Good Citizen
What does it mean to be a good citizen? What values motivate someone to step into the arena and make positive change?
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Live from the TRPL #1: Doris Kearns Goodwin on Finding Hope in History (opens the original)
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One of the nation’s leading presidential historians reflects on Theodore Roosevelt’s life and legacy, and on what history can teach in moments of uncertainty and change. Doris Kearns Goodwin draws on American history to illuminate enduring lessons of leadership, character, resilience, and citizenship. This episode is part of a special 6-part series, recorded live during the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library’s Founding Benefactors Days, held on July 2-3, 2026, just ahead of its grand openin
Bob Crawford on America’s Greatest Ex-President: John Quincy Adams (opens the original)
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Why do so few Americans remember John Quincy Adams? Bob Crawford, bassist for The Avett Brothers and author of America's Founding Son, argues Adams may not have been America's best president, but he just might have been the greatest ex-president. He describes the election of 1824, with its accusations of corruption bringing rise to a populist leader. And he lays out how Adams' real story began after the White House, when the former president did the unthinkable: he ran for Congress. It was there
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