Hope, Through History: Episode 1 | FDR and The Great Depression

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Documentary, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.8 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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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	Sports Media is filled with an endless stream of personalities, stories, and gossip, and I'm here to cover it all.
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1:06.4	On Christmas Eve, 1929, not quite two months after the disastrous stock market crash.
1:16.4	President Herbert Hoover and his holiday guests were in the State Dining Room when they
1:20.9	were told that the West Wing was in flames. The Oval Office itself was
1:27.5	burning. In black tie and smoking a cigar, the president excused himself to inspect the fire.
1:36.7	The New York Times wrote, at times it seemed as if the flames were subdued, but there were occasional
1:42.3	bursts of blaze through the roof, and the firemen had great difficulty
1:46.2	in getting control of the situation.
1:49.4	In the main part of the mansion, the First Lady tried to distract her guests by asking the marine band to play on.
1:57.8	Metaphores don't come much more apropos. The Hoover White House at the onset of the Great Depression subject to the destructive
2:06.1	whims of an uncontrollable force.
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