- 163
- Episodes
- 9
- Transcribed
- 50
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
About American POTUS
We are obsessed with the presidency at American POTUS. We believe that the 46 imperfect patriots who have held our nation’s highest office all have something to offer today’s electorate – a perspective that appropriately grounds today’s political conversations in truth and context. To help us reveal the many layers of each administration, we’ll be joined by the nation’s most influential historians, scholars and experts who have studied every facet of the presidents and the presidency. Not only will we cover the crucial decisions that changed the world but also the humor, hobbies and quirks that give us a captivating sense of each American POTUS.
- Publisher
- Alan Lowe
- Category
- government · history · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 2 Jul 2020
- Latest episode
- 17 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
9 of 163 episodes have a transcript.
17 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
American POTUS: Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration featuring Harold Holzer
10 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
American POTUS: Kennedy's Only Hero: JFK's Obsession with Winston Churchill featuring Joel Nelson
29 Sept 2026
American POTUS: LBJ's 1968, A Year of Upheaval featuring Kyle Longley
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American POTUS: Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration featuring Harold Holzer
Published 17 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Because I think he just dictated it. He was so wobbly. Anyway, he wanted an act to expand immigration. It was specifically the language of his proposal. And He wanted the Homestead Act to extend to immigrants, which was a pretty radical proposal. He wanted a new immigration department in the government to speed immigration, to make it safer, to make the ship safer. Many of the ships that were bringing people here were just kind of overhauled or not so overhauled cargo ships filled with vermin and bad food. And Lincoln wanted some regulations on that. And he was responding to a need, as he told people. […]
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- Harold Holzer
- Joel Nelson
- Kyle Longley
- David Brown
- William Hitchcock
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 45 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 5 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 53 / 100
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- Quality
- 69
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 90
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