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What are the secrets to moderating engaging conversations with a high-profile, headline guest at your event?  Today, I talk with Mark Updegrove, President & CEO of the LBJ Foundation to find out. Over the years, Mark has interviewed and/or moderated conversations with seven former Presidents including the late Jimmy Carter.  In addition to speaking with Presidents, he has also moderated conversations with high-profile musicians, journalists, authors, and other cultural icons. In this episode, Mark shares tips on how to get a high-profile individual to say "yes" to a moderated/public conversation, how a moderator should prepare for a public conversation, and insights on how to handle high-profile individuals who have different onstage versus offstage personas. This is one episode you will not want to miss. 

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With a sitting VP running for President for the first time since Al Gore's failed bid for the White House in 2000, there's been a lot of talk about the role the VP plays in government, the impact a VP pick has on a Presidential campaign, and just how much Kamala Harris' record as VP/relationship to President Joe Biden can show us about her own agenda, should she win the White House. So today we begin a three-episode ­run focused on the Vice Presidency and those who have held the office with a conversation on Lyndon B. Johnson. Lyndon B. Johnson's Presidency is bookended by the tragedies of JFK's assassination and the escalation of the Vietnam war, but his career in politics and the policies he championed transcend his time in the Oval Office. In this episode, two of the foremost experts on LBJ, Mark Updegrove and Mark A. Lawrence, join Bob & Ben to discuss Johnson's life and legacy. Mark Updegrove is the President & CEO of the LBJ Foundation in Austin, TX, the presidential historian for ABC News, and the author of multiple books on Presidential History, including Indomitable Will: LBJ in the Presidency. Dr. Mark Atwood Lawrence  is Director of the LBJ Presidential Library and Museum and Associate Professor of History at UT-Austin. He is the author of multiple books on US history including The Vietnam War:  A Concise International History. This is a rebroadcast of RTN #256, which originally aired on December 12, 2022. This reair was edited by Ben Sawyer.  

Lyndon Baines Johnson is one of the most legislatively accomplished presidents in American history - possibly the only president who actually did so much winning, people got tired of it. But how did he make legislating look so easy? Mark Updegrove, president and CEO of the LBJ Foundation and author of 5 books on the presidency, including Indomitable Will: LBJ in the Presidency, discusses the impact and legacy of LBJ's Great Society.Support the show

During Lydon Johnson's 4 years in office, his administration shepherded through: The Civil Rights Act, The Voting Rights Act, The Economic Opportunity Act, Upward Bound, The Job Corps, Head Start, Community Action Agencies, The Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Medicare and Medicaid, The National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities, The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, PBS, and NPR, The Urban Mass Transportation Act, Cigarette Labelling and Advertising Act, The Motor Vehicle Safety Act, The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The Fair Packaging and Labeling Act, The Child Safety Act of 1966, The Water Quality Act, The Housing and Urban Development Act, The Fair Labor Standards Act, and many many other programs designed to eliminate poverty in America.  By eliminating poverty, he didn't only mean financial poverty, yet this isn't to say that LBJ ignored the economics at all. You might recall from our first episode Johnson saying, "This administration here and now declares unconditional war on poverty in America.” But we still see poverty in America today, so does that mean the war on poverty failed?  In this episode, we'll look at the legacies of the Great Society, the War on Poverty, and LBJ's Presidency.  And we'll ask, what did the policies that came out of his administration mean for the American Safety Net and why aren‘t more people aware of LBJ's social policy legacy?  Special thanks to our guests for this episode, Erine Gray, Guian McKee, Martha Baily, Julian Zelizer, Mark Updegrove, H.W. Brands, and Robert Caro. Thank you as well to The Miller Center at the University of Virginia, The American Presidency Project at The University of California Santa Barbara, The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, and The LBJ Presidential Library and Museum in Austin Texas for their consultation and use of archived materials.  Michael Zapruder arranged and composed the music for this show, and played guitar, with Jeff Olsen on drums, Mike St. Clair on bass, and Sam Lipman on keyboards. Executive Producer, Rebecca McInroy.  Advising Editor, Jim Tuttle Intern, Frances Cutter      

