The Washington Post's Presidential podcast explores how each former American president reached office, made decisions, handled crises and redefined the role of commander-in-chief. It was released leading up to up to Election Day 2016, starting with George Washington in week one and ending on week 44 with the president-elect. New special episodes in the countdown to the 2020 presidential election highlight other stories from U.S. presidential history that can help illuminate our current moment. Hosted by Lillian Cunningham, the series features Pulitzer Prize-winning biographers like David McCullough and Washington Post journalists like Bob Woodward. [When you're done, listen to Lillian's other historical podcasts: Constitutional and Moonrise]
| Title | Date published | ||
| Ronald Reagan: Myths and truths | 2016-10-02 | ||
| Jimmy Carter: Keeping the faith | 2016-09-25 | ||
| Gerald Ford: It's personal | 2016-09-18 | ||
| Richard Nixon: Looking inward | 2016-09-11 | ||
| Lyndon B. Johnson: Power | 2016-09-04 | ||
| John F. Kennedy: We are all mortal | 2016-08-28 | ||
| Dwight D. Eisenhower: Covert action | 2016-08-21 | ||
| Harry S. Truman: Trying to make the right call | 2016-08-15 | ||
| Franklin D. Roosevelt: Through Eleanor's eyes | 2016-08-07 | ||
| Herbert Hoover: Dealing with disaster | 2016-07-31 | ||
| Calvin Coolidge: A tale of two Coolidges | 2016-07-25 | ||
| Warren G. Harding: Love and scandal | 2016-07-18 | ||
| Woodrow Wilson: A complicated legacy | 2016-07-11 | ||
| William Howard Taft: This chief, not that chief | 2016-07-03 | ||
| Theodore Roosevelt: Exuberance | 2016-06-26 | ||
| William McKinley: The modern campaign | 2016-06-20 | ||
| Benjamin Harrison: The president as conservationist | 2016-06-12 | ||
| Grover Cleveland: Tell the truth | 2016-06-05 | ||
| Chester A. Arthur: Redemption | 2016-05-29 | ||
| James A. Garfield: Shot down | 2016-05-23 |