FDR Before The New Deal
From Civics In A Year by The Center for American Civics
May 1, 2026 · 27 min · Season 1 · Episode 203
About this episode
The episode explores Franklin Roosevelt's political journey before the New Deal, highlighting key speeches and events leading up to his 1932 nomination.
Franklin Roosevelt is usually introduced as the New Deal president, but we wanted to rewind the tape and look at the receipts. With Dr. Sean Beienberg joining us, we walk through FDR’s pre-1933 record and the political path that takes him from New York power circles into the 1932 nomination. The deeper we read, the clearer it becomes: the “standard story” omits a lot of inconvenient text. We dig into Roosevelt’s 1929 to 1930 federalism and states’ rights speeches, including a radio address i...
People in this episode
Guest: Dr. Sean Beienberg
Topics covered
- FDR
- New Deal
- political history
- federalism
- states' rights
- 1932 nomination
Keywords
- Franklin Roosevelt
- New Deal
- political path
- federalism
- states' rights
- 1932 nomination
- history
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