Aug 28, 2019

The Presidency as a Consumer Experience (Part 1) | The 21st Century

This episode of Whistlestop travels to October 12, 2012 when Democratic candidate Barack Obama was declared the loser at the first President...

27:26Jun 6, 2019

Avoiding A Great Re-Recession | The 21st Century

This episode of Whistlestop travels to March 12, 2008 as President George W. Bush goes over the text of his speech to address the financial...

3:26May 23, 2019

Introducing Charged: A True Punishment Story

For two and a half years, Emily Bazelon has been following people through a special court in New York designed to be a speedy machine for th...

27:58Apr 18, 2019

The Making of the American Presidency (Part 4) | The Presidency

This episode of Whistlestop travels to December 23, 1783 when the commander in chief of the Continental Army sat before the president of the...

2:36Mar 27, 2019

The Making of the American Presidency (Part 3) | The Presidency

This episode of Whistlestop travels to March 4, 2019 when Senator Rand Paul quoted from Montesquieu on Twitter: “When the legislative and ex...

3:37Mar 13, 2019

The Making of the American Presidency (Part 2) | The Presidency

This episode of Whistlestop travels to June 1st, 1787 when America’s founders faced a challenge: the nation couldn’t depend on the good will...

2:22Feb 27, 2019

The Making of the American Presidency (Part 1) | The Presidency

This episode of Whistlestop travels to the spring of 1787 when fifty-five men of property and elite status argued in Philadelphia at the Con...

24:11Feb 14, 2019

A ’90s-Style Government Shutdown (Part 2) | The Clinton Era

This episode of Whistlestop travels to November 7, 1995, when a long and uncomfortable plane ride helped fire up Speaker Gingrich to deliver...

2:00Jan 30, 2019

A ‘90s Style Government Shutdown (Part 1) | The Clinton Era

This episode of Whistlestop travels to April 1995 as President Bill Clinton and Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich battle to define American...

30:43Jan 16, 2019

If a Wall Falls | The 20th Century

This episode of Whistlestop travels back to November 9, 1989, when East and West Berliners took sledgehammers to the Berlin Wall and Preside...

1:52Dec 12, 2018

Tip and the Gip Part 2, Social Security | The Reagan Era

This episode of Whistlestop travels back to December 16, 1981 when President Ronald Reagan signs Executive Order 12335, creating the Nationa...

2:14Nov 28, 2018

Tip and the Gip Part 1 | The Reagan Era

This episode of Whistlestop visits 1981 when Republican President Ronald Reagan, after surviving an assassination attempt, received a warm v...

46:10Nov 14, 2018

Doing the Midterm Shuffle | The Presidency

This episode of Whistlestop visits 1982, 1986, 1994, 2006 and 2010 when former sitting U.S. Presidents all scrambled to respond to displeasi...

1:35Oct 31, 2018

Taking Aim at the New Guy | The Presidency

This episode of Whistlestop travels back to October 18, 1938 when former President Hoover picked on the new President with gusto. Many U.S....

3:01Oct 3, 2018

The Nomination of Judge Bork (Part 2) | The Reagan Era

This episode of Whistlestop travels back to September 15, 1987 and into the Senate Caucus Room where Associate Justice Designee Robert Bork...

1:58Sep 5, 2018

Special Re-Air: John McCain's Surprise 2000 Primary Win in New Hampshire

With John McCain's passing, we are republishing this episode about John McCain's surprise win in the 2000 New Hampshire Republican primary....

40:43Aug 26, 2018

The Bidding of Biden to Boo Bork | The Reagan Era

This episode of Whistlestop travels back to June 26, 1987, when President Reagan learned that the swing vote Justice on the Supreme Court, J...

38:07Aug 22, 2018

Whistlestop Presents: Slow Burn

With John Dickerson out on vacation, we're here to bring you something special: Slow Burn. In each episode of this hit Slate podcast, host L...

37:42Aug 8, 2018

Kennedy and Communism (Part 3) | The Kennedy Era

This episode of Whistlestop travels back to June 1961, in the aftermath of President John F. Kennedy’s meeting Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushc...

2:58Jul 25, 2018

Kennedy and Communism (Part 2) | The Kennedy Era

This episode of Whistlestop travels back to June 1961 when President John F. Kennedy sits down with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in Vien...

3:34Jul 11, 2018

Kennedy and Communism (Part 1 of 3) | The Kennedy Era

This episode of Whistlestop travels back to June 3, 1961 as President John F. Kennedy prepared to hobble on stage for his first high-stakes...

30:39Jun 27, 2018

Nixon Goes to China (Part 3 of 3) | The Nixon Era

This episode of Whistlestop travels back to February 1972, when President Nixon abandoned a much-needed shower in order to rush off and meet...

2:14Jun 13, 2018

Nixon Goes to China (Part 2 of 3) | The Nixon Era

This episode of Whistlestop travels back to July 10, 1971 when Henry Kissinger is reported to have had a terrible stomach ache while abroad...

4:23May 30, 2018

Nixon Goes to China (Part 1) | The Nixon Era

This episode of Whistlestop travels back to February 21, 1972 when President Nixon, a staunch anti-communist, begins the thawing of relation...

31:04May 23, 2018

Roosevelt v. The Gorgon | The Oval Office

This episode of Whistlestop travels back to Feb 22, 1902, as Theodore Roosevelt prepares to receive the unhappy company of angry executives...

