Presidential Chronicles

Episode #375: Lyndon Johnson #3: The Politician Emerges (1937-1948)

Lyndon Johnson #3: The Politician Emerges (1937-1948); Topics covered include: Enters the U.S. House of Representatives, establishes a mentorship relationship with President Franklin Roosevelt, very hard on his staff, womanizing/ affairs, runs for the Senate (1941) and barely loses, charges of campaign malfeasance against Johnson's backers from Brown & Root, start of World War II, activated by the U.S. Naval Reserves, deploys to the South Pacific as an observer on behalf of President Roosevelt, goes on a bombing mission, awarded a Silver Star by General Douglas MacArthur, returns to his seat in Congress, investigation of campaign contributions by Brown & Root, buys radio station KTBC with Lady Bird, birth of two daughters, death of Franklin Roosevelt, and begins to become more conservative in his politics Key people include: Franklin Roosevelt, Tommy Corcoran, Sam Rayburn, George Reedy, Lady Bird Johnson, Alice Glass, Helen Gahagan Douglas, Morris Sheppard, Gerald Mann, Martin Dies, W. Lee ("Pappy") O'Daniel, Douglas MacArthur, Francis Stevens, George Brown, Herman Brown, Lynda Bird Johnson, Lucy Baines Johnson, and Harry Truman For more information on the "Presidential Chronicles" series, please visit https://www.presidentialchronicles.com/

Episode #374: Lyndon Johnson #2: Political Entry Point (1931-1937)

Lyndon Johnson #2: Political Entry Point (1931-1937); Topics covered include: Secretary to Congressman Richard Kleberg, meets and marries Claudia ("Lady Bird") Taylor, serves as the Texas State Director for the National Youth Administration, and wins a seat in Congress through a special election Key people include: Harry Wurzbach, Richard Kleberg, Sam Johnson, Jr., Claudia ("Lady Bird") Taylor, Sam Rayburn, Mamie Kleberg, Eleanor Roosevelt, James (Buck) Buchanan, Alvin Wirtz, and Franklin Roosevelt For more information on the "Presidential Chronicles" series, please visit https://www.presidentialchronicles.com/

Episode #373: Lyndon Johnson #1: Deep in the Heart of Texas (1908-1931)

Lyndon Johnson #1: Deep in the Heart of Texas (1908-1931); Topics covered include: Growing up in the Texas Hill Country, enjoys politics with his father, attends Southwest Texas State Teachers College (San Marcos), teaches 5th-7th graders at Welhausen Elementary School in Cotulla, TX, graduates from college, and teaches at Sam Houston High School (+debate coach) Key people include: Jesse Johnson, San Johnson, Jr., Rebekah Baines, Cecil Evans, and George Johnson For more information on the "Presidential Chronicles" series, please visit https://www.presidentialchronicles.com/

Episode #372: John Kennedy #15: Vietnam, Berlin, and the Kennedy Assassination (1963)

John Kennedy #15: Vietnam, Berlin, and the Kennedy Assassination (1963); Topics covered include: Challenges in Vietnam, assassination of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem, Kennedy's trip to Europe including speeches in Berlin ("Ich bin ein Berliner") and his visit to his ancestral home of Ireland, the birth and death the next day of Kennedy's son Patrick, the beginning of the 1964 reelection campaign, the assassination of Kennedy in Dallas, Texas, the arrest and murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, and the findings of the Warren Commission Key people include: Ngo Dinh Diem, Mike Mansfield, Michael Forrestal, Nikita Khrushchev, Ted Sorensen, Jacqueline Kennedy, Patrick Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, John Kennedy, Jr., Lyndon Johnson, John Connally, Nellie Connally, Walter Cronkite, Lee Harvey Oswald, Jack Ruby, Bobby Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, and Earl Warren For more information on the "Presidential Chronicles" series, please visit https://www.presidentialchronicles.com/

Episode #371: John Kennedy #14: Finding Political Courage (1963)

John Kennedy #14: Finding Political Courage (1963); Topics covered include: Kennedy's call for a large tax cut, civil rights protests in Birmingham, Alabama, and the violent tactics of the authorities, the desegregation of the University of Alabama (against the protests of AL Governor George Wallace), Kennedy's push for major civil rights legislation, Kennedy's "Peace Speech," and the signing of the first nuclear test ban treaty with the Soviet Union Key people include: John Maynard Keynes, Martin Luther King, Jr., Eugene (Bull) Connor, Burke Marshall, George Wallace, Bobby Kennedy, Vivian Malone, James Hood, Nicholas Katzenbach, Lyndon Johnson, Nikita Khrushchev, and Averill Harriman Correction: At 4:12, should be "desegregated" not "segregated." For more information on the "Presidential Chronicles" series, please visit https://www.presidentialchronicles.com/