This episode of Whistlestop travels back to Feb 22, 1902, as Theodore Roosevelt prepares to receive the unhappy company of angry executives hoping to strong-arm the White House into ignoring their monopolies.

This episode of Whistlestop travels back to April 30, 2011 when President Obama stepped up to the podium at the White House Correspondents' Dinner to deliver a dig and dig for a laugh.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower longed to golf more than any President before or after.

This episode of Whistlestop travels back to April 19, 1995 when the Oklahoma City Bombing shocked the nation and the President stepped up to offer emotional and political guidance.

When President Johnson delivered his State of the Union speech on January 17, 1968 he surprised those closest to him when he didn’t step down.

America boycotted the Moscow Summer Olympics in 1980 in response to the Russian occupation of Afghanistan. Here on the eve of the next winter Olympiad we’ll have the story of that decision by President Jimmy Carter.

This episode of Whistlestop travels back to April 4, 1841, the death of president William Henry Harrison, and a flaw in the Constitution that needed fixing.

Episode 1: Martha

Host John Dickerson visits January 11, 2017 and also the campaign of Gerald R. Ford and Nelson Rockefeller. With it came along concerns of economic entanglements that a rich family might not be able to untangle.

This episode of Whistlestop travels back to August 3, 1981 when 12,000 air traffic controllers walked off their jobs.

Presidents FDR, Bush, Obama and others delivered partial truths to the American people. Were they good leaders?

Host John Dickerson visits May 24, 1946 and President Harry S. Truman's challenges to labor bosses and delight in an action-hero-style presidency.

This episode of Whistlestop travels back to June 24, 1938, to a fireside chat with President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, as he prepared to attempt to purge the congressional leadership in order to push forward the executive office’s agenda

This episode of Whistlestop travels back to mid September, 1955 when a briefly secret Presidential heart attack changed the relationship between the press and the Presidency.

September 10, 1965 the President established the norm of being "disaster responder in chief."

A surprising moment of bipartisan deal-making and what can be learned from the 1990's.

This episode of Whistlestop revisits September 25, 1919 and the collapse of grand speeches for peace delivered by President Wilson.

This episode of Whistlestop revisits July 1979 when President Carter prepared to cut a number of his cabinet members free and start afresh.

This episode of Whistlestop travels back to November 3, 1968 as President Johnson attempts to end the bombing in Vietnam.

This episode of Whistlestop revisits an era of mischievous accounting by first lady Mary Todd Lincoln and the work of a leaker who helped distract the press.

This episode of Whistlestop revisits Sunday September 8, 1974 when President Ford announced his pardon of Richard Nixon.

This episode of Whistlestop travels back to October 5, 1986 when an American plane went down as it was carrying arms to "Contra" guerrillas fighting the communist regime in Nicaragua.

Visit February 1971 when President Nixon asks his Chief of Staff if they can record conversations in the Oval Office for posterity.

This episode of Whistlestop travels to June 11, 1962 when President Kennedy receives an honorary degree from Yale University.

This episode of Whistlestop revisits October 15, 1969 and the divisive words of then Vice President Spiro Agnew.