Chatter: Presidents' Day and Washington's Legacy with Lindsay Chervinsky
The Lawfare Podcast
The Lawfare Institute
4.7 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 21 February 2022
⏱️ 103 minutes
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Happy Presidents' Day! To mark the day, Lawfare publisher David Priess recorded a special episode of Chatter with historian and author Lindsay Chervinsky, who discusses the history of this odd holiday—and the legacy of the first president, George Washington.
Chatter is Lawfare’s weekly long form interview podcast co-hosted by the Washington Post's Shane Harris and Lawfare’s David Priess, focusing on where intriguing ideas in culture, technology, entertainment and history intersect with the worlds of espionage and foreign affairs. Subscribe to Chatter on your favorite podcast platform and follow us on Twitter at @ThatWasChatter.
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| 1:08.0 | I'm David Priese, and this is the LawFair podcast, February 21st, 2022. |
| 1:14.0 | Happy Presidents Day from all of us here. |
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