The Kennedy that Changed the World
Eunice Kennedy Shriver may not be as well known as her brothers Jack, Bobby, and Ted, but during her lifetime, she worked tirelessly behind the scenes...
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John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, inspired a generation that transformed America. But not everyone knows the stories behind the man - his experiences as a young servicemember in World War II, how he wrote some of his most memorable speeches, what sparked him to set the country on a path to the moon. Join Matt Porter and Jamie Richardson of the JFK Library Foundation as they dig into the archives at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston and interview their colleagues to get a behind-the-scenes look at JFK’s life and legacy.
Meet the 2021 PEN/Hemingway Award Winner
In this episode, Hemingway Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Hilary Justice gives us the background on the JFK Library’s collaboration with PEN America and Ern...
COVID Courage: Health Care Heroes
Lauren Leander is an ICU nurse at the Banner University Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona, who took care of the most critically ill patients in Phoenix and...
COVID Courage: Darrell R. Marks
Darrell R. Marks has spent his career helping his indigenous students at Flagstaff High School find new opportunities after graduation. But when the p...
Saving Our Shorelines
President John F. Kennedy felt a profound connection to the environment, particularly the sea. During his presidency, Kennedy would establish three na...
Examining Ernest Hemingway
Thanks to a twist of fate, the archives of Ernest Hemingway have been mostly preserved here at the JFK Library. Learn more about that story from the L...
Voting Rights in America with Stacey Abrams
The United States saw the highest voter turnout in decades in the 2020 election. In many states, the increase in turn out was partly due to years of v...
Presidents and the Bully Pulpit
John F. Kennedy ran for president as television was beginning to change the game of presidential politics. The importance and power of presidents' use...
60/20: The End of the Road
The long road to the White House in the 1960 campaign between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon comes to a dramatic end. In this final episode, we’ll ...
60/20: From Satellite Spies to Russian Trolls
On October 4, 1957, the successful launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik sparked fear of Soviet Union dominance in technology and space. In this epis...