Who is Calvin Coolidge?

Who is Calvin Coolidge?

Author: Liam Heffernan March 4, 2025 Duration: 53:11

On this day 100 years ago, a Presidential inauguration was broadcast on national radio for the first time. Having inherited the White House from Warren G. Harding three years into his Vice Presidential career, the thirtieth President of the United States arrived amidst scandal and left behind a Great Depression. But was he popular? Was he successful? And why didn’t he run for a second full term? In this episode, I’m asking… who is President Calvin Coolidge?

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Special guest for this episode:

  • Amity Shlaes, the author of four New York Times bestsellers, including Coolidge, a full-length biography of the thirtieth president. She now chairs the board of the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation, a national foundation based at the birthplace of President Coolidge.

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Additional Resources:

READ: The Coolidge Foundation

READ: Coolidge by Amity Shlaes

LISTEN: Calvin Coolidge: A tale of two - Presidential - Apple Podcasts

LISTEN: 1924, Coolidge vs. Davis vs. L - American Elections: Wicked Game - Apple Podcasts

READ: Calvin Coolidge: Life Before the Presidency | Miller Center

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