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All My Presidents

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Episode 3: The Lucky and the Luckless - Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter

The Lucky and the Luckless - Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter

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Michael Goldfarb tells the story of American presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan.

Michael Goldfarb tells the story of two American presidents: the luckless President Jimmy Carter and his successor, Ronald Reagan, a man blessed with abundant good fortune.

The President of the United States is the most powerful person in the world? Don't believe the hype. He - and maybe someday she - has limits imposed by the Constitution at home and in reality abroad. The President's greatest power is cultural. How a President acts in office and speaks to Americans shapes the society and peoples' memories of him.

In this series, Michael Goldfarb looks back at the Presidents of his lifetime, from Eisenhower to Obama.

In this episode, he tells the story of the luckless Jimmy Carter and his successor, a man blessed with abundant good fortune, Ronald Reagan.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Writer and journalist Michael Goldfarb looks back at the US presidents of his lifetime

Michael Goldfarb looks back at the American presidents of his lifetime, from Eisenhower to Obama, focusing on how their personalities, actions and words filtered down into ordinary Americans' lives

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