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Hosted by David Fisher · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 418 episodes
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Welcome to Presidential Chronicles, the series of books, podcasts, and videos on American history as seen through the lives of the Presidents of the United States.The stories come from David Fisher's robust yet concise biographies of every American President. Fisher tells the stories of these lives with approx. ten episodes episodes for each President, averaging about 12 minutes in length, with each episode delving into a particular aspect of the President's life, along with an assortment of direct quotations, images, and relevant perspective.
David Fisher hosts Presidential Chronicles, a history show with 418 episodes published.
Presidential Chronicles: Series Pause (after Volume VIII) - August 2026 Announcing a pause in the series. More videos will come to this channel in the future, after the writing of Volume IX, which will focus on the lives
Gerald Ford #11: Running for His Own Term (1975-1976); Topics covered include: 1976 presidential election, Ford vs. Ronald Reagan in the Republican Primary, Bicentennial Celebration, Jimmy Carter wins the Democratic nomi
Gerald Ford #10: End of the Vietnam War, the Mayaguez Incident, and the Helsinki Accords (1975-1976); Topics covered include: Paris Peace Accords, Cambodia falls to the Khmer Rouge, Congress refuses military aid for Sout
Gerald Ford #9: Stagflation, CIA in Crisis, and New York City Going Bankrupt (1975); Topics covered include: Stagflation (high inflation and high unemployment), first State of the Union Address, Cabinet changes, Rockefel
Gerald Ford #8: Beginning to Govern: "Whip Inflation Now" to a Soviet Summit (1974); Topics covered include: Economic challenges, Ford introduces his "Whip Inflation Now" (WIN) initiative, changes to the White House oper
Gerald Ford #7: Ford Pardons Nixon (1974); Topics covered include: Beginning of Ford's presidency including initial organization and meetings, initial speech to Congress, changes from the Nixon administration, debates ab
Gerald Ford #6: Zigzagging through the Vice Presidency (1973-1974); Topics covered include: Ford's service as Vice President of the United States, challenges balancing his desire to support President Richard Nixon while
Gerald Ford #5: The Unelected Path to the Vice Presidency (1972-1973); Topics covered include: Richard Nixon, the Watergate scandal, Ford's trip to China, Election of 1972, Spiro Agnew scandal over kickbacks from governm
Gerald Ford #4: Minority Leader (1964-1972); Topics covered include: Election as House Minority Leader, partnering with Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen, frustration with the Lyndon Johnson administration over spen
Gerald Ford #3: Congressman Ford: A Workhorse not a Show Horse (1949-1964); Topics covered include: Begins congressional career, joins Appropriations Committee, birth of four children, supports Dwight Eisenhower and Rich
Gerald Ford #2: Law, War, Politics, and Betty (1941-1948); Topics covered include: Starts law firm, U.S. enters World War II, volunteers for Navy, assigned to the USS Monterey, missions in the Pacific Theater against the
Richard Nixon #18: Resurrection? (1974-1994); Topics covered include: Nixon returns to San Clemente after his resignation, Gerald Ford pardons Nixon, Nixon is treated for phlebitis, the Nixon/Frost interviews, Nixon's me
Richard Nixon #17: Resignation (1973-1974); Topics covered include: Resignation of Vice President Spiro Agnew, nominates Gerald Ford to replace Agnew as VP, Yom Kippur War in the Middle East, Appeals Court rules Nixon mu
Richard Nixon #16: "Watergate had Become a Bottomless Pit" (1972-1973); Topics covered include: Newspaper reports on Watergate, Deep Throat, Watergate defendants found guilt, the establishment of the Ervin Committee, Joh
Richard Nixon #15: Re-election Landslide and Ending the Vietnam War (1972-1973); Topics covered include: Democrats nominate George McGovern in the 1972 election, Nixon is renominated by the Republicans, breakthroughs in
Richard Nixon #14: Watergate: The Break-In (1972); Topics covered include: 1972 political pranksterism, Gordon Liddy's Gemstone plan, pressure from the White House to the Committee to Re-elect the President (CRP) to move
Richard Nixon #13: Making History in China and the Soviet Union (1970-1972); Topics covered include: Nixon's interest in opening relations with China, realpolitik, "triangulation" strategy, Ping-Pong Diplomacy, agree to
Richard Nixon #10: Getting Started (1968-1969); Topics covered include: President-elect, Julie Nixon's wedding to David Eisenhower, selection of Nixon's White House staff and Cabinet, secret bombing of Cambodia and the l
Richard Nixon #9: All the Way Back (including the Anna Chennault Affair) (1963-1968); Topics covered include: Family vacation in Europe; move to New York and new law firm; assassination of John Kennedy; 1964 election; 19
Richard Nixon #8: Back-to-Back Defeats (1960-1962); Topics covered include: 1960 president election, Republican National Convention, relationship between Richard Nixon and John Kennedy, religion in the campaign, the firs
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