A monthly podcast where brothers Ryan and Kevin talk about American Presidential Politics through the lens of the loser, taking a deep dive into the lives and legacies of the men and women who ran for president and “almost” won.
On the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention, Donald Trump announced Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his Vice Presidential pick. The announcement came in the wake of much speculation about who Trump would pick and clearly demonstrates his desire to pick an intellectual successor to the MAGA agenda.
But aside from a Trump bootlicker and a shrewd, power-hungry political novice, who is J.D. Vance and what does he offer to the Trump-Vance ticket?
In order to better understand the moment in American politics that led to the rise of J.D. Vance, we're replaying an old episode that was recorded in the lead-up to the 2022 Ohio Senate Race. In it we discuss his bio, his 2022 political platform, and the close race he ran against Democrat Tim Ryan.
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So far on Season 2 of The Almost Presidents Podcast, we’ve done our best to situate you in the historical time period within which Almost President Samuel Tilden would emerge as the Democratic candidate for President in the Election of 1876. But just who was Samuel Tilden?
On this episode, Ryan and Kevin discuss the boyhood of Sam Tilden, a bright but sickly boy born into a politically active family with friends in high places. Friends such as VPOTUS then POTUS Martin Van Buren, who would emerge as a key mentor figure to a boy who reveled in the works of Thomas Jefferson at an age when most of us were reading Dr. Seuss!
Our guest, high school history teacher and Martin Van Buren expert in residence Katie comes on the podcast to tell you all about such a pivotal man in Samuel Tilden’s life and politics.
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