Ranked #1
NEW: 1952/1956. Adlai Stevenson, the Thinking Man's President.
NEW: 1952/1956. Adlai Stevenson, the Thinking Man's President.
This is a repost as there was an error the first time I posted! Comic historian Thom Woodley digs into the record of Adl... Read more
3 Dec 2019
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47mins
Ranked #2
1936. Landslide Alf Landon
1936. Landslide Alf Landon
in this episode, Thom Woodley discusses the very boring Kansas governor Alf Landon and his landslide loss to Franklin D.... Read more
9 Jul 2019
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41mins
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1916. Charles Evans Hughes, the Beard we can Believe in.
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1864. George McClellan, the Trump of the Civil War
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James Cox: The John Kasich of 1920
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1824 and 1832. The Incredible Henry Clay (Part 1)
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Thom rereleases part 1 of his all-time favorite loser, Henry Clay, the man who ran six times, was nominated thrice, save... Read more
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1928. Al Smith, the Happy Warrior
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1896, 1900, 1908. William Jennings Bryan, shaper of the Democratic Party.
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Thom Woodley discusses three-time democratic party loser William Jennings Bryan, and what the world would be like had th... Read more
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1876. Samuel Tilden and the Ruther-Fraud of the Century
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