1:59May 2, 2018

The Lighthearted Leanings of Leadership | The 21st Century

This episode of Whistlestop travels back to April 30, 2011 when President Obama stepped up to the podium at the White House Correspondents'...

1:43Apr 19, 2018

Four Score and Seven Years of Presidential Golfing | The Presidency

This episode of Whistlestop travels back to April 13, 1953 when Washington DC’s baseball team, the Senators, hoped the nation’s new Presiden...

2:22Apr 4, 2018

Griever-in-Chief and Guardian of Common Ground | The Clinton Era

This episode of Whistlestop travels back to April 19, 1995 when the Oklahoma City Bombing shocked the nation and the President stepped up to...

2:57Mar 7, 2018

Retiring for Peace | The '60s

When President Johnson delivered his State of the Union speech on January 17, 1968 he surprised those closest to him when he didn’t step dow...

2:48Feb 21, 2018

Carter Withdraws From U.S. Olympics | The 20th Century

America boycotted the Moscow Summer Olympics in 1980 in response to the Russian occupation of Afghanistan. Here on the eve of the next winte...

2:04Feb 8, 2018

The 25th Amendment | The 19th Century

This episode of Whistlestop travels back to April 4, 1841, the death of president William Henry Harrison, and a flaw in the Constitution tha...

2:22Jan 24, 2018

Slow Burn: A Podcast About Watergate

Whistlestop presents a preview of Slow Burn, an eight-episode miniseries about Watergate. People called her crazy, and to be fair she must h...

24:44Dec 27, 2017

Special Re-Broadcast of The Entanglements of the Mega Rich: Vice President Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller

Host John Dickerson visits January 11, 2017 and also the campaign of Gerald R. Ford and Nelson Rockefeller. With it came along concerns of e...

29:55Dec 27, 2017

The Air Traffic Take Down | The Reagan Era

This episode of Whistlestop travels back to August 3, 1981 when 12,000 air traffic controllers walked off their jobs. Whistlestop is Slate ’...

2:09Dec 13, 2017

The Partial Truths of the Presidency | The Presidency

Presidents FDR, Bush, Obama and others delivered partial truths to the American people. Were they good leaders? Whistlestop is Slate ’s podc...

2:40Nov 29, 2017

Harry S. Truman's Battles with the Bosses (An Encore Presentation)

Whistlestop is Slate ’s podcast about presidential campaign history. Hosted by our political correspondent and Political Gabfest panelist Jo...

44:26Nov 15, 2017

FDR's Purge | The Oval Office

This episode of Whistlestop travels back to June 24, 1938, to a fireside chat with President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, as he prepared to at...

2:34Nov 1, 2017

At the Heart of the President's Heart | The Presidency

Whistlestop is Slate' s podcast about presidential history. Hosted by political correspondent and Political Gabfest panelist John Dickerson...

33:37Oct 18, 2017

Responder in Chief | The '60s

Whistlestop is Slate' s podcast about presidential history. Hosted by political correspondent and Political Gabfest panelist John Dickerson...

2:02Oct 4, 2017

A High Point in Bipartisan Deal-Making | The 20th Century

Whistlestop is Slate' s podcast about presidential history. Hosted by political correspondent and Political Gabfest panelist John Dickerson...

2:55Sep 20, 2017

Riding the Oratory Train | The Oval Office

This episode of Whistlestop revisits September 25, 1919 and the collapse of grand speeches for peace delivered by President Wilson. Whistles...

42:16Aug 10, 2017

Loyalty Tests and The Bridge of Death | The Oval Office

This episode of Whistlestop revisits July 1979 when President Carter prepared to cut a number of his cabinet members free and start afresh....

2:23Jul 26, 2017

Foreign Collusion and the Dragon Lady | The Nixon Era

Whistlestop is Slate ' s podcast about presidential history. Hosted by John Dickerson , each installment revisits a memorable (or even a for...

36:58Jul 12, 2017

Lady Lincoln and the Leak | The 19th Century

This episode of Whistlestop revisits an era of mischievous accounting by first lady Mary Todd Lincoln and the work of a leaker who helped di...

2:56Jun 28, 2017

A Powerful Pardon | The Nixon Era

This episode of Whistlestop revisits Sunday September 8, 1974 when President Ford announced his pardon of Richard Nixon. Whistlestop is Slat...

2:16Jun 14, 2017

Oliver North Master Crafter of the Political Lie | The Reagan Era

This episode of Whistlestop travels back to October 5, 1986 when an American plane went down as it was carrying arms to "Contra" guerrillas...

3:33Jun 1, 2017

Recording from the Oval | The Nixon Era

This episode of Whistlestop travels back to February 1971 when President Nixon asks his Chief of Staff if they can record conversations in t...

2:38May 17, 2017

A Recipe for a Presidential Speech | The Kennedy Era

This episode of Whistlestop travels to June 11, 1962 when President Kennedy receives an honorary degree from Yale University and delivers th...

2:08Apr 19, 2017

The Fire of Agnew | The Nixon Era

This episode of Whistlestop revisits October 15, 1969 and the divisive words of then Vice President Spiro Agnew. Whistlestop is Slate' s pod...

49:38Apr 5, 2017