This American President
Hosted by Richard Lim · This American President
4.5from 858 ratings
- 194
- Episodes
- 46
- Transcribed
- 858
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2017
- First episode
- 266K
- YouTube views
About This American President
This American President delves into the lives and legacies of U.S. presidents through long form stories and interviews. It will challenge the way you look at American history. Hosted by Richard Lim and produced by Michael Neal. Art by NipRogers.com.
- Publisher
- This American President
- Category
- education · history · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 1 Mar 2017
- Latest episode
- 22 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
46 of 194 episodes have a transcript.
22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Did Abraham Lincoln Have a Speechwriter? The Untold Story of John Hay
8 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
What It Was Like Working for Lyndon B. Johnson, with Tom Johnson
25 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
George Washington and the Road to One Nation, with Brady Crytzer
Inside a recent episode
Did Abraham Lincoln Have a Speechwriter? The Untold Story of John Hay
Published 22 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] In what ways did Hay revolutionize this role of speechwriter? I'll tell you that is a great question and probably the most difficult question that you've asked me because he raised the bar, you know, both poetically and in terms of language and expressing the ideals that that were important. And he really raised the bar. And today the president, there's two dimensions to this. Today the president usually speaks in idealistic language. But the big difference between John Hay in the 1860s and today's speechwriter is today's speechwriter speaks in the language language of the president. You will never hear the language of the speech writer. […]
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- Jan Cigliano Hartman
- Tom Johnson
- Brady Crytzer
- Michael Russell Gunn
- Eric Metaxas
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 265,513
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.5 / 5
- 782 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 76 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 67 / 100
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- Quality
- 60
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 99
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Richard Lim host the show. Published by This American President.
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