The Enduring Legacy of JFK with Fredrik Logevall

Here's Where It Gets Interesting

Sharon McMahon

Government, History, Storytelling, Education

4.9 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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In this episode, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Harvard historian Fredrik Logevall joins Sharon to discuss the life and career of the 35th President, John F. Kennedy. Professor Logevall shares expertise and research from his latest book, JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, which captures the glamor and beauty of the Kennedy family, as well as the moments of hesitation and darkness. Kennedy struggled with health issues for much of his life, but did not let it deter him from pursuing his interests, most notably, international and world affairs. Brush up on your knowledge of one of America’s favorite presidents as Logevall articulates JFK’s trajectory from a slacking schoolboy to a wildly popular world leader.

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0:00.0	Hey friends welcome so excited you're here and I am so excited to share this
0:05.5	conversation with Frederick Logan who is a Harvard historian who has written an
0:11.4	absolutely mesmerizing book about JFK. If you like
0:16.0	presidential history you will love his new book about JFK which is really
0:21.2	more about his formative years, but there is so much good stuff
0:26.0	to unpack here.
0:27.8	I just found Fred to be so warm, so easy to talk to, we could have chatted for hours. Let's dive into my conversation with Frederick
0:36.4	Loganval. I'm Sharon McMahon and welcome to the Sharon Says So podcast. Thank you so much for coming today.
0:45.0	I am thrilled to be speaking with you, and I know we're going to be talking about a lot of
0:50.6	amazing stuff from an era of history that Americans find fascinating.
0:56.0	So thank you so much for being here.
0:57.5	Delighted to be with you.
0:58.8	So good.
0:59.8	First of all, can you introduce yourself?
1:01.6	Can you tell us a little bit more about who you are and what you do in case somebody has not read your book yet?
1:07.0	Yeah, so my name is Frederick Logeval and I'm a historian at Harvard. I'm jointly appointed here in the John F. Kennedy School of Government and in the Department of History and I'm primarily historian of U.S. foreign relations, American political history, and am now embarked upon this two-volume
1:27.6	study of our 35th president of John F. Kennedy.
1:31.1	People love Kennedy, clearly, you know, like he's always really highly ranked in terms of like,
1:36.0	who's your favorite president? Kennedy is always in people's top five, right?
1:40.5	He's close, certainly in people's top five and even historians which is pretty interesting
1:45.4	Typically have him certainly in the top ten so yeah you're right he fares pretty well in these in these assessments
1:52.0	Do you feel like his assassination is part of his enduring popularity or was it his youth, his beautiful wife, his brilliant oration?
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