How America's Greatest Presidents Met Their Moment, with William Haldeman

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Society & Culture, Education, History

4.6 • 698 Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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The presidency is perhaps the greatest test of leadership in the world. In this episode, William Haldeman discusses what we can learn about leadership from America's most iconic presidents.

Meeting the Moment: Inspiring Presidential Leadership That Transformed America

https://www.amazon.com/Meeting-Moment-Presidential-Transformed-Contemporary/dp/B0D34DMRSR/

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1:21.7	Or when Ronald Reagan told Gorbachev to tear down this wall.
1:26.1	Well, our guest today has written a book about our most
1:29.4	famous presidents and their big moments. His name is William Haldeman, and the book is titled
1:34.6	Meeting the Moment, Inspiring Presidential Leadership that transformed America. So, William, thanks for being on
1:41.1	our show. Thanks, Richard. It's great to be with you today. So you used to work
1:44.5	at the White House, and you've seen presidential leadership up close. So tell us about your experience.
1:51.0	Yeah, I had a great privilege of serving the domestic policy council at the White House. So for me,
1:57.3	as a student of American history, I did a PhD in this, to have the opportunity to work
2:02.8	there was one of the coolest experiences that one could have in this field. So for me, it was,
2:07.7	it was every day one of those pinched yourselves moments where you walk through and get a sense
2:12.7	of history here or there. Everything was kind of put through that lens. And again, what an amazing experience.
2:20.1	When were you there? I was there at the end of the Bush administration and then went over to
2:24.6	the State Department after that. So I guess that was about 2007, 2008, 2007. Yeah. Oh, great. Okay.
2:31.3	I was actually at the White House around that same time from 07 to 09. So I guess we were colleagues unknowingly. Definitely
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