In the early 20th century, William Allen White was an iconic newspaper editor.

He ran the Emporia Gazette in Kansas, and like many journalists at the time, he had a close

relationship with the Adore Roosevelt.

In reflecting back on TR's life, this is how White described him.

I have held through a generation my first flash of the Adore Roosevelt.

A tallish yet stockly built man, physically hard and rugged, obviously fighting down the

young moon crescent of his best.

Quick speaking, forthright, a dynamo of energy, given to gestures and vremises letting his

voice run its full gamut from base to false setto.

He seemed spiritually to be dancing in the exuberance of a deep physical joy of life.

Until this point in the podcast and this point in the American presidency, we've had

presidents who didn't want to be presidents.

We've had presidents who said they didn't want to be presidents, whether they really

wanted to or not.

We've had presidents who talked about the great burden of leadership responsibility, and

we've even had presidents who described leaving the White House as just like leaving

prison.

But now we have a president who is dancing in exuberance.

So yes, for this Teddy Roosevelt episode, we will talk a bit about the bully pulpit and

the square deal.

But mostly, I just want to talk about joy.

I want to talk about how someone altered the presidency and the country and the course

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