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0:00 Why another biography of FDR?
3:41 David’s dispute with the “heroic” view of FDR
5:56 David: “The main focus of FDR was FDR”
10:05 The surprising continuity between FDR’s and Hoover’s monetary policy
16:01 Canada’s avoidance of the banking crisis
19:50 FDR’s failed attempt to unilaterally set gold prices
26:14 Why did FDR intern Japanese Americans, despite his advisors’ opposition?
30:45 FDR’s apparent indifference to lynching
35:00 David: Roosevelt actively opposed Jewish refugees entering the US
41:42 The “unconditional surrender” policy’s negative consequences
47:31 Stalin’s victory at Yalta
51:28 How David thinks we should teach FDR and WWII history
53:54 David weighs in on Darryl Cooper
Recorded December 30, 2025
Links and Readings
David’s new book, FDR: A New Political Life
David’s book, The New Deal’s War on the Bill of Rights: The Untold Story of FDR’s Concentration Camps, Censorship, and Mass Surveillance
Larry Kotlikoff’s book, Jimmy Stewart Is Dead: Ending the World’s Ongoing Financial Plague with Limited Purpose Banking
David S. Wyman’s book, The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust, 1941-1945
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