CAFE Live (with Heather Cox Richardson and Joanne Freeman)

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🗓️ 22 March 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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On March 11th, 2021, CAFE hosted eminent history professors Heather Cox Richardson and Joanne Freeman for a wide-ranging discussion about presidential history and what makes a “game-changing” administration. The conversation, which took place on the same day that President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act into law, positioned the new administration within the highly successful early ventures of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Professors Richardson and Freeman also talked through the broader qualities of presidential “game changers,” debated which other presidents might qualify, and answered viewer questions. For the video version of the event, head to: cafe.com/general/cafe-live-event-heather-cox-richardson-and-joanne-freeman For updates on what’s next for CAFE’s history content, sign up for the free weekly CAFE Brief: cafe.com/brief. In addition to getting the first announcements about our content, you’ll receive notes from Elie Honig and the weekly Time Machine column, which looks back at past events that can help us to make sense of our complicated present. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey folks, on March 11th, Cafe hosted Boston College History Professor Heather Cox Richardson
0:07.3	and Yale University History Professor Joanne Freeman for a live Zoom conversation about
0:11.9	game-changing presidential administrations.
0:14.8	The talk took place just hours after President Biden signed the American Rescue Act into
0:19.1	law.
0:20.1	It is one of the most ambitious pieces of legislation in a long time, and it provided a perfect
0:25.1	occasion to look back at history for context and inspiration.
0:29.5	As Richardson and Freeman discussed the transformational presidencies of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln,
0:35.4	and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, they also answered viewer questions about the role of Congress,
0:40.1	the danger of executive overreach, and much more.
0:43.5	And now onto their conversation.
0:50.0	Welcome to everyone for joining us here on Cafe Live for this conversation between Heather
0:55.1	Cox Richardson and myself.
0:57.5	And I know we've both been looking forward to this, to the chance to do one of the things
1:01.4	that we like to do together, which is just engage in conversation about stuff.
1:05.9	There has been a lot of stuff to talk about in the recent past.
1:09.6	And so part of what we want to do here is have a chance to talk to each other about, as
1:15.2	pre-suggested, how the past can really show us something about the present, and obviously
1:20.3	the present moment that we're in is a Biden moment, and I'll come back to that in a moment.
1:25.6	And we also want to obviously to share that with you, to give you a chance to ask some questions.
1:31.7	And for you to actually enjoy this conversation as much as we do, because that's part of the
1:35.9	fun of history as well.
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