James K. Polk was born on November 2, 1795 in Mecklenburg County, NC, and he was the 11th President of the United States. Historically one of our nation's lesser known presidents, Polk did more in one term than many presidents have done in two

Episode 43 - Warren G. Harding

Nov 2nd, 2020 19m 5s

Warren G. Harding was born on November 2, 1865 in Corsica, OH, and he was the 29th President of the United States. The former teacher, insurance salesman, and newspaper man was, arguably, the most corrupt president in American history! Stories

Episode 42 - John Adams

Oct 30th, 2020 20m 36s

John Adams was born on October 30, 1735 in Braintree (now Quincy), MA, and he was the 2nd President of the United States. Feisty and hot-tempered, Adams represented the British soldiers accused of murder in the Boston Massacre. He was a consumm

Episode 41 - Theodore Roosevelt

Oct 27th, 2020 21m 57s

Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858 in New York, NY, and he was the 26th President of the United States. Born a sickly & asthmatic child, Teddy worked his body to become one of the roughest & toughest presidents in our nation's hist

Episode 40 - Dwight D. Eisenhower

Oct 14th, 2020 26m 1s

Dwight D. Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890 in Dennison, TX, and was the 34th President of the United States. "Ike" was a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and rose to the rank of 5-Star General. He was Supreme Allied C

Episode 39 - Chester A. Arthur

Oct 5th, 2020 19m 29s

Chester A. Arthur was born on October 5, 1829 in Fairfield, VT, and he was the 21st President of the United States. Not elected as President, Chester Arthur assumed the presidency upon the death of James A. Garfield. He said, "God knows I do no

Episode 38 - Rutherford B. Hayes

Oct 4th, 2020 20m 39s

Rutherford B. Hayes was born on October 4, 1822 in Delaware, OH, and he was the 19th President of the United States. He was elected in the tumultuous Election of 1876, losing the popular vote & eventually being elected by a committee! He helped

Episode 37 - Jimmy Carter

Oct 1st, 2020 18m 49s

James Earl "Jimmy" Carter was born on October 1, 1924 in Plains, GA, and he was the 39th President of the United States. Carter was a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, and served on a nuclear submarine in the early 1950s. He returned to Plain

Episode 36 - William Howard Taft

Sep 15th, 2020 19m 44s

William Howard Taft was born on September 15, 1857 in Cincinnati, OH, and he was the 27th President of the United States. He was by far the largest POTUS weighing in at 350 lbs! He loved baseball, swimming, and was an excellent student both in

Episode 35 - Lyndon B. Johnson

Aug 27th, 2020 22m 31s

Lyndon Baines Johnson was born on August 27, 1908 in Stonewall, TX, and he was the 36th President of the United States. This long, tall Texan who stood 6'3" started his career as a school teacher before moving into politics. He entered office u

Episode 34 - Benjamin Harrison

Aug 20th, 2020 20m 27s

Benjamin Harrison was born on August 20, 1833 in North Bend, OH, and he was the 23rd President of the United States. The grandson of President William Henry Harrison, Benjamin was fiercely patriotic, the only POTUS from the state of Indiana, lo

Episode 33 - Bill Clinton

Aug 19th, 2020 23m 15s

William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton was born on August 19, 1946 in Hope, AR, and he was the 42nd President of the United States. Born Willam J. Blythe III, his biological father died in a car accident 3 months before he was born. He took his stepf

Episode 32 - Herbert Hoover

Aug 10th, 2020 21m 52s

Herbert Hoover was born on August 10, 1874 in West Branch, IA, and he was the 31st President of the United States. Both of his parents died by the time he was 9 years old, and he grew up with his uncle in Oregon. He was in the first freshman cl

Episode 31 - Barack Obama

Aug 4th, 2020 22m 49s

Barack Obama was born on August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, HI and he was the 44th President of the United States. His biological father was from Kenya, and his step-father was from Indonesia where young Barack lived for a time before returning to Haw

Episode 30 - Gerald R. Ford

Jul 14th, 2020 19m 12s

Gerald R. Ford was born on July 14, 1913 in Omaha, NE, and he was the 38th President of the United States. Born "Leslie King Jr," his mother remarried and "Junie" was adopted by his step father and he took the name Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr when h

Episode 29 - John Quincy Adams

Jul 11th, 2020 2m 12s

John Quincy Adams was born on July 11, 1767 in Braintree, MA, and he was the 6th President of the United States. John Q. and his dad John were the 1st father-son team to serve in the presidency. He defeated Andrew Jackson in the Election of 182

Episode 28 - George W. Bush

Jul 6th, 2020 16m 59s

George W. Bush was born on July 6, 1946 in New Haven, CT, and he was the 43rd President of the United States. He and his father George H.W. Bush are only the 2nd father-son team to serve in the presidency. "Dubya" was Governor of Texas, a succe

Episode 27 - Calvin Coolidge

Jul 4th, 2020 23m 46s

Calvin Coolidge was born on July 4, 1872 in Plymouth Notch, VT, and he was the 30th President of the United States. A man of few words, "Silent Cal" was an accidental president, becoming POTUS upon the death of Warren G. Harding. He invited mem

Episode 26 - Donald Trump

Jun 14th, 2020 15m 6s

Donald Trump was born on June 14, 1946 in New York, NY, and he is the 45th President of the United States. He was the oldest POTUS at inauguration at age 70. Because President Trump has not completed a term, we depart from our normal podcast fo

Episode 25 - George H.W. Bush

Jun 12th, 2020 16m 10s

George Herbert Walker Bush was born on June 12, 1924 in Milton, MA and he was the 41st President of the United States. He was a WW II hero, the youngest Navy pilot who flew 58 combat missions. He survived being shot down, and was rescued by a s

Episode 24 - John F. Kennedy

May 29th, 2020 23m 27s

John F. Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917 in Brookline, MA, and he was the 35th President of the United States. Elected to Congress at the age of 29, and to the U.S. Senate at age 35, "Handsome Jack" Kennedy was the youngest elected president in

Episode 23 - Harry S Truman

May 8th, 2020 26m 54s

"Give 'em hell, Harry!" S Truman was born on May 8, 1884 in Lamar, Missouri. He was the 33rd President of the United States, and was one of our country's "accidental" presidents, taking office upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt after being

Episode 22 - James Monroe

Apr 28th, 2020 23m 2s

James Monroe was born on April 28, 1758 in Westmoreland County, VA, and he was the 5th POTUS. He attended the College of William & Mary, but dropped out and raided the Governor's Palace in Williamsburg, stealing all of the guns & swords and giv

Episode 21 - Ulysses S. Grant

Apr 27th, 2020 18m 39s

Ulysses S. Grant was born on April 27, 1822 in Point Pleasant, OH, and he was the 18th POTUS. This cigar smoking, whiskey drinking, Civil War hero won re-election after his opponent died prior to the electoral college vote. And is it true that

Episode 20 - James Buchanan

Apr 23rd, 2020 16m 47s

James Buchanan was born on April 23, 1791 in Cove Gap, Pennsylvania, and he was the 15th President of the United States. Congressman Henry Clay from Kentucky made fun on Buchanan because his eyes were crossed, and because he was a single man! B