John F. Kennedy: podcast appearances and interviews

John Fitzgerald Kennedy was a Democratic United States Senator who represented Massachusetts in both the House of Representatives and the Senate before serving as the 35th president of the United States. Born into the prominent Kennedy family in Brookline, Massachusetts, he graduated from Harvard University in 1940 and joined the U.S. Naval Reserve in 1941. During World War II, Kennedy commanded PT boats in the Pacific theater and became a war hero after surviving the sinking of PT-109 and rescuing his fellow sailors. Following a brief career in journalism, Kennedy entered politics, serving in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1953 and then as a junior senator from Massachusetts from 1953 to 1960. His time in the Senate included the publication of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book