Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911–2004)
Episodes
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#5646: Who Wakes the Prime Minister?The nuclear football, the duty clerk, the biscuit in the dry cleaning — how leaders stay reachable 24/7, and what that means for October 7th. -
#5577: When the UN Goes Viral: Pitchers, Shoes, and 6-Second ClipsA six-second clip of a man drinking from a pitcher resurfaces as if it's new — inside the long history of the UN's most meme-able moments. -
#5691: When the System Feels Rigged: A 180-Year PatternLife expectancy is stalling across the English-speaking world. History says that signal has appeared before — and what followed was reform or rupture. -
#5687: The Speech Scientist Behind TeletubbiesAndrew Davenport studied speech sciences and performance art — then built Teletubbies on developmental theory, not gibberish. -
#5663: Did the Puritans Really Hate Fun?The Puritans banned alcohol? Invented happy hour rules? A look at what they actually did — and the 1781 hoax we still quote. -
#5326: What Makes a Bar a Third Place?A listener's search for a bar where you can actually hear your friend — and the 35-year-old sociology that explains why it's so hard to find.