Reframing America

About Reframing America

Frame by frame, the faces of US presidents are hung from the walls of America's history classrooms — but are those men REALLY the faces of America's history? Who REALLY belongs in the picture frames that line America's history classrooms? Welcome to "Reframing America," the podcast that explores American history — president by president, frame by frame — to determine the best faces to symbolize the evolution of American history. Join us for "Historical Hot Takes", the "Worst Person in America award," "What Actor Should Play this President?" and more!

Publisher

Painted Sky Podcasts

Category

history

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 Feb 2023

Latest episode

19 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

43 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   19 Oct 2026

   Tricky Dick: Nixon's Legacy (Petty, Paranoid, and Powerful: Part 2)

   As president, Richard Nixon scored monumental achievements both at home and abroad. How do those achievements stack up against the damage done to the presidency and the nation? In Part 2 of their season premiere, Ryan Rasmussen and Tony Rydberg tip the scales back and forth, weighing his abuses of power against his advancement of the public interest to determine Nixon's rightful place in American history.

2. 

   12 Oct 2026

   Petty, Paranoid, & Powerful: Richard Nixon's Quest for the Last Laugh (Part 1)

   Dick Nixon had enemies everywhere—or did he? From his Quaker upbringing to his downfall in disgrace, Richard Nixon stopped at nothing to prove his worth to those who opposed him, slighted him, or stood in his way. With a political rise and fall worthy of Shakespeare, Richard Nixon achieved greatness as President even as he became perhaps the most vivid cautionary tale in American political history. In this Season 5 premiere, Ryan Rasmussen and Tony Rydberg dissect the actions of his presidency, as well as the reverberations that shake America to this day.

3. 

   15 Jun 2026

   Jumbo: LBJ's Legacy (The Power Broker, Broken: Part 2)

   Lyndon B. Johnson was an irresistible force - unfortunately, Vietnam was an immovable object. In the second episode of their two-part Season 4 finale, Ryan Rasmussen and Tony Rydberg try to balance the dizzying highs and abysmal lows of LBJ's tenure, two extremes that merged to form one of the most confounding presidential legacies in American history.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

17 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

20 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 33 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

39

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

71

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