Franklin Roosevelt #9: The 100 Days (1933); Topics covered include: Inaugurated as President, Great Depression, solves banking crisis, introduces and passes New Deal legislation including: Agriculture Adjustment Act, Civilian Conservation Corps, Farm Credit Association, Truth in Securities Act, Home Owners' Loan Corporation, Tennessee Valley Authority, National Industrial Recovery Act, Public Works Administration, Glass-Steagal Banking Act, take the U.S. off the gold standard, World Economic Conference and his "bombshell" message, and Ray Moley leaves the administration

Key people include: Ray Moley, Harry Hopkins, Henry Morgenthau, George Norris, Hugh Johnson, Harold Ickes, and Ramsay MacDonald

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Franklin Roosevelt #8: Perilous Interregnum (1932-1933); Topics covered include: Outreach from President Hoover (several times), refuses to engage (each time), names Cabinet, assassination attempt (and reaction), and the banking crisis

Key people include: James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Herbert Hoover, Ray Moley, Ogden Mills, Cordell Hull, Carter Glass, William Woodin, Harold Ickes, Henry Wallace, Frances Perkins, James Farley, Rex Tugwell, Hugh Johnson, Giuseppe Zangara, Lillian Cross, and Anton Cermak

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Franklin Roosevelt #7: Promising a New Deal for the American People (1930-1932); Topics covered include: Planning for 1932 presidential election, Brain Trust, wins nomination, travels to convention to accept nomination in person, promises a New Deal to the American people, criticized as a socialist, veterans' march on Washington ("Bonus Army"), campaign, and landslide victory over Herbert Hoover

Key people include: James Farley, Louis Howe, Earle Looker, Al Smith, John Garner, Ray Moley, Rex Tugwell, Adolf Berle, Alben Barkley, Herbert Hoover, Charles Michelson, and Douglas MacArthur

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Franklin Roosevelt #6: Triumphant Return (1928-1931); Topics covered include: 1928 presidential election, convinced to run for Governor of New York, wins election, distances himself from Al Smith, policies as Governor, stock market crash and onset of Great Depression, and re-elected as Governor

Key people include: Louis Howe, Al Smith, Elliott Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, Missy LeHand, Ed Flynn, James Farley, Sam Rosenman, Grace Tully, Sara Roosevelt, Robert Moses, Belle Moskovitz, Anna Roosevelt, James Roosevelt, Earl Miller, and Charles Tuttle

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Franklin Roosevelt #4: Marriage Evolution & First National Campaign (1916-1920); Topics covered include: Children with Eleanor, end of marital relations, marriage transitions to more of a partnership, affair with Lucy Mercer, end of World War I, demobilization in Europe, election of 1920, Democratic nominee for Vice President, and loss of election

Key people include: Eleanor Roosevelt, Anna Roosevelt, James Roosevelt, Elliott Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt Jr., John Roosevelt, Sara Roosevelt, Lucy Mercer, Louis Howe, Woodrow Wilson, Herbert Hoover, William McAdoo, A. Mitchell Palmer, James Cox, Edward Moore, Steve Early, Marvin McIntyre, and Marguerite LeHand

Correction: Reference should be 1917 (not 1915) at 5:59.

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Franklin Roosevelt #3: Navy and War (1913-1919); Topics covered include: Assistant Secretary of the Navy, aided by Louis Howe, World War I, election of 1916, Germans resort to unrestricted submarine warfare, U.S. enters the War, Roosevelt's efforts to stop German U-Boats, and his visit to the front

Key people include: Josephus Daniels, Louis Howe, Emory Land, Franz Ferdinand, Woodrow Wilson, James Gerard, Theodore Roosevelt, Charles Hughes, Eleanor Roosevelt, Hugh Scott, Leonard Wood, John Jellicoe, Ralph Browne, William Sims, King George V, David Lloyd George, and Marshal Foch

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Franklin Roosevelt #2: Following TR's Path to Politics (1904-1913); Topics covered include: Law school, passes the Bar, first job in law, wins seat in State Senate, opposes Tammany Hall's candidate for U.S. Senate, supports Woodrow Wilson for President (1912), engages Louis Howe for re-election, accepts offer to become Assistant Secretary of the Navy

Key people include: Theodore Roosevelt, Grenville Clark, John Mack, Lewis Chanler, Charlie Murphy, William Sheehan, Edward Shepard, Anna Roosevelt, James Roosevelt, Elliott Roosevelt, James O'Gorman, William Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Champ Clark, Louis Howe, William McAdoo, and Josephus Daniels

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Franklin Roosevelt #1: Youth, School, and Marriage (1882-1905); Topics covered include: Parents (including relationship with), youth, Groton, Harvard, relationship with Eleanor Roosevelt, engagement, and marriage

Key people include: Isaac Roosevelt, James Roosevelt, Rebecca (Howland) Roosevelt, Sara Delano, Grover Cleveland, Endicott Peabody, George Biddle, Lathrop Brown, Eleanor Roosevelt, Elliott Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, and Anna Roosevelt

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Herbert Hoover #13: Elder Statesman … Finally (1945-1964); Topics covered include: Death of Franklin Roosevelt, relationship with President Harry Truman, end of World War II, atomic bomb, role in food relief in post-war Europe, naming of Hoover Dam, "Hoover Commission" (government reorganization), election of 1948, 75th birthday, no plans to reture, writes more books, cold warrior, election of 1952, relationship with Dwight Eisenhower, "Second Hoover Commission," election of 1960, and death

Key people include: Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Juan Peron, Konrad Adenauer, Dean Acheson, James Forrestal, Joseph Kennedy, and Dwight Eisenhower

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Herbert Hoover #12: The Leader of the Opposition - Part II (1937-1944); Topics covered include: Comparison of Roosevelt's campaign promises and his presidency, unemployment (Hoover vs. Roosevelt's first two terms), election of 1940, meets Adolph Hitler, start of World War II, Hoover Institute on War, Revolution, and Peace, attack on Pearl Harbor, U.S. enters war, opposed to alignment with Joseph Stalin and the Soviets, writes The Problems of Lasting Peace, death of Lou Hoover, and election of 1944

Key people include: Franklin Roosevelt, Wendell Willkie, King Albert (Belgium), Adolph Hitler, Hugh Wilson, Myron Taylor, Norman Davis, Joseph Stalin, Hugh Gibson, and Lou Hoover

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