Episode 1 | FDR and The Great Depression

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Audacy | Cement City Productions

Documentary, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.8 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Following a decade of roaring prosperity in America, something invincible was proving vulnerable. The Great Depression was ravaging the economy and destroying lives, creating a dire need for bold, honest leadership. With the help of Pulitzer Prize-winners Doris Kearns Goodwin and David M. Kennedy, along with Allida Black, the Director of The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers, Jon Meacham delivers a vivid and intimate look at a President who countered depression with action, and who conquered fear with hope. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The news came with dessert.
0:09.1	On Christmas Eve 1929, not quite two months after the disastrous stock market crash, President
0:15.9	Herbert Hoover and his holiday guests were in the state dining room when they were told
0:21.4	that the West Wing was in flames.
0:25.3	The Oval Office itself was burning.
0:29.4	In Black Tie and smoking a cigar, the President excused himself to inspect the fire.
0:36.2	The New York Times wrote, at times it seemed as if the flames were subdued, but there
0:40.8	were occasional bursts of blaze through the roof, and the firemen had great difficulty
0:45.7	in getting control of the situation.
0:48.9	In the main part of the mansion, the first lady tried to distract her guests by asking
0:53.7	the Marine Band to play on.
0:57.6	Dr. Forrests don't come much more apropos.
1:00.8	The Hoover White House, at the onset of the Great Depression, subject to the destructive
1:05.5	whims of an uncontrollable force.
1:09.7	Something seemingly invincible, impervious to destruction, was proving vulnerable.
1:19.7	I'm John Meacham, and this is Hope Through History.
1:25.1	Episode 1, The Great Depression.
1:30.3	People had lost farms and homes and small businesses.
1:33.0	How many people were we talking about?
1:34.9	We were talking about a million unemployed or two million unemployed turned out it was
1:37.8	about 13 million.
1:38.8	I want you to think about this.
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