8 Podcast Episodes
121. David Avallone Meets Wendell Willkie
121. David Avallone Meets Wendell Willkie
Hi, everybody. David Avallone returns to the show to talk to George, Kristin, and her husband Rich about his recent succ... Read more
21 Aug 2021
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1hr 53mins
The First Globalist: Sandy Zipp Talks Wendell Willkie’s World
The First Globalist: Sandy Zipp Talks Wendell Willkie’s World
At a time when globalization is being contested by nationalists and battered by coronavirus, Mark talks to Samuel (Sandy... Read more
15 May 2020
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42mins
Wendell Willkie, the last internationalist?
Wendell Willkie, the last internationalist?
Wendell Willkie lost to Franklin D. Roosevelt in his bid to be President of America in 1940. But although he was from th... Read more
18 Mar 2020
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21mins
The Improbable Wendell Willkie: The Businessman Who Saved the Republican Party and His Country, and Conceived a New World Order (David Levering Lewis)
The Improbable Wendell Willkie: The Businessman Who Saved the Republican Party and His Country, and Conceived a New World Order (David Levering Lewis)
Some thoughts, mostly grouchy, on the habit of Republicans to betray. Not a new phenomenon, as this book shows. But a fa... Read more
5 Sep 2019
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18mins
1940. What if Wendell Willkie Won the World War?
1940. What if Wendell Willkie Won the World War?
Every episode, comic historian Thom Woodley dissects one of the losers of presidential elections. This time, the discuss... Read more
6 Aug 2019
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48mins
Wendell Willkie, the 1940 Election, and the Transformation of American Politics
Wendell Willkie, the 1940 Election, and the Transformation of American Politics
May 21,2019 - Two-time Pulitzer Prize winning biographer David Levering Lewis speaks with historian David Nasaw about th... Read more
1 Jul 2019
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57mins
David Levering Lewis | The Improbable Wendell Willkie: The Businessman Who Saved the Republican Party and His Country, and Conceived a New World Order
David Levering Lewis | The Improbable Wendell Willkie: The Businessman Who Saved the Republican Party and His Country, and Conceived a New World Order
In conversation with Sam Katz, civic entrepreneur and executive producer of History Making Productions Professor emeritu... Read more
7 Dec 2018
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1hr 1min
Wendell Willkie | Episode #156 | Election College: United States Presidential Election History
Wendell Willkie | Episode #156 | Election College: United States Presidential Election History
Wendell Willkie is an enigma! He switched political parties and fought against the grain to stand up for what he believe... Read more
5 Jan 2017
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35mins