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Joshua Zeitz is a historian and best-selling author who thinks America is living through a second Gilded Age. A period that is reminiscent of the late 1800s, when railroad and banking magnates held enormous sway over the economy and government. Except today, those moguls build social media sites and rocketships and electric vehicles. On POLITICO Tech, Zeitz outlines the parallels between then and now — and explains why the outcome isn't great for Republicans if history truly repeats itself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When President Joe Biden gave his son Hunter an unconditional pardon, there was scathing criticism, including from fellow Democrats like Governor Gavin Newsom and Senator Adam Schiff. Some criticized the president for giving President-elect Donald Trump cover to follow through on pardoning anyone from himself to the January 6th rioters.  But historian and Politico Magazine contributor Joshua Zeitz disagrees and argues that Biden's pardon is neither unique nor uniquely polarizing. Scott talks with Zeitz about the historical context of presidential pardons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we'll talk with historian Joshua Zeitz about some of his recent articles in Politico magazine: A Trump-Biden Tie Would Be a Political Nightmare — But Maybe a Boon to Democracy. Biden Can Still Win — If He Runs Like Harry Truman. And 4 Ex-Presidents Who Ran Again — And What They Mean for Trump.

Joshua Zeitz, Politico Magazine contributing writer and the author of Lincoln's God: How Faith Transformed a President and a Nation (Viking, 2023), talks about the Progressive-era roots of Ohio's use of referendums, including why they are an important corrective measure for legislatures that do not represent the will of the people, and what the results of the current vote reveal about their future.

Historian and Politico contributing writer Joshua Zeitz, author of "Lincoln's God," talks about the impact of faith on America's 16th president. Zeitz contends that as a young man, Abraham Lincoln was skeptical of organized religion but later, as president, came to embrace the power of evangelical Protestantism, both personally and politically.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Historian and Politico contributing writer Joshua Zeitz, author of "Lincoln's God," talks about the impact of faith on America's 16th president. Zeitz contends that as a young man, Abraham Lincoln was skeptical of organized religion but later, as president, came to embrace the power of evangelical Protestantism, both personally and politically.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/.REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignmentEmail Us: realignmentpod@gmail.comFoundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-faiJoshua Zeitz, author of Lincoln's God: How Faith Transformed a President and a Nation, joins The Realignment as part of the show's expanded American history coverage. Joshua and Marshall discuss President Abraham Lincoln's religious beliefs in the context of the lead up to the Civil War and the Second Great Awakening, how the conversation around a president's religious beliefs has shifted since the heights of President George W. Bush's Evangelical faith in the 2000s, and Joshua's broader work on the presidency of LBJ.

On March 4, 1865, Abraham Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address. He invoked Scripture and discussed the ongoing Civil War in religious terms -- as divine punishment for the sin of slavery. It was a surprising speech for a man once known as a religious skeptic.What led Lincoln to deliver such a religious speech? What were Lincoln's religious views? How did they affect his leadership? Joshua Zeitz has just written a new book to answer those questions. It's titled Lincoln's God: How Faith Transformed a President and a Nation. LINCOLN'S GOD: HOW FAITH TRANSFORMED A PRESIDENT AND A NATIONhttps://www.amazon.com/Lincolns-God-Transformed-President-Nation-ebook/dp/B09ZRJFT3TJOIN PREMIUMListen ad-free for only $5/month at www.bit.ly/TAPpremiumFOLLOW USwww.linktr.ee/thisamericanpresidentCREDITSHost: Richard LimProducer: Michael NealArtist: Nip Rogers, www.NipRogers.comThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5220935/advertisement

He's the best president that the United States has ever had ... at least according to one 2021 C-span study.But how did Lincoln's religious views affect his life and leadership? In this episode, Don is joined by Joshua Zeitz, author of 'Lincoln's God: How Faith Transformed a President and a Nation'.We hear about Lincoln's journey from scepticism to spiritualism, and the growth of connections between politics and the church in the United States.Produced by Sophie Gee. Edited by Siobhan Dale. Senior Producer was Charlotte Long.