Here we are in the third episode of our 4 episode season looking at how Lyndon Johnson, by passing the civil rights bill on July 2nd, 1964, and The Economic Opportunity Act on Aug. 20th, 1964, is continuing the work of Franklin Roosevelt, and doing it as a sort of interim president before he is elected in his own right in November of 1964. An election he's nervous about, an election that could find him out of politics altogether with an enormous amount of work undone and with no clear path to power within reach. One of the biggest goals left undone by FDR and through the terms of Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy, is that of passing a comprehensive healthcare bill for the poor and elderly.  In this episode, we explore Medicare's tenuous, and little-known road to realization and the masterminds behind its conception.  Special thanks to our guests for this episode, Erine Gray, Guian McKee, Melody Barnes, Julian Zelizer, Mark Updegrove, and Robert Caro. Thank you as well to The Miller Center at the University of Virginia, The American Presidency Project at The University of California Santa Barbara, The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, and The LBJ Presidential Library and Museum in Austin Texas for their consultation and use of archived materials.  Michael Zapruder arranged and composed the music for this show, and played guitar, with Jeff Olsen on drums, Mike St. Clair on bass, and Sam Lipman on keyboards. Executive Producer, Rebecca McInroy.  Advising Editor, Jim Tuttle Intern, Frances Cutter

Last month, Mark Updegrove moderated a discussion at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, at Rice University, entitled "A presidential election with legal issues like no other." There, he interviewed two legal experts about the legal challenges faced by the GOP's leading presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump, one of the many unprecedented aspects of our presidential election later this year. Richard L. Hasen is Professor of Law and Political Science at UCLA and the Director of the Safeguarding Democracy Project. And Joshua Sellers is Professor of Law at the University of Texas at Austin.

Robert Gates served in public life for over 50 years. He began his career as an entry-level CIA analyst and would rise the ranks to become director of the agency from 1991-93. In 2006, he was named Secretary of Defense by President George W. Bush as our nation waged war in Afghanistan and Iraq. He would retain the position for President Barack Obama until 2011, making him the only Secretary of Defense asked by a newly elected President to remain in the office.Secretary Gates is the author of a number of bestselling books, including A Passion for Leadership and his memoir, Duty, and has served as President of Texas A&M and currently holds the position of Chancellor of the College of William & Mary. Mark Updegrove talked to him recently before a full house at the LBJ Library, where he offered his reflections on an increasingly chaotic world, including the Israel-Hamas War, the War in Ukraine, the security threats posed by an increasingly aggressive China, and the struggles we face here at home

Mark Lawrence and Mark Updegrove are two of this country's most preeminent historians of the American Presidency—they also host the superb history podcast “With the Bark Off”. On this week's “Leaders and Legends” podcast, we have a wide-ranging discussion of the most powerful job in the world and the men who made it so. Sponsors • Veteran Strategies• NFP - A leading insurance broker and consultant• Garmong Construction• Crowne Plaza Downtown Indianapolis Historic Union Station About Veteran Strategies ‘Leaders and Legends' is brought to you by Veteran Strategies—your local veteran business enterprise specializing in media relations, crisis communications, public outreach, and digital photography. Learn more at www.veteranstrategies.com.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jake Tapper is the chief Washington anchor for CNN, whose shows “The Lead with Jake Tapper” and “State of the Union” are fixtures of broadcast news. Tapper has been covering politics in Washington for over 25 years--from the Clinton Administration through the Biden Administration. He's also a best-selling author of five books, three of which are works of fiction, including his latest, All the Demons Are Here. During a recent visit to the LBJ Library to promote the book, Jake talked to Mark Updegrove about his reflections on the state of our democracy, the media landscape, President Joe Biden, and Biden's presumptive Republican challenger in next year's presidential election: former President Donald Trump.

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Samuel Freedman is a Professor at Columbia University and the award-winning author of ten books. In Into the Bright Sunshine he looks at the life of Hubert Humphrey, who would become Senator from Minnesota, Vice President to Lyndon Johnson, and the Democratic presidential nominee in 1968, who lost his bid for the presidency to Richard Nixon by less than one percentage point.But it's Humphrey's early years that Samuel Freedman covers in his book, chronicling Humphrey's humble beginnings in smalltown South Dakota and his move to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where Humphrey launched an activist political career that helped to change the trajectory of civil rights in America. 

Melvyn Leffler is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Virginia and one of the world's leading scholars of U.S. foreign relations. His many award-winning books include For the Soul of Mankind: The United States, The Soviet Union, and the Cold War and A Preponderance of Power: National Security, the Truman Administration, and the Cold War. His most recent book is Confronting Saddam Hussein, about the decisions that led America to war in Iraq in 2003.

Richard Norton Smith is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated historian and the author of numerous books, including On His Own Terms: A Life of Nelson Rockefeller, and Patriarch: George Washington and the New American Nation.  Throughout his career, he has been the director of five presidential libraries, those of Abraham Lincoln, Herbert Hoover, Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, and, in keeping with today's subject, Gerald Ford.Richard joined Mark Updegrove to discuss his newest book, An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford.

