Fail to the Chief Podcast
1) FINAL EPISODE: Ranking ALL of the Presidential Losers
We've come to the end. Here I give you the canonical list and ranking of EVERY SINGLE LOSER of all time, including many who never even ran. Listen to find out more. In this episode I talk about the c...Show More
2) The Presidency: HOLLYWOOD EDITION!!!
Why have so many actors and celebrities been considered for the Presidency, despite having almost no experience? WHO CARES, THEY'RE CELEBRITIES YAY OMG Yes, it's not just Donald Trump and Ronald Reaga...Show More
3) The Man Who Would Be President 9 Different Times: Harold Stassen
As we close the corner on our presidential losers, I'd be remiss not to discuss the Governor of Minnesota, friend to Dwight Eisenhower, and NINE-TIME candidate for the Republican nomination, butt of j...Show More
4) Marshalling the Presidents - John Marshall, George Marshall and Thurgood Marshall
Today I'm taking a look at three very different men with one identical last name - the Marshalls. Each one of them was critical to our nation, and might have become president under different circumsta...Show More
Marshalling the Presidents - John Marshall, George Marshall and Thurgood Marshall
12:50 | Oct 31st, 2024
5) President Kennedy (Robert), President Kennedy (Teddy), and President Kennedy (John Jr)
This time I lightning-round-rank the 3 titans of the Kennedy family... um, not counting 2024's brainworm bearkiller version. How would Bobby, Teddy and John John have been if they had become president...Show More
6) Tipping the Sacred Cows of American presidential elections
There are a lot of myths in American elections. "As Maine goes, so goes the nation." "Missouri, the bellwether state." "The taller man wins." Let's explode them all. In this bonus episode, we dive dee...Show More
7) BONUS! President Kingfish Huey Long and the Sharing of the Wealth
He was a Louisiana progressive populist wannabe dictator who wanted to redistribute all the rich folks' money forever and ever. And he might have been president, had he not been gunned down before he ...Show More
8) BONUS! President Butler... SMEDLEY Butler. (WTF?)
Yes, his name was Smedley. No, he didn't let that stand in his way. What would have this Marines Major General and hero of the Bonus Army do if somehow catapulted into the White House on the eve of Wo...Show More
9) BONUS! Presidente Generalissimo Douglas MacArthur
Continuing with micro episodes, here's the Hero of the Philippines (and not, as it turned out, the Korean War)... Douglas MacArthur was a true strongman, and closer to the White House than we might th...Show More
10) BONUS: What do all the Losers have in COMMON?
There tends to be a certain template that presidential candidates follow - and I don’t mean simply getting elected as Senators or Governors first. There are some larger commonalities at play that seem...Show More