What makes a great leader? This week on Sea Change Radio, we are honored to have Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin here to give us her take on that question. Goodwinâs book, Leadership in Turbulent Times, just released in paperback, re-examines four US presidents she has studied in the past: Abe Lincoln, Teddy and Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson. She discusses the contrast between these presidentsâ leadership and the behavior of the current grifter-in-chief, puts todayâs impeachment proceedings in historical context, and hypothesize about how past presidents might have addressed momentous issues like climate change and election tampering. Then, we dig into the Sea Change Radio archives and listen to Rebecca Vallas, a Vice President at the Center for American Progress, talk about the Trump administrationâs absurd claims that poverty and hunger are now things of the past in this country.
Track: Rock & Roll Artist: Boys From County Nashville Album: The Celtic Tribute To Led Zeppelin Label: CMH Records Year: 2007
Track: Young Abe Lincoln Artist: Johnny Horton Album: Johnny Horton Makes History Label: Columbia Year: 1960
Track: When The President Talks To God Artist: Bright Eyes Album: n/a Label: n/a Year: 2005