Woodrow Wilson: The Polarizing One

Very Presidential with Ashley Flowers

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Society & Culture

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🗓️ 25 August 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Was Woodrow Wilson even really president while he was president? After using hush money to help get elected to a second term, his health became so fragile that someone else was rumored to be calling all the shots… and some consider her to be the first woman to ever hold the highest office. To view this episode’s full list of sources, please visit parcast.com/verypresidential Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you need help imagining Woodrow Wilson, picture a college professor named Thomas.
0:13.8	Now you're probably already there, but make sure he's wearing wire-frained glasses
0:17.4	and an unsettled expression.
0:19.8	That's not a trick.
0:20.8	The 28th President of the United States was actually named Thomas.
0:25.4	And Thomas Woodrow Wilson taught at Princeton for 13 years, but by the end of his presidency,
0:32.0	Wilson didn't look like a scholar.
0:34.6	He looked sick and afraid, because he was.
0:54.8	Welcome to very presidential, a podcast original.
0:57.9	I'm your host Ashley Flowers.
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1:12.8	Today, I'm covering Thomas Woodrow Wilson.
1:16.5	Sometimes known as the World War I president, often remembered as the mind behind the League
1:21.2	of Nations, Wilson was one of the most polarizing presidents to ever hold office.
1:27.0	In the words of his friend turned foe, Senator Thomas prior Gore, Wilson had no friends,
1:33.5	only slaves and enemies.
1:36.2	Yikes.
1:39.2	All of that is coming up.
1:40.9	Stay with us.
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