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Jeremi Suri is a historian at UT Austin. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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  This is Democracy Podcast: http://jeremisuri.net/archives/1798
  The Impossible Presidency (book): https://amzn.to/2QKC5Jp
  
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  OUTLINE:
  Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
  (00:00) - Introduction
  (14:33) - Power of charisma
  (20:24) - US presidency
  (31:10) - Aliens
  (36:17) - Bill Clinton
  (39:07) - Students of history
  (43:58) - George Washington
  (46:44) - Putin
  (53:27) - FDR
  (1:08:39) - Henry Kissinger
  (1:18:32) - Realpolitik
  (1:30:22) - What is a just war?
  (1:36:27) - Cold war
  (1:40:44) - Communism in the United States
  (1:50:42) - Vaccines and the future of the human species
  (1:55:57) - Book recommendations
  (1:57:31) - Learning another language
  (2:01:58) - Advice for young people
  (2:08:10) - Grandmother
  (2:11:03) - Meaning of life

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