Joshua Zeitz shows us the progress of President Abraham Lincoln's faith in his new book, "Lincoln's God" -- were Christian values at the heart of his decision to free the slaves?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Author: Joshua Zeitz Book: LINCOLN'S GOD: How Faith Transformed a President and a Nation Publishing: Viking (May 16, 2023) Synopsis (from the Publisher): Lincoln's spiritual journey from spiritual skeptic to America's first evangelical Christian presidentbeliever—a conversion that changed both the Civil War and the practice of religion itself. Abraham Lincoln, unlike most of his political […] The post JOSHUA ZEITZ – LINCOLN'S GOD: How Faith Transformed a President and a Nation appeared first on KSCJ 1360.

Abraham Lincoln, unlike most of his political brethren, kept organized Christianity at arm's length. He never joined a church and only sometimes attended Sunday services with his wife. But over the course of his life, the erstwhile skeptic effectively evolved into the nation's first evangelical president. The Civil War, he told Americans, was divine retribution for the sin of slavery. “Lincoln's God: How Faith Transformed a President and a Nation” by today's guest Joshua Zeitz, is the story of that transformation, the role Lincoln's conversion played in the war, and the way it in turn transformed Protestantism. Rather than focus on battles and personalities, we explore the social impact of the war on Northerners' spiritual worldview, and the ways in which religion helped millions of Northerners interpret the carnage and political upheaval of the 1850s and 1860s. about the book. Long underestimated in accounts of the Civil War, religion—specifically evangelical Christianity—played an instrumental role on the battlefield and home front, and in the corridors of government.

“And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord andnot to men,” ~Colossians 3:23 (NKJV)Jesus was the greatest example of being a servant. It says in John13:5 (NKJV); “After that, He poured water into a basin andbegan to wash the disciples‟ feet, and to wipe them with thetowel...”Wow! Jesus washed His disciple's dirty feet! THAT is being atrue servant.God Himself came to serve not to be served, and it says in John13:15 (NKJV); “For I have given you an example, that youshould do as I have done to you.”Jesus always put others before Himself. He never sought the spotlight.He gave us an awesome example to follow, and the good news is He gives us the power to be like Him!In Christ,Isaiah Joshua Zeitz

Host Reed Galen is joined by Joshua Zeitz…historian, New York Times bestselling author, and contributing editor to Politico Magazine. They discuss the evolution of Abraham Lincoln's faith starting from childhood, throughout his early political career, and throughout his presidency. Plus, how during his presidency he was successfully able to use his understanding of Christianity to mobilize the country to abolish slavery, preserve the Union, and win the Civil War. Fast-forward to the present, how does religion influence politics today…and vice versa? Be sure to pre-order Joshua Zeitz's upcoming book, Lincoln's God: How Faith Transformed a President and a Nation. If you'd like to connect with The Lincoln Project, send an email to podcast@lincolnproject.us.

Joshua Zeitz is an historian, the author of five books, an academic and commentator, and a "Twitter buddy" of Joe Walsh's. In this wide-ranging conversation, Joshua and Joe tackle common misconceptions (like that "all historians are liberal"), trace recent history of contemporary political coalitions, and zoom the lens into how to understand today's populist undercurrent--and what it means for the future of our politics.

*Politico's Joshua Zeitz discusses the history of non-consecutive term campaigns for the White House and what it means for Trump. *Elizabeth Schulze from ABC News has the latest on the battle for Speaker of the House.  *Charles Kenny, Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Development in Washington, says Happy Birthday to the Earth's 8 billionth person and what this means for the global population.  *Plus, Bruce Finkleman previews the Salt Shed's indoor concert venue and lineup that was announced today.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

*Politico's Joshua Zeitz discusses the history of non-consecutive term campaigns for the White House and what it means for Trump. *Elizabeth Schulze from ABC News has the latest on the battle for Speaker of the House.  *Charles Kenny, Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Development in Washington, says Happy Birthday to the Earth's 8 billionth person and what this means for the global population.  *Plus, Bruce Finkleman previews the Salt Shed's indoor concert venue and lineup that was announced today.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 4: 6:05pm- Bad Opinion Editorial of the Day: In “Where Will This Political Violence Lead? Look to the 1850s”, Politico's Joshua Zeitz outlandishly compared modern Republicans to pro-slavery Southern extremist from the 1850s—concluding that “[i]f history is a guidepost, we are on the precipice of a dangerous future in which politics devolves into a contest of force rather than ideas.” 6:30pm- Tom Szymanski—New Jersey Republican State Committee Executive Director—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to preview the November 8th midterm elections. Is a red wave coming to New Jersey? 6:55pm- Who Won Social Media? + Zeoli's Final Thought

