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  • Ep. 24: Franklin Pierce (Presidents Are People Too)

  • Written by: Alexis Coe, Elliott Kalan
  • Length: 27 mins
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Ep. 24: Franklin Pierce (Presidents Are People Too)

Written by: Alexis Coe, Elliott Kalan
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Alexis and Elliott delve into the life of a handsome yet disappointing president, number 14, Franklin Pierce. They speak to a presidential grief specialist about how Pierce dealt with a tragic death two months before his inauguration, examine how the Kansas-Nebraska Act—an act that was meant to defuse tension over slavery—ended up blowing up the country, and explore Pierce’s lifelong friendship with the acclaimed novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne.
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I listened to about a third of these episodes. None struck me as fascinating. Firstly, they are too short, secondly too shallow and third I didn't like the people talking. I will delete these from my devices rather than try any more episodes and this is rare for me to reject a free audiobook. Time not well-spent!

Writing was silly, narration there is none (it's more like a radio show conversation), and the content is very disappointing. Sounded as if the research was done too quickly. Was the production done by high school students? Maybe that is the intended listenership.

Somebody else do *better researched* ones on Canadian Prime Ministers, Russian Premiers and Chinese CCP Chairmen -- for the concept has great potential.

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