Rendezvous With History

About Rendezvous With History

Welcome to Rendezvous with History, a Reagan Institute podcast that explores the past and present of the American presidency with leading scholars and authors who shed new light on what we thought we knew about the highest office in the land. Rendezvous with History captures the drama of presidential decision-making and dives deep into the connections between the president and the people that shape American society and world events.

Publisher

Ronald Reagan Institute

Category

history

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 Feb 2024

Latest episode

30 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

45 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Oct 2026

   The Halloween Episode: Body and Blood with Matthew J. Cressler

   In this special Halloween episode, Dr. Matthew J. Cressler joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Body and Blood: Catholic Horror in America. The conversation dives into the spooky, gruesome, and weird aspects of the horror genre that have been influenced by Catholicism, the connection between horror and American morality and politics.

2. 

   26 Oct 2026

   Total Defense with Andrew Preston

   Professor Andrew Preston joins the podcast to discuss his new book: Total Defense: The New Deal and the Invention of National Security. The conversation covers the causation direction between the Welfare State and the Warfare State in the wake of FDR's New Deal, and the tradeoffs between democracy and an empowered state.

3. 

   15 Oct 2026

   Liberty, Virtue, and Power with Stephanie Slade

   Stephanie Slade joins the podcast to discuss her new book, Fusionism: Liberty, Virtue, and the Future of the American Right. Slade breaks down the philosophical commitments that have defined conservative thought, and how the modern American right is a departure. The conversation drills to the core of the philosophical currents that drive our political realities.

Reach and audience

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

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 23 / 100

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

Quality

33

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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Guest appearances

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