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In this exciting new iteration of Presidential War, we step into the presidential shoes and choose the appointees of our own administration from an incredible talent pool: all of the former presidents! We contemplate the prospects of Abe Lincoln as Attorney General, James Madison as Chief Justice of Supreme Court, Richard Nixon as CIA Director, and much more!  Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at [email protected]  Please rate & review,  subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!

More than a few ex-presidents have taken their shot at winning another, non-consecutive term in the White House, and a couple have even succeeded in the attempt. In this episode we recount the Top 5 Non-Consecutive Term Campaigns! Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at [email protected]  Please rate & review,  subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!

Franklin D. Roosevelt was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and, after his fifth cousin became president, his famous last name opened the door to a political career. FDR's life became difficult when he was stricken with polio at age 39, and he developed a fierce determination to succeed in the face of any obstacle. As the Great Depression deepened, he rose from New York's governor to president of the United States. During his historic presidency, FDR enacted an aggressive series of reforms that transformed and expanded the role of government. When the Second World War erupted, he bucked the two-term tradition and guided America and its Allies on the path to victory.        Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at [email protected]  Please rate & review,  subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!

Live from the field at Bull Run, Virginia, the Presidential Wrestling Federation's long-running feud with Confederate Championship Wrestling reaches an epic climax! Featuring: Four-man elimination tag team match: Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Benjamin Harrison & William McKinley vs. John Tyler, Nathan Bedford Forrest, J.E.B. Stuart & John Mosby Handicap match: Zachary Taylor & Winfield Scott vs. Gideon Pillow Main event: Abraham Lincoln & Ulysses Grant vs. Jefferson Davis & Robert E. Lee Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at [email protected]  Please rate & review,  subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!

On this installment of Presidential War, we discuss whether there's any president we'd rather have defending us against murder charges than renowned prairie lawyer Abraham Lincoln. Also: we decide which of the two Bushes gets picked first in flag football, we consider one category in which the lowly James Buchanan trounces Theodore Roosevelt, and we face the horrifying prospect of either Billy Carter or Malik Obama becoming president of the United States.  Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at [email protected]  Please rate & review,  subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!

Many presidents have been musically-inclined and some even considered it a possible career path. On this episode we rock out to the Top 5 Presidential Musicians! Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at [email protected]  Please rate & review,  subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!

Herbert Hoover was orphaned as a child, but his tireless work ethic and masterful administrative talents brought him success as a mining engineer, a career in which he crisscrossed the globe and became a millionaire in the process. During the First World War, he led a massive effort to relieve the suffering population of occupied Belgium, earning international acclaim and putting his name under consideration for the presidency. During eight years as Commerce Secretary in the Harding and Coolidge administrations, he worked to modernize the American economy and made himself the obvious choice to succeed Coolidge in 1928. After a crushing landslide victory, Hoover brought his technocratic expertise to the highest office in the land, but when a frightening stock market crash brought the unprecedented prosperity of the Roaring 20's to an abrupt halt, he finally met a crisis he couldn't fix—the Great Depression.    Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at [email protected]  Please rate & review,  subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!

Live from a privately-owned farm in South Carolina, PWF's At Your Home pay-per-view has all the belts on the line! PWF Women's Championship: Eleanor Roosevelt vs. Bess TrumanTag Team Championship: TR & Taft vs. Gerald Ford & Ronald ReaganTranscontinental Championship: Franklin Pierce vs. Ulysses S. Grant ("Brawl in the Stall" match in a pigpen)PWF Championship: FDR vs. Dwight Eisenhower (strap match) Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at [email protected]  Please rate & review,  subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!

Special guest (and returning champion) Elliott Burns joins us for another exciting installment of Presidential War and attempts to extend the undefeated streak of guests prevailing over the podcast co-hosts. Discussion topics include: who would win in a fistfight between Andrew Jackson and Ulysses Grant, would we rather have TR or Jimmy Carter dating our daughter, and whether FDR could ever be considered a better president than Lincoln. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at [email protected]  Please rate & review,  subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!

We count down the Top 5 First Ladies in American history! Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at [email protected]  Please rate & review,  subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!

Calvin Coolidge's hardscrabble Vermont farm upbringing imbued him with the old-school New England values of hard work and thriftiness, which served him well as he embarked on a career as a lawyer in Massachusetts and began a steady climb of local and state political offices. As governor, his firm and unflinching response to the 1919 Boston police strike garnered him national headlines and inspired some enthusiastic delegates at the 1920 Republican National Convention to buck the party bosses and nominate him for vice president under Warren G. Harding. A consummate Washington outsider, "Silent Cal" kept a low profile as vice president and the bosses planned to replace him on the 1924 ticket, but in August 1923, Harding's sudden death thrust Coolidge into the White House. With the Harding administration's sordid corruption scandals still bubbling to the surface, Coolidge's quiet integrity restored the American people's confidence in the presidency, while his innate thriftiness enabled him to cut taxes, balance the budget, and reduce the national debt as the nation enjoyed unprecedented economic prosperity. In the wake of a heartbreaking family tragedy, he was resoundingly elected to a term in his own right, but four years later--as only Coolidge could do--he walked away from a surefire chance at reelection and retired to a rented duplex. Learn the full story on Episode 30!   Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at [email protected]  Please rate & review,  subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!

The Presidential Wrestling Federation is live from the basement of a bar in an undisclosed location with another electrifying slate of matches: Ronald Reagan & Gerald Ford vs. Rutherford B. Hayes & Benjamin Harrison (winners get a shot at the Tag Team Championship)Millard Fillmore vs. Chester Arthur (bareknuckle boxing grudge match--must win by knockout)8-Man Battle Royal for the vacant Transcontinental Championship: Thomas Jefferson vs. Andrew Jackson vs. Franklin Pierce vs. Ulysses S. Grant vs. James A. Garfield vs. Grover Cleveland vs. Calvin Coolidge vs. Harry TrumanTheodore Roosevelt vs. two vicious fighting dogsFollow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at [email protected]  Please rate & review,  subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!

This Presidential War episode settles the burning question that is on everyone's mind—who would have made a better president: George Washington's brother Lawrence Washington or James A. Garfield's son James R. Garfield? We also discuss Dolley Madison's accomplishments, Frances Cleveland's good looks, and how Abraham Lincoln might have fared if he had served as Attorney General. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at [email protected]  Please rate & review,  subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!

Golf is the unofficial presidential pastime and some presidential practitioners have been particularly passionate about hitting the links. Some have even been good at it, and we count down the best on this Top 5. (Fore!) Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at [email protected]  Please rate & review,  subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!

From publisher of the Marion Star newspaper to U.S. Senator from Ohio, Warren G. Harding's meteoric rise culminated in 1920 when he became the compromise candidate of a deadlocked Republican convention and trounced his Democratic opponent with a campaign promising a "Return to Normalcy." He inherited a terrible economy, high taxes, exploding debt, and a nation still wracked with tension from the First World War and subsequent Red Scare. When Harding's health gave out and he died after just two-and-a-half years in office, he left behind a humming economy and had turned a new page from the war years. But in the wake of his death, a parade of emerging corruption scandals involving some of his closest friends forever tarnished his legacy--not to mention the tell-all book published by a young woman who claimed he was the father of her child! Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Email us at [email protected]  Please rate & review,  subscribe & share. Thanks for listening!