Plodding Through The Presidents

Recent Episodes

Potty-Mouthed Parrots

Posted September 7, 2021 • 01:03:56

We continue the theme of naughty animals and dive into the stories of two parrots named Polly – Dolley Madison’s violently jealous macaw and Andrew...

Thomas Jefferson's Killer Ram

Posted August 31, 2021 • 00:59:44

This episode is all about Thomas Jefferson's lust for wool and how it caused him to ignore the violence of a particular four-horned Shetland ram until...

Season 3 Trailer

Posted August 19, 2021 • 00:01:45

Season 3 premieres Tuesday, August 31!

Enter our book giveaway to win books by our first two guests, The Cabinet by Lindsay Chervinsky and Photographic...

The Sauciest Presidential Love Letters

Posted February 11, 2021 • 00:48:03

In this Valentine's Day/Presidents Day bonus episode, we discuss a few sweet and weird love letters from early presidents like John Quincy Adams and...

The Peacemaker and the Cradle Robber

Posted December 8, 2020 • 01:04:51

In our Season 2 finale, we take on the single deadliest disaster to befall a presidential cabinet – the explosion aboard the USS Princeton in 1844....