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]

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BONUS | The presidents who’ve tried to win back the White House 2024-10-23
BONUS | Women, politics and the presidency 2024-09-26
Introducing, "The Sports Moment" 2024-07-25
The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop: ‘Somebody knows’ 2023-11-22
Introducing “The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop” 2023-10-13
Listen to the first episode of “Field Trip”: Yosemite National Park 2023-06-28
Introducing “Field Trip” 2023-06-14
A sneak peek from Lillian 2023-06-06
BONUS | Happy Presidents’ Day! Or … not? 2022-02-21
Joe Biden: Triumph, tragedy and the fate of the center 2020-11-08
BONUS | What books about Trump say about America 2020-10-23
BONUS | Pandemic, propaganda and the presidency 2020-09-24
BONUS | When a VP pick changes history 2020-08-07
BONUS | Binding up the nation's wounds 2020-06-19
LIVE EVENT | 'Unprecedented Presidents' live from WBUR CitySpace 2020-03-06
Donald Trump: Division and union 2016-11-09
Barack Obama: The pursuit of identity 2016-10-30
George W. Bush: Changing course 2016-10-23
Bill Clinton: The good and the bad 2016-10-16
George H. W. Bush: Restraint 2016-10-09
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