Average Approval Ratings: 4 (5) Winners

Average Presidential Approval ratings, during term or terms of service, and measured by Gallup since they’ve been measuring may surprise.  For instance, partisan favorites Obama and Reagan do not reach the top.  Source – https://news.gallup.com/poll/116677/presidential-approval-ratings-gallup-historical-statistics-trends.aspx

What The Great Depression Felt Like, And Other Things

Stories from the 1930’s along with the devastating numbers.  Devastating unemployment, wandering job seekers, breadliners and newly-minted shackdwellers.  How bad was it?  Did FDR’s steps do anything?  How does it compare to modern recessions – three in thirty years and the verge of a fourth? I did this cast in 2008. I wrote it in…

History’s Nine Most Insane Rulers w/ Scott Rank of “History Unplugged” Podcast

We talk about Idi Amin, Kim Jong-il and other despots.  Scott Rank of History Unplugged Podcast joins us to talk about his book History’s Nine Most Insane Rulers.  We get into Amin’s awful suppression of opposition, deportation of Indian and Pakistani Ugandans, and extra judicial killings.  Other insane rulers were more amusing, and we talk…