History Unplugged Podcast Preview: Theodore Roosevelt and World War I

This American President

Society & Culture, Education, History

4.6 • 698 Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Original Episode Title: Teddy Roosevelt Nearly Died in a Cavalry Charge Against German Machine Guns in WW1 Suggested Show Notes/Description: Teddy Roosevelt faced many challenges at the end of his life. Racked by rheumatism, a ticking embolism,...

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0:00.0	Richard Lim here, host of This American President. Our listeners probably know that we're currently in a series on the first progressive presidents in American history, Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. And we covered a lot of Theodore Roosevelt's life story, his support for imperialism, his heroics during the Spanish-American War. Well, one of our fellow podcasters, Scott Rank,
0:23.6	has just released an episode on his podcast, History Unplugged, and it covers Theodore Roosevelt
0:29.9	during World War I when he was an ex-president, and he was actually trying to get back
0:35.1	into the front and fight personally lead soldiers in the
0:39.5	fight against the Germans.
0:41.1	The episode title is called Teddy Roosevelt nearly died in a cavalry charge against the German machine guns in World War I.
0:48.9	And we're going to play a clip for you.
0:50.9	And it's a really fascinating moment in Theodore Roosevelt's career in the episode,
0:55.9	Scott Rank interviews Bill Hazelgrove. He's the author of the book, The Last Charge of the Rough
1:01.3	Rider. So enjoy this clip and make sure you check out Scott's podcast, History Unplugged.
1:13.5	Scott here with another episode of the History Unplugged podcast.
1:16.9	Teddy Roosevelt had many heroic accomplishments in his life that he performed before and after
1:22.1	he was president.
1:23.0	In his 20s, he was a rancher in the Dakota territories, gotten fistfights with cowboys, personally arrested
1:28.3	thieves and brought them to justice. He led the rough riders, a volunteer cavalry regiment in the
1:32.7	Battle of San Juan Heights in the Spanish-American War of 1898, was the first president to fly in an airplane
1:38.4	aboard a submarine. After his presidency, explored the Amazon River Basin, but what few people
1:43.0	know is at the end of his life
1:44.5	in the 19th teens just after the United States entered World War I against the Central Powers,
1:49.2	tried to get the Rough Riders back together and form a regiment against the Germans,
1:53.4	that would mean riding out on horseback against 50 caliber machine guns, and would very likely
1:58.2	mean a suicide mission, or at least for anyone else but Roosevelt,
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