The Sixth Sense: Joe Biden Sees Dead People…And Disastrous Polling for Dems! The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Show (11/02/22) 3:05pm- While speaking with Mike Jerrick on FOX29, Democrat candidate for U.S. Senate John Fetterman said that he will, unsurprisingly, not withdraw from the race over concerns for his health. Fetterman also continued to insist he has “always been” a supporter of fracking in Pennsylvania—despite a 2018 interview where he ardently stated he opposed it. 3:15pm- McClatchy DC's David Catanese warned that voters in Pennsylvania not to expect election results in the state's U.S. Senate race right away—estimating that tallying mail-in ballot, and subsequently declaring a winner, could take several days after the election. 3:30pm- On Tuesday's episode of The View, Whoopi Goldberg suggested that Fox News' rhetoric is at least partially responsible for the assault on Paul Pelosi, husband of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.  3:40pm- Michael Greer—President & CEO of the Pennsylvania Family Institute—joins the show to discuss a new report alleging that since Tom Wolf became Governor of Pennsylvania, the state has spent $16.7 million in tax-payer money on child sex reassignment surgeries. During a Pennsylvania House Hearing in 2020, a representative of the gender clinic at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) explained there was no age limitation for gender reassignment surgery.  4:05pm- According to a report from The Boston Globe, a mere 2.4 million tons of the 51 million tons of plastic discarded in the United States annually is properly recycled. In response to the statistic, Greenpeace USA referred to recycling plastic as a “myth.” Dharna Noor writes, “many plastics that consumers think they are recycling never make it through a recycling process.” 4:15pm- While promoting her new book at London's Royal Festival Hall, climate activist Greta Thunberg suggested that the adoption of a non-Capitalist economic system is necessary to resolve the “climate crisis.”  4:35pm- During her Wednesday press briefing, White House Press Secretary said “mega MAGA Republicans” do not respect democracy—suggesting that their rhetoric leads to violence. Fox News' Peter Doocy asked Jean Pierre if the Biden administration believes Americans who vote for Republicans are a threat to democracy.  4:40pm- Despite receiving an open letter with over 600 signatures objecting to their decision, Penguin Random House has vowed to publish a book authored by Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett—scheduled to be released in 2023. According to National Review, the open letter accused Penguin Random House of “the destruction of human rights with obscene profits.” 4:50pm- In a recent opinion editorial, the Washington Post's Eric Wemple conceded the paper should have defended former New York Times editor James Bennet when he was unfairly criticized for publishing an opinion piece written by Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR). 5:00pm- Linda Kearns—Attorney for the Public Interest Legal Foundation—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to talk about the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's ruling that election officials can not count mail-in ballots that are incorrectly dated. Learn more about election integrity at: www.lindakearnslaw.com  5:20pm- While speaking at a Florida campaign rally for Senate candidate Val Demings and Gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist, Joe Biden took credit for the recent dip in gas prices—but blamed Vladimir Putin and the oil industry for price increases. 5:45pm- Polling conspiracy theorist? MSNBC's Joy Reid claimed that Republican polling firms are “flooding” polling aggregate sites like Real Clear Politics and are, consequently, misleadingly predicting a “red wave” in the November 8thmidterm elections.  5:50pm- American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten spoke at a campaign rally for Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer in Detroit—accusing Republican of being responsible adopting policies that are against the best interests of families and, instead, in alignment with oil companies who are “gouging consumers.”  6:05pm- Bad Opinion Editorial of the Day: In “Where Will This Political Violence Lead? Look to the 1850s”, Politico's Joshua Zeitz outlandishly compared modern Republicans to pro-slavery Southern extremist from the 1850s—concluding that “[i]f history is a guidepost, we are on the precipice of dangerous future in which politics devolves into a contest of force rather than ideas.” 6:30pm- Tom Szymanski—New Jersey Republican State Committee Executive Director—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to preview the November 8th midterm elections. Is a red wave coming to New Jersey? 6:55pm- Who Won Social Media? + Zeoli's Final Thought

