WAR POWERS,AND WHY IT COULD BE BROKEN

WAR POWERS,AND WHY IT COULD BE BROKEN

Author: Bruce Carlson January 5, 2026 Duration: 58:14
It was passed to stick it to Nixon. A look at Presidents and Congress and use of military. A look at history. Presidents and Congresses, and a specific legislation that applies that is used, ignored, lightly used, skirted, enforced, unenforced and criticized throughout its 53 year history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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MCMXCIII: Bill Clinton's 1993 - Part One [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 53:40
It's 1993. A new President jogs through his first year, with an unexperienced staff and a hostile White House press corps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
THOMAS WOLFE TURNS AGAINST TOTALITARIANISM [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 41:53
The writer Thomas Wolfe, known for his large novels and spewing prose, was a fan of Germany. On a trip there for the 1936 Berlin Olympics, he found joy and worry. Initially he admired the changes, but would soon change h…
LBJ 's "CELL PHONE" AND HIS DECISION TO JUMP ON THE TICKET IN 1960 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:20
In answering a question about JFK's health and its role in Lyndon Johnson's decision to accept the Vice Presidency, Bruce takes a look at the people and factors surrounding Johnson's decision, Kennedy's motivations, Eise…
WHY TALK ABOUT LBJ TODAY? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 12:41
Why talk about LBJ? There's a few reasons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
"YOU ENSLAVED ME!" - LEFTOVER NOTES FROM THE ZACHARY TAYLOR SERIES [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 48:29
From a town in California named for Zachary Taylor, to a famous letter sent by Frederick Douglass, we tell a few stories that didn't make it in to the series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice…
ZACHARY TAYLOR - Part 3 - What Could Have Been [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:23:39
It comes down to milk and cherries? Plans change when a nation's hero falls, and historians go to work, reinterpreting the events of 1850. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
ZACHARY TAYLOR PART 2 - We May Have to Reconsider Him [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 48:13
They thought he was an illiterate frontier colonel. They thought he'd never use the veto. Never comment on issues. Let Congress do the heavy lifting. But he has a plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f…