President Grover Cleveland: Honest to a Fault...

We're all taught in school about the Louisiana Purchase, supposedly the greatest bargain in American history. Napoleon's deal with the Americans is widely remembered as a triumph for the United States… but is this history really as simple as we’re often taught?Our guest today is ...  Show more

When and where did the Civil War end? Was it really over when Lee surrendered at Appomattox?Don is joined for this episode by Caroline E. Janney, Professor at the University of Virginia and author of 'Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee’s Army after Appomattox'.Listen to hea ...  Show more

Who was Grover Cleveland, and why is he one of the most controversial American Presidents of all time? Why was the run up to his first term, in 1884 at the height of the Gilded Age, so pivotal to American politics? How did he rocket to the heights of political power? What dark se ...  Show more

Did you know we have gross presidents??? Well, President Grover Cleveland, aka Steve Cleve, was one of the grossest. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore why Grover Cleveland is secretly incredibly fascinating.

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*This episode originally ran on July 4, 2024 on Honestly with Bari Weiss*  On our nation’s 248th birthday, Joe Biden faced the wrath of a thousand pundits. The whole world watched the elected leader of the world’s oldest republic befogged, slack-jawed, and mentally vacant in a d ...  Show more