Listen Now: American History Tellers, First Ladies
Exposed: Cover-Up at Columbia University
Wondery
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 July 2024
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
The Cold War, Prohibition, the Gold Rush, the Space Race. Every part of your life - the words you speak, the ideas you share - can be traced to our history, but how well do you really know the stories that made America? We'll take you to the events, the times and the people that shaped our nation. And we'll show you how our history affected them, their families and affects you today. Hosted by Lindsay Graham (not the Senator). From Wondery, the network behind American Scandal, Tides of History, American Innovations and more.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Lindsay Graham, host of Wondere's Podcast American History Tellers, and I want to tell you about some of the incredible stories we cover about the people and events that shaped our country. |
| 0:10.0 | In our latest season, we're telling the stories of First Ladies of the United States. |
| 0:14.2 | They're unique in that they have a front seat to the world's most important leaders and decision |
| 0:18.3 | makers, but often beyond that, their confidence, advisors, and champions of causes themselves. |
| 0:24.0 | Five of these women are highlighted in the series, from their origins to the moment they courageously |
| 0:28.4 | stepped into the role of First Lady and beyond to the ways in which each one has redefined traditions to leave their own unique |
| 0:35.0 | mark on history. |
| 0:36.0 | You're about to hear a clip from American history tellers. |
| 0:38.5 | Follow American history tellers on the Wundery app or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:42.6 | Then go deeper and get more to the story with Wundry's top history |
| 0:46.4 | podcasts including American scandal, legacy, and even the Royals. oils. Imagine it's March 2008, a brisk winter evening in Chicago. You're at home in your living room with your husband and he's |
| 1:14.4 | determined to become the president of the United States but working to secure the |
| 1:18.6 | Democratic nomination has been an uphill battle. He's just returned from campaigning in Indiana and you're happy to have his |
| 1:25.1 | company before he flies out again in the morning. You've taken a leave of absence from your |
| 1:29.9 | demanding job at the University of Chicago Medical Center and you're spending more time |
| 1:34.1 | with your two young daughters. But the latest campaign controversy has brought more |
| 1:38.4 | uncertainty this week. Your long-time pastor is under fire for contentious comments he made about the United States and the September 11th attacks, |
| 1:47.0 | and your husband's critics have seized on the remarks. |
| 1:50.0 | After a full day of frantic meetings, you're finally alone with your husband, and you motion for him to join you on the sofa. |
| 1:57.0 | We have to do something about this. |
| 2:01.0 | Your husband takes a seat beside you and rubs his face with his hands. |
| 2:05.0 | It's frustrating. He's our pastor, not our political advisor, but it would seem that denouncing |
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