Our podcast guest, historian Joshua Zeitz, referenced the world of Arthur Schlesinger, a renowned historian and leading light of liberalism, who popularized the concept of the imperial presidency. He wrote biographies of FDR and Andrew Jackson, both of whom he viewed favorably in terms of how they used executive power to drive popular democratic reform. However, by the early 1970s in the aftermath of the Vietnam War, he had grown skeptical of an imperial presidency that overshadows the other branches of government. Former president Trump took this to a new level and in doing so, may have demonstrated the limits of an imperial presidency. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nextgenpolitics/message

Our guest, historian Joshua Zeitz, reminded us that many government programs that provide social benefits are very controversial at first--Social Security was initially decried as being very socialistic--yet become untouchable and beloved by the American people. He also drew our attention to recent changes in civic participation. Our guest Joshua Zeitz noted that former President Trump, and despite his efforts to roll back democratic norms, excited a genuine interest in American politics and voting among supporters and opponents alike in a way that no president has in many many years, inclusive of less traditional voters from rural areas and who lack college education. The 2020 election ignited record-breaking voter turnout--followed by current efforts to pull back on voting rights. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nextgenpolitics/message

At this week's Round Table, Inica, Madeline, and Olivia spoke with Joshua Zeitz, a historian, contributing editor at Politico Magazine, and New York Times best-selling authority of books including Building the Great Society: Inside Lyndon Johnson's White House and Lincoln Boys. Josh helped us make sense of the current presidential administration, which is going big and going quick in its first 100 days. While the imperial presidency has loomed large for the last several decades, the presidency hasn't always been what it is, and the last four years have suggested strong parameters in just how far a President can go. We had a fantastic conversation about the abilities and limitations of presidents; the impact of polarization--historically and currently--on civic participation; the influences of FDR, LBJ, and Obama on the Biden administration; and how to strike the right balance of looking back and looking ahead. The Biden administration is betting on people wanting more, not less, government right now, which goes against the winds of recent years. We'll see how it goes. Please note: we're experimenting with a new weekly pod publication date, shifting from Thursday to Sunday morning. Let us know what you think. Thank you for joining us! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nextgenpolitics/message

Historians Kenneth C. Davis, J. Alex Navarro, and Joshua Zeitz join Matilde Bechet to discuss media coverage of the 1918 Influenza pandemic and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

“We will not win our war against poverty until the conscience of the entire Nation is aroused,” LBJ told an aide. But how to do that when most Americans were doing reasonably well and barely knew poverty was an issue? Somehow LBJ would have to convince a risk-averse and price-sensitive congress to back a costly, new government program aimed at solving a problem many voters barely knew existed. Johnson's solution: the 1965 Poverty Tour, a blitz campaign that would take the president into the country's poorest and most neglected communities in a bid to make the American electorate aware of the largely hidden poverty in their midst, and to rally their support behind his ambitious plan to do something about it. Commentary and analysis: Joshua Zeitz, author of “Building the Great Society: Inside Lyndon Johnson’s White House.” Learn more at LBJsGreatSociety.org.

"I didn't know a damn thing about poverty and didn't want the job," Sargent Shriver would later recall, of his conversation with the president, “and I told him so.” But it was no use: Lyndon Johnson had fixed on Shriver to lead his newly declared war on poverty, and that was that. But could poverty really be eradicated? And if so, how? It fell to the reluctant recruit to figure that out, and fast. Johnson had given him just six weeks to turn a dauntingly ambitious idea into a legislative program, and somehow get it through a deeply change-resistant Congress. Contributing historian: Joshua Zeitz. Learn more at LBJsGreatSociety.org.

On the night of JFK’s assassination, with the nation reeling, Lyndon Johnson stayed up much of the night with two young aides, and laid out a list of legislative initiatives he proposed to pursue. In its scope, vision, and sheer audacity, the list was astonishing, affecting nearly every aspect of American public life, from health care to voting rights to education. It would be nearly six months before the agenda that LBJ mapped out that night would fully coalesce, and be officially unveiled, under the banner of the Great Society. But from day one, LBJ was off and running, determined to be not merely the keeper of the JFK flame, but a president of Rushmore level greatness — the president who picked up where FDR left off. This first episode will look at the forces that shaped LBJ's vision and ambition, and the trajectory of his rise from the near total obscurity of the vice-presidency to the pinnacle of power. Key voices include senior aide Jack Valenti, who mapped the strategy for rolling out the Great Society vision, and Richard Goodwin, who wrote the speech that would articulate that vision to the American electorate. With commentary and analysis from historians Joshua Zeitz and Julian Zelizer, along with archival audio from the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library. Learn more at LBJsGreatSociety.org.

