Hello, and thank you for listening to The History of World War II podcast, Episode

316, FDR, The Man with No Fear.

Because we have reached the point where the US is officially in the war, I thought it

would be best to give an overview of the man who would be leading the United States during

the war.

FDR, as we know General George Marshall with others led the actual war effort, but the

American people, not to mention the millions outside the US, also looked to Franklin

Roosevelt as a savior that would one day hopefully restore freedom.

And to do this, I wanted to bring on board Richard Lim, the host of this American President,

which delves into the lives and legacies of the US presidents, who along with Michael

Neal, the producer, has covered several presidents already, including FDR.

Richard, thanks very much for being with us today.

Thanks for having me, Ray.

Yeah, so I was checking out your podcast, a lot of good stuff there.

I stalled for you, I'm going to be honest with you, I stalled for you when it comes to

FDR, so I appreciate that.

So tell us more about your podcast, how it came about.

One of the questions I really like to ask people who go down this road of podcasting

is, what have you learned either about a man in the Oval Office or maybe the office itself?

Sure, well, basically when I was a kid, my mom would take me to the library and I would

you know, rent out all sorts of books and I was basically just having fun being a nerd.

And one of those visits, I started reading about presidents.

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