Marc J. Selverstone is Associate Professor in Presidential Studies at the Miller Center for Public Affairs at The University of Virginia and Chair of the Center's renowned Presidential Recordings Program, which has made available thousands of hours of audio from presidents stretching from Franklin Roosevelt to Richard Nixon.Selverstone is the award-winning author of The Kennedy Withdrawal: Camelot and the American Commitment to Vietnam and Constructing the Monolith: The United States, Great Britain, and International Communism, 1945-1950.

Elizabeth Varon is the Langbourne M. Williams Professor of American History at the University of Virginia and Associate Director of the John L. Nau III Center for Civil War History. Among her many books are Appomattox: Victory, Defeat, and Freedom at the End of the Civil War, Disunion!: The Coming of the American Civil War, and Armies of Deliverance: A New History of the Civil War.More than 150 years after the Civil War ended, the United States is still battling over the meaning of the war. Liz Varon shows how those debates got started even as the smoke was clearing from the final battles.

Professor Laderman is a prolific historian of international affairs based in the War Studies Department at King's College London. His books include Sharing the Burden: The Armenian Question, Humanitarian Intervention, and Anglo-American Visions of Global Order as well as Hitler's American Gamble: Pearl Harbor and Germany's March to Global War. Laderman has also written for the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy, and The Washington Post and has worked as a commentator for the BBC.

Peter Baker is the chief White House correspondent for The New York Times, a political analyst for MSNBC, and the author of several books on the presidency, including Days of Fire and The Breach. Susan Glasser is a staff writer for The New Yorker and a CNN global affairs analyst. Their first assignment as a married couple was as Moscow bureau chiefs for The Washington Post, after which they wrote Kremlin Rising. They also co-authored The Man Who Ran Washington, a New York Times bestseller.The Divider is, at least for the moment, the definitive account of the Trump presidency. Sweeping across four years of nearly constant crisis and controversy, the book examines one of America's most enigmatic presidencies, which included two impeachments, dramatic international events, a constantly shifting array of advisers, and the insurrection of January 6, 2021.This conversation took place on December 13, 2022, at the LBJ Presidential Library.

Hosts Mark Lawrence and Mark Updegrove look back on 10 of their favorite "With the Bark Off" moments from an incredible year.Featured guests:Amity Shlaes on Calvin CoolidgeJohn Farrell on Richard NixonPaul Gregory on Lee Harvey OswaldNicole Hemmer on Ronald ReaganJonathan Martin on Donald TrumpPete Souza on Barack ObamaGabriel Debenedetti on the legacies of Obama and BidenAnthony Fauci on his own legacyAli Vitali on Queen Elizabeth II and female leadershipDarlene Superville and Julie Pace on Jill Biden's influence on Joe Biden's decision whether to run for reelection

Lyndon B. Johnson's Presidency is bookended by the tragedies of JFK's assassination and the escalation of the Vietnam war, but his career in politics and the policies he championed transcend his time in the Oval Office. In this episode, two of the foremost experts on LBJ, Mark Updegrove and Mark A. Lawrence, join Bob & Ben to discuss Johnson's life and legacy. Mark Updegrove is the President & CEO of the LBJ Foundation in Austin, TX, the presidential historian for ABC News, and the author of multiple books on Presidential History, including Indomitable Will: LBJ in the Presidency. Dr. Mark Atwood Lawrence  is Director of the LBJ Presidential Library and Museum and Associate Professor of History at UT-Austin. He is the author of multiple books on US history including The Vietnam War:  A Concise International History. If you enjoy The Road to Now, make sure to check out their podcast, With the Bark Off, which offers a critical examination of the 45 men who have served as President of the United States and is available on your favorite podcast player. This episode was edited by Gary Fletcher.

John Farrell is a former White House correspondent and Washington editor for the Boston Globe and a former Washington Bureau Chief and columnist for the Denver Post. He is also a best-selling and award-winning author whose works include Tip O'Neill and the Democratic Century; Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned; and Richard Nixon: The Life, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize that he discussed in an earlier episode of this program.His latest book, Ted Kennedy: A Life, explores Senator Kennedy's remarkable 77 years, rife with inconceivable triumph and unimaginable tragedy.

Pete Souza is one of our nation's leading photojournalists—and few have risen to greater prominence. He has worked as an official White House photographer for Ronald Reagan and the chief official White House photographer for Barack Obama. Among many other distinctions, he won the Pulitzer Prize in 2001 along with colleagues at the Chicago Tribune, and last year he was inducted into the International Photography Hall of Fame. His books include Obama: An Intimate Portrait, one of the bestselling photography books of all time; Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents; and his latest, The West Wing and Beyond: What I Saw Inside the Presidency.Mark Updegrove and Mark Lawrence talk to Pete about his unique vantage point on the presidency and the presidents he has worked with and captured for history. 

