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🗓️ 27 August 2024
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0:00.0 | It's going to hear with another episode of the History and Plug Podcast. |
0:07.0 | There's an argument to be made that you can cycle analyze a president by their |
0:11.2 | hairstyle. George Washington consciously rejected, powdered wigs, |
0:14.8 | the British style at the time, threw off aristocratic trappings, |
0:17.9 | along with other colonial elites, |
0:19.5 | particularly Benjamin Franklin, |
0:21.0 | who wore a kunskin cap all at the French court. |
0:23.0 | They were him Lincoln was the first president to have a beard, |
0:25.8 | affitting the stylings of somebody who grew up on the frontier. |
0:28.2 | John F. Kennedy had an Ivy League coiff, |
0:30.4 | of surveying his Irish family's recently ascended status in WAS politics. |
0:35.0 | But recently, Hare has taken a much more important role in understanding presidential history. |
0:39.0 | DNA tests on Presidents have come from analyzing samples of Hare, and was able to show who did or |
0:44.7 | didn't father illegitimate children. Facial hair signal to transition into |
0:48.2 | Barresov era with Civil War veteran presidents like Ulysses S Grant having a beard but then these were disfavored over time in the 20th century and no |
0:56.6 | president has had a beard for the last hundred years or so and although many |
1:00.3 | presidents have sported mustaches and munchops, only one has sported a mollot. |
1:05.0 | In today's episode, I'm speaking to Ted Papas, author of combing through the White House, |
1:09.7 | her in a shocking impact on the politics, private lives, and legacies of the presidents. This is an uncommon... a lives, personal scandals, and tragedies of the men and women who've occupied the White House |
1:23.9 | and influenced the nation at large. |
1:25.3 | Hope you enjoy this discussion with Ted Pappas. |
1:27.4 | And one more thing before we get started with this episode, a quick break for word from our sponsors. |
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