How did President Lyndon Johnson engineer one of the biggest bursts of liberal legislation in American history? And did his vision of a Great Society successfully alleviate poverty and reduce inequality? In Building the Great Society: Inside Lyndon Johnson’s White House (Viking, 2018), historian Joshua Zeitz takes you inside the Johnson White House and shows how Johnson’s tenacity, combined with a under-appreciated team of sharp advisors, crafted a set of government programs that continues to shape American life. Zeitz challenges the conservative critique of the Great Society as ineffectual, and also argues that the ideological approach of the Johnson administration was more moderate pragmatism than left-wing radicalism. Regardless of the reader’s political outlook, Building the Great Society provides an essential understanding into how this enormously consequential period of American history came to be. Bill Scher is a Contributing Editor for POLITICO Magazine. He has provided political commentary on CNN, NPR and MSNBC. He has been published in The New York Times, The New Republic, and The New York Daily News among other publications. He is author of Wait! Don’t Move to Canada, published by Rodale in 2006.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How did President Lyndon Johnson engineer one of the biggest bursts of liberal legislation in American history? And did his vision of a Great Society successfully alleviate poverty and reduce inequality? In Building the Great Society: Inside Lyndon Johnson’s White House (Viking, 2018), historian Joshua Zeitz takes you inside the Johnson White House and shows how Johnson’s tenacity, combined with a under-appreciated team of sharp advisors, crafted a set of government programs that continues to shape American life. Zeitz challenges the conservative critique of the Great Society as ineffectual, and also argues that the ideological approach of the Johnson administration was more moderate pragmatism than left-wing radicalism. Regardless of the reader’s political outlook, Building the Great Society provides an essential understanding into how this enormously consequential period of American history came to be. Bill Scher is a Contributing Editor for POLITICO Magazine. He has provided political commentary on CNN, NPR and MSNBC. He has been published in The New York Times, The New Republic, and The New York Daily News among other publications. He is author of Wait! Don’t Move to Canada, published by Rodale in 2006.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How did President Lyndon Johnson engineer one of the biggest bursts of liberal legislation in American history? And did his vision of a Great Society successfully alleviate poverty and reduce inequality? In Building the Great Society: Inside Lyndon Johnson’s White House (Viking, 2018), historian Joshua Zeitz takes you inside the... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How did President Lyndon Johnson engineer one of the biggest bursts of liberal legislation in American history? And did his vision of a Great Society successfully alleviate poverty and reduce inequality? In Building the Great Society: Inside Lyndon Johnson’s White House (Viking, 2018), historian Joshua Zeitz takes you inside the Johnson White House and shows how Johnson’s tenacity, combined with a under-appreciated team of sharp advisors, crafted a set of government programs that continues to shape American life. Zeitz challenges the conservative critique of the Great Society as ineffectual, and also argues that the ideological approach of the Johnson administration was more moderate pragmatism than left-wing radicalism. Regardless of the reader’s political outlook, Building the Great Society provides an essential understanding into how this enormously consequential period of American history came to be. Bill Scher is a Contributing Editor for POLITICO Magazine. He has provided political commentary on CNN, NPR and MSNBC. He has been published in The New York Times, The New Republic, and The New York Daily News among other publications. He is author of Wait! Don’t Move to Canada, published by Rodale in 2006.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How did President Lyndon Johnson engineer one of the biggest bursts of liberal legislation in American history? And did his vision of a Great Society successfully alleviate poverty and reduce inequality? In Building the Great Society: Inside Lyndon Johnson’s White House (Viking, 2018), historian Joshua Zeitz takes you inside the Johnson White House and shows how Johnson’s tenacity, combined with a under-appreciated team of sharp advisors, crafted a set of government programs that continues to shape American life. Zeitz challenges the conservative critique of the Great Society as ineffectual, and also argues that the ideological approach of the Johnson administration was more moderate pragmatism than left-wing radicalism. Regardless of the reader’s political outlook, Building the Great Society provides an essential understanding into how this enormously consequential period of American history came to be. Bill Scher is a Contributing Editor for POLITICO Magazine. He has provided political commentary on CNN, NPR and MSNBC. He has been published in The New York Times, The New Republic, and The New York Daily News among other publications. He is author of Wait! Don’t Move to Canada, published by Rodale in 2006.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lyndon Johnson's towering political skills and his ambitious slate of liberal legislation are the stuff of legend: the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Medicare, Medicaid, Head Start and environmental reform. But what happened after the bills passed? One man could not and did not go it alone. Bill Moyers, Jack Valenti, Joe Califano, Harry McPherson and the other staff members who comprised LBJ's inner circle were men as pragmatic and ambitious as Johnson, equally skilled in the art of accumulating power or throwing a sharp elbow.