Paul Gregory is an expert on Russia and is currently a research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. A pioneer in the study of Soviet and Russian economics, his textbook on the Russian economy was used to teach more than two generations of students. But Gregory's latest book is on a subject that he has been reluctant to address for nearly six decades: his relationship with Lee Harvey Oswald and his young wife Marina. Gregory was one of the few people who actually knew them. His inside account of the Oswalds's marriage offers a disturbing portrait of Lee Harvey Oswald, whom Gregory believes acted alone in the assassination of President Kennedy.We talked to Gregory about the Lee Harvey Oswald he came to know, someone who possessed the motive, cunning, and killer instinct of a murderer who was desperately vying for a place in history. 

Why does JFK leave such a distinct mark in American history and culture? What are the areas of his life that distinguish him from other presidents? Why does he have such universal appeal decades later? Today we speak with historian Mark K. Updegrove who is the author of "Incomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency" to discuss these questions and more. Mentioned in this episode: -Buy Mark's book https://www.amazon.com/Incomparable-Grace-Presidency-Mark-Updegrove/dp/152474574X Are You Overwhelmed Searching For Health Insurance? Talk to Matt Allen at Iconic Insurance Fifteen percent of Americans are left to find health insurance on their own. If that's you, you might be feeling overwhelmed, lost, or frustrated. It's time to feel in control of your health finally with Matt Allen of Iconic Insurance. Visit iconic-insurance.com/libertarians to get started. Newsletter Sign up for Remso's On The Run Newsletter https://remso.substack.com/ Hustler's University 2.0 is now New Era Learning! Obtain the skills and knowledge you need to start a side hustle and new streams of active and passive income https://neweralearning.app/a/?ref=n76wwgrjgt Robinhood Get your free stock just for signing up with Robinhood and start investing today https://join.robinhood.com/remsom Coinbase Get $10 of Bitcoin when you buy or sell your first $100 https://www.coinbase.com/join/martin_85hr Fundrise Start investing in real estate today with FundRise and get $50 to start when you join https://www.fundrise.com/r/dzed84 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeremi and Zachary are joined by American historian Mark Updegrove. They discuss Mark's recent book, Incomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency and President John F. Kennedy's popularity and lasting legacy. Zachary reads his poem, "Never Again the Same." This episode of This is Democracy was edited, mixed, and mastered by Morgan Honaker.

Kate Andersen Brower began her career as a journalist, working as a producer for CBS News and Fox News before moving on to cover the White House for Bloomberg during the first term of Barack Obama. She's currently a contributor to CNN and has written for The New York Times, Vanity Fair, and The Washington Post. A bestselling author, she has explored various aspects of life in, around, and out of the White House. In this episode Mark Updegrove talks with Kate about three of her books: The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House, Team of Five: The Presidents Club in the Age of Trump, and First in Line: Presidents, Vice Presidents and the Pursuit of Power. 

Despite assuming the presidency from the 20th century's narrowest election victory, John F. Kennedy captivated the American public's imagination, even before his untimely death.  What was it that made JFK so compelling in his own time, and continues to contribute to his enduring appeal today?We dive into the answer to that question by unpacking some of Kennedy's personal qualities and complexities with Mark Updegrove, author ofIncomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency. We begin our conversation with how JFK's upbringing and war experience shaped him. We talk about his leadership style while in office, how he intentionally cultivated his cool and appealing image, and what his wife Jackie added to that image. Mark explains what was behind Kennedy's infamous affairs, and how JFK championed physical fitness despite being in tremendous physical pain himself. We end our conversation with the traits that worked both for and against JFK's success as president. Resources Related to the PodcastProfiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy Addison's DiseaseJFK on “The Soft American”JFK's Inaugural SpeechJFK's Moon SpeechAoM Article: Take the TR/JFK 50-Mile ChallengeConnect with Mark UpdegroveMark at the LBJ Presidential LibraryMark's Podcast: With the Bark Off — Conversations on the American Presidency

For those that have no living memory of JFK, it's nearly impossible to think of his presidency as anything but a few preordained moments that move inevitably toward his tragic death: His 1961 inauguration marking a high point of the optimism of the post-war era in which Jackie Kennedy holds their infant son and JFK famously intones: “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” This is quickly followed by the botched Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and Kennedy's challenge for the US to land on the moon by the end of the decade. But his assassination tragically cuts his life short, and the legend of JFK becomes frozen in amber. To get a sense of what it was actually like to live during the JFK presidency, we are joined by Mark Updegrove, author of Incomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency. Looking back on Kennedy's strength and challenges as a man and leader from the lens of today, we eschew the Camelot myths and look at the textured portrait of a complicated leader, examining the major challenges JFK faced and the influential figures that surrounded him.

