On today’s episode, Jonah Goldberg is joined by James M. Bradley, the greatest living biographer of President Martin Van Buren. Together, they cover the institutionalization of the parties, the rise of Jacksonian populism, the early Free Soil Party, the Mexican-American War, the Revolutions of 18...
On today’s episode, Jonah Goldberg is joined by James M. Bradley, the greatest living biographer of President Martin Van Buren. Together, they cover the institutionalization of the parties, the rise of Jacksonian populism, the early Free Soil Party, the Mexican-American War, the Revolutions of 1848, and the features and bugs of our modern party system.
Shownotes:—Martin Van Buren: America's First Politician—Kramer vs. the Van Buren Boys | Seinfeld
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