#244 Presidential Rhetoric: The last one hundred years w/ Bruce Carlson
The Road to Now
Benjamin Sawyer
4.8 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 15 August 2022
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Political rhetoric has become increasingly divisive in the 21st century, but many of the themes and rhetorical strategies we see today have deep roots in American history. In this episode, Ben and Bruce Carlson (My History Can Beat Up Your Politics) discuss the impact that technology, society and other factors have had on Presidential rhetoric from the 1932 contest between Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt to the election of 2020. A lot has changed since the Great Depression, but the similarities between then and now might surprise you.
Bruce Carlson is the host of My History Can Beat Up Your Politics. For more on his podcast, follow @myhist on twitter, check out his website here and subscribe to MHCBUYP anywhere you get The Road to Now.
This episode was edited by Gary Fletcher.
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