With this Whistlestop John Dickerson revisits August 10, 1975 and the candor of Betty Ford.Whistlestop is Slate’s podcast about presidentialcampaign history. Hosted by our political correspondent and PoliticalGabfest panelist JohnDickerson

Goldwater v. Fact Magazine

Sep 7th, 2016 49m 8s

John Dickerson tells the tale of the 1960's battle of Barry Goldwater versus Fact Magazine.Whistlestop is Slate’s podcast about presidentialcampaign history. Hosted by our political correspondent and PoliticalGabfest panelist JohnDickerson,

Stand Up for America

Apr 12th, 2016 46m 45s

In 1968, Alabama governor George Wallace appealed to segregationists and blue collar workers during his presidential bid as a third-party candidate. Love Slate podcasts? Listen longer with Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, ad-free version

The Presidency as a Consumer Experience (Part 2)

Aug 28th, 2019 45m 49s

This episode of Whistlestop travels to October 19, 2016 as Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio, the defeated GOP aspirant for the presidency, is asking his party not to play by the modern rules of politics.Whistlestop is Slate’s podcast abo

The Presidency as a Consumer Experience (Part 1)

Jun 6th, 2019 29m 56s

This episode of Whistlestop travels to October 12, 2012 when Democratic candidate Barack Obama was declared the loser at the first Presidential debate against Mitt Romney and Twitter won.Whistlestop is Slate’s podcast about presidential histor

Avoiding A Great Re-Recession

May 23rd, 2019 44m 6s

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 crisis in the housing market and Treasury Secretary Paulson makes a warning that becomes an unfortunatel

Introducing Charged: A True Punishment Story

Apr 18th, 2019 29m 58s

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 the harsh punishment of illegal gun possession. Along the way, a strange thing happened — the politics out

The Making of the American Presidency (Part 4)

Mar 27th, 2019 1h 1m

This episode of Whistlestop travels to December 23, 1783 when the commander in chief of the Continental Army sat before the president of the Confederation Congress and prepared to step away from the job. Whistlestop is Slate’s podcast about p

The Making of the American Presidency (Part 3)

Mar 13th, 2019 40m 16s

This episode of Whistlestop travels to March 4, 2019 when Senator Rand Paul quoted from Montesquieu on Twitter: “When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty

The Making of the American Presidency (Part 2)

Feb 27th, 2019 36m 52s

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 of the states to keep itself unified but there wasn’t a mandate for new rules to be made either. Whist

The Making of the American Presidency (Part 1)

Feb 14th, 2019 26m 41s

This episode of Whistlestop travels to the spring of 1787 when fifty-five men of property and elite status argued in Philadelphia at the Constitutional Convention for what President John Adams called "the greatest single effort of national del

A ’90s-Style Government Shutdown (Part 2)

Jan 30th, 2019 31m 3s

This episode of Whistlestop travels to November 7, 1995, when a long and uncomfortable plane ride helped fire up Speaker Gingrich to deliver a dramatic set of budget demands that President Bill Clinton did not expect.Whistlestop is Slate's pod

A ‘90’s Style Government Shutdown (Part 1)

Jan 16th, 2019 33m 13s

This episode of Whistlestop travels to April 1995 as President Bill Clinton and Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich battle to define American democracy.Whistlestop is Slate's podcast about presidential history. Hosted by Political Gabfest host

If a Wall Falls

Dec 12th, 2018 47m 32s

This episode of Whistlestop travels back to November 9, 1989, when East and West Berliners took sledgehammers to the Berlin Wall and President H.W. George Bush refrained from making grandiose statements about American-style Democracy.Whistlest

Tip and the Gip Part 2, Social Security

Nov 28th, 2018 49m 38s

This episode of Whistlestop travels back to December 16, 1981 when President Ronald Reagan signs Executive Order 12335, creating the National Commission on Social Security Reform.Whistlestop is Slate's podcast about presidential history. Hoste

Tip and the Gip Part 1

Nov 14th, 2018 48m 40s

This episode of Whistlestop visits 1981 when Republican President Ronald Reagan, after surviving an assassination attempt, received a warm visit from the Democratic Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill. Whistlestop is Slate's podcast about preside

Doing the Midterm Shuffle

Oct 31st, 2018 46m 37s

This episode of Whistlestop visits 1982, 1986, 1994, 2006 and 2010 when former sitting U.S. Presidents all scrambled to respond to displeasing midterm election results. Whistlestop is Slate's podcast about presidential history. Hosted by Poli

Taking Aim at the New Guy

Oct 3rd, 2018 26m 24s

This episode of Whistlestop travels back to October 18, 1938 when former President Hoover picked on the new President with gusto. Many U.S. Presidents to follow were also publicly critical of the new one in office. Whistlestop is Slate's podca

The Nomination of Judge Bork Part 2

Sep 5th, 2018 50m 9s

This episode of Whistlestop travels back to September 15, 1987 and into the Senate Caucus Room where Associate Justice Designee Robert Bork begins his five days of testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.Whistlestop is Slate's podcast

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

Aug 26th, 2018 40m 43s

With John McCain's passing, we are republishing this episode about John McCain's surprise win in the 2000 New Hampshire Republican primary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Bidding of Biden to Boo Bork

Aug 22nd, 2018 40m 37s

This episode of Whistlestop travels back to June 26, 1987, when President Reagan learned that the swing vote Justice on the Supreme Court, Justice Lewis Powell, was going to step down and so a judicial nomination would be due.Whistlestop is Sl

Whistlestop Presents: Slow Burn

Aug 8th, 2018 37m 42s

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 Leon Neyfakh excavates the strange subplots and forgotten characters of recent political history—and find

Kennedy and Communism (Part 3)

Jul 25th, 2018 40m 5s

This episode of Whistlestop travels back to June 1961, in the aftermath of President John F. Kennedy’s meeting Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kennedy and Communism (Part 2)

Jul 11th, 2018 40m 43s

This episode of Whistlestop travels back to June 1961 when President John F. Kennedy sits down with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna.Whistlestop is Slate's podcast about presidential history. Hosted by Political Gabfest host John Dic

Kennedy and Communism (Part 1 of 2)

Jun 27th, 2018 33m 9s

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 summit with a soviet leader.Whistlestop is Slate's podcast about presidential history. Hosted by Politi