Herbert Hoover, Rugged Individualism
About this episode
The episode explores the complexities of Herbert Hoover's life and his concept of rugged individualism beyond the common stereotypes.
“Rugged individualism” gets thrown around like a simple definition of Herbert Hoover, but the real story is far stranger and far more useful. We start with the parts of Hoover’s life that don’t fit the usual caricature: an Iowa orphan who makes it into Stanford, becomes a brilliant mining engineer, builds a global career, and earns a reputation for competence by coordinating World War I food relief that helps prevent mass starvation. Then we dig into the 1928 rugged individualism speech itse...
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