Mark Updegrove, president and CEO of the Lyndon B. Johnson Foundation and presidential historian for ABC News, discusses his new book "Incomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency" with Martin Dobrow, professor of communications at Springfield College.

In this week's “A Reagan Forum” we go back a few weeks to our virtual program with Mark Updegrove. Mark is the president and CEO of the LBJ Foundation and serves as Presidential Historian for ABC News. Mark joined us to discuss his brand new book, Incomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency, an illuminating account […]

In this week's “A Reagan Forum” we go back a few weeks to our virtual program with Mark Updegrove. Mark is the president and CEO of the LBJ Foundation and serves as Presidential Historian for ABC News. Mark joined us to discuss his brand new book, Incomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency, an illuminating account of John F Kennedy's brief but transformative tenure in the White House.

Almost 60 years after his death, President John F. Kennedy continues to fascinate and be looked upon with admiration and even reverence. Kennedy's personal traits have to be one reason – his youth, oratory skills, ability to inspire and family all contribute to how he is remembered. Myths about Kennedy have grown throughout the last six decades as well. A new book – Incomparable Grace – JFK in the Presidency by presidential historian Mark Updegrove takes a deeper look into Kennedy as president. It describes a president who may not have been ready for the White House into one who grew into the job. Mark Updegrove, who has authored five books on the presidency, is president and CEO of the LBJ Foundation and the presidential historian for ABC News, is with us on Wednesday's Smart Talk. Support WITF: https://www.witf.org/support/give-now/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Talmage Boston holds a live cross-examination style interview of Mark Updegrove, an American author, historian, journalist, and Presidential Historian for ABC News, about his latest book Incomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency. Mark Updegrove is also the president and CEO of the LBJ Foundation in Austin, Texas, and served as the director of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum for eight years.

Nearly 60 years after his death, John F. Kennedy still holds an outsize place in the American imagination. Baby Boomers certainly remember his dazzling presence as president, but his brief time in office was marked by more than just style and elegance. His presidency is a story of a fledgling leader forced to meet severe challenges, and to rise above his early missteps to lead his nation into a new and more hopeful era. Kennedy entered office inexperienced but alluring, his reputation more given by an enamored public than earned through achievement. Presidential historian Mark Updegrove details the setbacks of JFK's first months: the botched Bay of Pigs invasion, his disastrous summit with Soviet Premier Khrushchev, and his mismanaged approach to the Civil Rights Movement. But soon the young president proved that behind the glamour was a leader of uncommon fortitude and vision. A humbled Kennedy conceded his mistakes and—important for our times—drew lessons from his failures that he used to right wrongs and move forward, radiating greater possibility as he coolly faced a steady stream of crises before his tragic end. Join us as Updegrove reexamines the dramatic, consequential White House years of a flawed but gifted leader, whose brief but transformative tenure has too often been obscured by the Camelot myth that engulfed JFK after his assassination. MLF ORGANIZER George Hammond This program is part of our Good Lit series, underwritten by the Bernard Osher Foundation. SPEAKERS Mark Updegrove President and CEO, Lyndon B. Johnson Foundation; Presidential Historian, ABC News; Author, Incomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency In Conversation with Dan Ashley Co Anchor, ABC 7 News; Member, Commonwealth Club Board of Governors; Twitter @DanAshleyABC7 In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently hosting all of our live programming via YouTube live stream. This program was recorded via video conference on April 20th, 2022 by the Commonwealth Club of California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Almost 60 years after his death, President John F. Kennedy continues to fascinate and be looked upon with admiration and even reverence. Kennedy's personal traits have to be one reason – his youth, oratory skills, ability to inspire and family all contribute to how he is remembered. Myths about Kennedy have grown throughout the last six decades as well. A new book – Incomparable Grace – JFK in the Presidency by presidential historian Mark Updegrove takes a deeper look into Kennedy as president. It describes a president who may not have been ready for the White House into one who grew into the job. Mark Updegrove, who has authored five books on the presidency, is president and CEO of the LBJ Foundation and the presidential historian for ABC News, is with us on Wednesday's Smart Talk. Support WITF: https://www.witf.org/support/give-now/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Presidential historian Mark Updegrove joins Tim Pawlenty to discuss his new book Incomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency and some things we may not know about our 35th president.

Presidential Historian and Author of the book "Incomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency" talks about why JFK became a better leader over time, how important Jackie Kennedy was to his presidency, and more. Mark Updegrove's book is available April 26th! https://www.amazon.com/Incomparable-Grace-Presidency-Mark-Updegrove/dp/152474574X#:~:text=Acclaimed%20author%20and%20historian%20Mark,tenure%20in%20the%20White%20House.&text=Nearly%20sixty%20years%20after%20his,place%20in%20the%20American%20imagination.

This morning in Munich, Vice President Harris warned there is a "real possibility" of war in Europe. In Washington, President Biden is set to meet with his National Security Council days after declaring Russian President Vladimir Putin has made the decision to invade. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is calling on Western nations to do more to help defend his country and is asking for immediate sanctions on Russia. Plus, a long simmering feud between top Republicans came to a head this week as House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy endorsed Rep. Liz Cheney's primary challenger. And a new CNN original series reveals in a secret recording how President Johnson was prepared to achieve voting rights for Black Americans if the Voting Rights Act failed. On today's panel: Vivian Salama of the Wall Street Journal, Hans Nichols of Axios, Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report, CNN's Melanie Zanona, Presidential historian Mark Updegrove. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

In this episode, Sam LeBlond talks with the Presidential Historian and President/CEO of the Lyndon B. Johnson Foundation, Mark Updegrove. They discuss preserving Presidential legacies during a pandemic, the consequential father-son relationship of Bush 41 and Bush 43 (and why it is so historically significant), the importance of compromise, and valuable advice from Barbara Pierce Bush.

From 2006- Mark Updegrove discusses his book "Second Acts: Presidential Lives and Legacies after the White House."

Ahead of President-Elect Joe Biden's inauguration, two voters describe what they'd like to hear as he takes office. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell escalates the battle against President Trump, but legislative battles are just getting started. And presidential historian Mark Updegrove previews Biden's speech.

Mark K. Updegrove is the president and CEO of the LBJ Foundation. From 2009 to 2017, he was the director of the LBJ Presidential Library where, he hosted the Civil Rights Summit in 2014, which included Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Jimmy Carter, and oversaw a major renovation of the Library’s core […]

Lyndon Johnson's experience leading the U.S. Senate ultimately made him one of the most consequential Accidental Presidents in history. When he took over for JFK, he made it his mission to get more done with his limited time in office, than anyone thought possible. But at the same time, he sunk deeper and deeper into the quagmire of Vietnam, a tragedy that became part of his complicated legacy.Mark Updegrove, President & CEO of the LBJ Foundation, helps us dive into the extraordinary perseverance of POTUS 36.

Melody Barnes served as director of the White House Domestic Policy Council under President Barack Obama, and is the host of the recent podcast "LBJ and the Great Society." Currently, she's a professor at the University of Virginia's Miller Center and co-director of the university's Democracy Initiative.In this conversation, Barnes reflects on this moment in our nation's history as the promise of systemic reform toward racial equity looms; the striking comparisons between 2020 and 1968, when Martin Luther King Jr. and others used the power of protest toward the power of the pen in bringing about transformational change; and the legacies of both Lyndon Johnson and Barack Obama.

Bakari Sellers became the youngest African American elected official in the country in 2007, when he was sworn into the South Carolina legislature at age 22. Currently a contributor to CNN, he talks about his new book, "My Vanishing Country: A Memoir," which looks at the rural black America in which he grew up and how it has changed adversely over time, as he recounts his own life and his quest for racial equity. He also offers his perspective about the challenges our nation faces on race in the wake of national uprisings around the murder of George Floyd.Signed copies of "My Vanishing Country" are available to purchase from The Store at LBJ.

Dr. Peniel E. Joseph is a Professor of Public Affairs and the founding director for the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin. His critically acclaimed new book, "The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.," argues for a new interpretation of these two historic civil rights leaders.In this episode, Joseph looks at the lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., their markedly different backgrounds and influences, and their divergent but ultimately complementary roles in forging a civil rights "historic period."

As a reporter and news anchor, Dan Rather has covered the biggest stories of the last half-century, from the Civil Rights Movement and Watergate to 9/11 and COVID-19. His wise commentary on current events has made him a social media phenomenon with millions of followers. Rather gives us his perspective on the times we're living in compared to those he's covered in the past; Donald Trump and his toxic relationship with the news media; and why he's a Texan by birth and by choice.*Like many of us, Rather is quarantined at home with family members, and some ambient noise can be heard in the background—but this is well worth a listen.

President Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court in January 2017. In this episode, Justice Gorsuch talks to us about his recent book, "A Republic, If You Can Keep It," in which he reflects on the dramatic changes in his life after his nomination; his experience on the high court since his appointment and the judicial principles of originalism and textualism that guide him; and why, despite all of our divisions, he has enduring faith in the American people.The conversation took place on Sept. 19, 2019, a week after the book's publication, at the LBJ Presidential Library as part of the Tom Johnson Lecture series.

A virus starts in Asia, quickly growing into a global pandemic that throws the U.S. and the world into a state of chaos. Sound familiar? It's actually the plot of "The End of October," the new novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and staff writer for The New Yorker, Lawrence Wright. We talk to Wright about the creative impetus for the novel, what he learned about pandemics in his meticulous research, and how it relates to the COVID-19 pandemic we currently face.Wright is also the author of the New York Times bestsellers "The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11," "God Save Texas," and "Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief," for which he co-produced HBO's Emmy award-winning documentary adaptation.

Two years after her passing, we explore the remarkable life of former First Lady Barbara Bush with Mrs. Bush's grandson, Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush, who continues his family's long tradition of public service, and Jean Becker, the longtime chief of staff to George H.W. Bush, and author of the new book from those who knew and learned from Mrs. Bush titled, "Pearls of Wisdom: Little Pieces of Advice (That Go a Long Way)."They share stories from Mrs. Bush's eventful life—from leaving a life of East Coast privilege to live next to a brothel in Odessa, Texas, as a young wife and mother, to becoming First Lady in the White House—and discuss the indelible imprint she made on the nation and on those who knew her best.

United in Hope: Mark Updegrove

Throughout our history, presidents have faced crises that have gripped both the nation and the world. In this episode, Association President Stewart McLaurin speaks to Paul Sparrow, Director of the FDR Library and Museum, and Mark Updegrove, President & CEO of the LBJ Foundation, about the unique challenges these two presidents faced, and the leadership skills that helped them navigate these challenges.

In this episode, we seek to put the current COVID-19 pandemic into perspective by speaking with Dr. David M. Oshinsky.As the director of the Division of Medical Humanities at New York University, Oshinsky has a direct connection to the medical community in New York City, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States. And as the author of several books, including "Polio: An American Story," for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 2006, and "Bellevue: Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America's Most Storied Hospital," he shares additional insight into how this pandemic compares with those of the past including one of the greatest stories of modern medicine, the roll-out of the polio vaccine.

This episode features renowned documentarian Ken Burns, one of our nation's most gifted storytellers. As Burns told us, "everybody has a story to tell." In this conversation, we get a glimpse of Burns' own story as he talks about his life and what led him to his indelible career as a filmmaker and chronicler of the American experience.The conversation took place on April 27, 2017, at the LBJ Presidential Library, where Burns was honored with the LBJ Foundation's Lady Bird Johnson Environmental Award.

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson presents a conversation with co-founder of the United Farm Workers Association Dolores Huerta and Andrew Young, civil rights legend and former UN Ambassador, Congressman and Mayor of Atlanta, speaking at The Summit on Race in America, hosted by Mark Updegrove at the University...

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson presents a conversation with co-founder of the United Farm Workers Association Dolores Huerta and Andrew Young, civil rights legend and former UN Ambassador, Congressman and Mayor of Atlanta, speaking at The Summit on Race in America, hosted by Mark Updegrove at the University...

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson presents a conversation with co-founder of the United Farm Workers Association Dolores Huerta and Andrew Young, civil rights legend and former UN Ambassador, Congressman and Mayor of Atlanta, speaking at The Summit on Race in America, hosted by Mark Updegrove at the University […]

Lyndon B. Johnson suddenly became 36th president at a pivotal moment in American history. President John F. Kennedy had just been assassinated, and the country was embroiled in divisive rhetoric surrounding race relations. We explore LBJ's leadership with president and CEO of the LBJ Foundation Mark Updegrove. 

Nixon biographers evaluate President Nixon’s impact on America and the world. Evan Thomas, Author of "Being Nixon" Irv Gellman, Author of "The President and the Apprentice" Doug Schoen, Author of "The Nixon Effect" Luke Nichter, Author of "The Nixon Tapes" Moderated by Mark Updegrove, Director of the LBJ Library.

Nikolai DiPippa, Clinton School Director of Public Programs, sat down with Mark Updegrove. In “The Last Republicans,” presidential historian Mark Updegrove offers a groundbreaking look at the lives of George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush, the most consequential father-son pair in American history, often in their own words. Drawing extensively on exclusive access and interviews with both Bush presidents, Updegrove reveals for the first time their influences and perspectives on each other’s presidencies; their views on family, public service, and America’s role in the world; and their unvarnished thoughts on President Donald Trump and the radical transformation of the Republican Party he now leads. “The Last Republicans” offers revealing and often moving portraits of the forty-first and forty-third presidents, as well as an elegy for the Republican “establishment,” which once stood for putting the interests of the nation over those of any single man. Updegrove is an author, presidential historian, and president and CEO of the LBJ Foundation. He is the author of four books on the presidency including “Indomitable Will: LBJ in the Presidency.” He appears regularly on Good Morning America, and This Week, and has written for The New York Times, The Hill, Politico, The Daily Beast, Time, Parade, National Geographic, and Texas Monthly.

Co-hosts Michael Isikoff and Dan Klaidman recently went down to Austin, Texas for the Online News Association’s annual conference and recorded a special edition of Skullduggery in front of a live audience. The topic — Fake News and the Fourth Estate: How history will rate this media moment. It was enlightening conversation featuring an esteemed panel of guests including presidential historian and author Doug Brinkley, CEO of the LBJ Foundation and presidential historian Mark Updegrove, and former news executive and current CEO of the Civil Foundation, Vivian Schiller. The co-hosts also chat with Yahoo News national political columnist Matt Bai about the latest in Kavanaugh Supreme Court battle. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Wednesday, March 28th, 2018. We kicked off the show by opening the lines and asking you about spring cleaning: have you mastered the purge like a regular Marie Kondo, or are you a hoarder extaordinaire? Then, Mark Updegrove, who is the president and CEO of the LBJ Foundation in Austin and an author, journalist and historian, joined us to chat about his latest book, "The Last Republicans: Inside the Extraordinary Relationship Between George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush." National security expert Juliette Kayyem tackled the worldwide expunging of Russian diplomats and the logic behind a citizenship question on the 2020 census. Medical ethicist Art Caplan discussed on the latest medical ethics headlines, including the rise in obesity ratesamong American adults.Tech whiz Andy Ihnatko gave his take on recent news at the intersection of tech, policy and culture — and tell us what, exactly, a "raspberry pi" is.Then, it’s mating season in the natural kingdom — author and naturalist Sy Montgomery joined us to talk about the challenges that poses for endangered species.And finally, WGBH's Executive Arts Editor Jared Bowen reviews this week's local arts and culture and answers the question: Does a new movie about the Chappaquiddick incident in which Sen. Ted Kennedy drove his car off a bridge get closer to the truth than the mediated version in real life?

In the second episode of our new podcast series, "Horns of a Dilemma," William Inboden interviews Mark Updegrove, president and chief Executive of the LBJ Foundation, and author of the new book The Last Republicans: Inside the Extraordinary Relationship Between George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush (Harper 2017). This new book draws on interviews with both Bush presidents to explore their formative experiences as well as their perspectives on public service, America’s role in the world, Donald Trump, and the transmutation of the Republican Party that has transfixed the United States and turned its politics upside-down.    Music and Production by Tre Hester

In the second episode of our new podcast series, "Horns of a Dilemma," William Inboden interviews Mark Updegrove, president and chief Executive of the LBJ Foundation, and author of the new book The Last Republicans: Inside the Extraordinary Relationship Between George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush (Harper 2017). This new book draws on interviews with both Bush presidents to explore their formative experiences as well as their perspectives on public service, America’s role in the world, Donald Trump, and the transmutation of the Republican Party that has transfixed the United States and turned its politics upside-down.    Music and Production by Tre Hester

Tayari Jones's new novel, AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE, was recently chosen by Oprah for her book club and is No. 2 on the New York Times bestseller list. The novel is, at its heart, a love story, but a love story warped by racial injustice. We also catch up with presidential historian Mark Updegrove, whose latest book, THE LAST REPUBLICANS, broke news recently for divulging that both Bush presidents didn't vote for Donald Trump. And our editors reveal which bestsellers are worth your reading time! 

The President of the United States is considered one of the most powerful people in the world. So what happens after the Commander-in-Chief becomes a civilian again? How does a former president shape his legacy after he leaves office? To find out, we asked Mark Updegrove, historian and author of Second Acts: Presidential Lives and Legacies After the White House.

Josh King talks to Mark Updegrove, author of The Last Republicans, about why Bush 41 & Bush 43 may just be the last establishment Republicans to hold the presidency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh King talks to Mark Updegrove, author of The Last Republicans, about why Bush 41 & Bush 43 may just be the last establishment Republicans to hold the presidency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peter Baker, author of "Days of Fire" and a journalist with the New York Times, joins historian Mark Updegrove to examine how George W. Bush's presidency marked the beginning of a new era in American history.

The LBJ Presidential Library's director, Mark Updegrove, helps us examine how Johnson worked his will--at times darkly--to get some of the most transformative legislation of the 20th century through Congress.

Mark Updegrove and Michael Beschloss are our guests this week. Show produced by Katherine Caperton. Original Air Date: December  22, 2012 on SiriusXM "POTUS" Channel 124. Polioptics airs regularly on POTUS on Saturdays at 6 am, 12 noon and 6 pm. Follow us on Twitter @Polioptics Listen to the show by clicking on the . . . → Read More: Episode 83, with guests Mark Updegrove and Michael Beschloss