Joshua Zeitz says the presidential legacy most at risk under Donald Trump isn't that of Barack Obama, but of LBJ. I asked him to explain while we discussed his book, "Building The Great Society: Lyndon Johnson's White House."We talked about Johnson's work on Medicare and Medicaid, how much the Vietnam War detracts from his legacy, how his War On Poverty worked out. I also asked how his work on desegregation and civil rights lost the south for the Democrats and how he spent the political capital he had from his first days in the Oval Office.Listen, then click here to subscribe to these podcasts via iTunes!

The House Intelligence Committee today released the long-threatened memo that turned out to be not much of anything. Nicole speaks with former CIA agent Jack Rice about the dangers of releasing classified information. Then we turn to history with Joshua Zeitz, author of the new book "Building the Great Society"

Elections do have consequences and leaders really do matter. Grassroots voices and organizing can bring attention to a problem, but it’s the job of government, of our constitutional process, to put those policies in place. As modern history tells us, it’s no easy task. This week we watched a State of the Union speech devoid of ideas, or programs or lofty goals to lift people up, or in the parlance of our times, to solve problems. It was a far cry from Bill Clinton’s laundry list of small ball in his ‘95 SOTU and even further from the goals once set out by Lyndon Johnson. So much of the legislative battle today is not about, as some commentators have said, undoing the New Deal, but undoing the remarkable achievements of Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society. It’s a remarkable list that includes medicare, medicai d, public radio, public television, the voting right act, federal aid to education, consumer protections, creating the Department of Transportation, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the great 1964 Civil Rights Act. All done in five years, while struggling with the disaster that was Vietnam. Johnson did it all not through executive orders, but through the simple Article One powers of the Constitution. That’s the story that Joshua Zeitz tells in Building the Great Society: Inside Lyndon Johnson's White House My conversation with Joshua Zeitz:

Lyndon B. Johnson doesn’t always get the consideration he deserves as one of America’s great presidents. On today’s Gist, historian Joshua Zeitz says LBJ’s fight for welfare reform and civil rights redefined the country, even as those legal achievements come under attack by today’s Republican Party. Zeitz is the author of Building the Great Society: Inside Lyndon Johnson’s White House.     Plus, a Spiel from the 2016 archives: Vote Jabba! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lyndon B. Johnson doesn’t always get the consideration he deserves as one of America’s great presidents. On today’s Gist, historian Joshua Zeitz says LBJ’s fight for welfare reform and civil rights redefined the country, even as those legal achievements come under attack by today’s Republican Party. Zeitz is the author of Building the Great Society: Inside Lyndon Johnson’s White House.     Plus, a Spiel from the 2016 archives: Vote Jabba! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We take so much for granted in this great country like Medicare and Medicaid, voting rights, integrated schools and hospitals as well as environmental and consumer protections. Yet this extraordinary political inheritance is at risk. Here to discuss this is Joshua Zeitz, PhD. He is a Politico magazine editor and New York Times bestselling author who has a new book: "Building The Great Society: Inside Lyndon Johnson’s White House," now available on Amazon and at bookstores.Image credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/Flickr

Seth Stevenson guest hosts today's show and talks with Joshua Zeitz, a historian and contributing editor at Politico, about General John Kelly and whether his tenure as Chief of Staff will resemble that of General Al Haig during the Nixon administration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seth Stevenson guest hosts today's show and talks with Joshua Zeitz, a historian and contributing editor at Politico, about General John Kelly and whether his tenure as Chief of Staff will resemble that of General Al Haig during the Nixon administration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices