Episodes
1. Obama v. McCain
February 16, 2020
43 min
The 2008 race sees freshman Senator Barack Obama go up against “maverick” Republican Senator John McCain.
2. Reagan v. Carter
February 23, 2020
43 min
The 1980 race sees President Jimmy Carter and Republican Ronald Reagan having to fight off fierce challenges from within, as both parties struggle to re-invent themselves and use the global media spotlight to their advantage.
Guest Stars:
Ronald Reagan, Pat Buchanan, Jimmy Carter, Ted Kennedy, Walter Mondale
3. LBJ v. Goldwater
March 1, 2020
43 min
The 1964 race was held in a country still reeling from the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and pits incumbent Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson against conservative Republican Barry Goldwater.
Guest Stars:
Lady Bird Johnson, Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Barry Goldwater, Nelson Rockefeller
4. Wilson vs Roosevelt vs Taft
March 8, 2020
43 min
The 1912 race is an election between four remarkable candidates - former Republican President Theodore Roosevelt, his anointed heir President William Howard Taft, scholarly and religious Democrat Woodrow Wilson, and Socialist Eugene Debs.
5. Carter vs. Ford
March 15, 2020
43 min
The presidential election of 1976 pits the political establishment, personified by Republican President Gerald Ford, against the untainted idealism of Democrat Jimmy Carter, the relatively unknown governor of Georgia.
Guest Stars:
Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford
