The Great American Story: The New Deal

About this episode

The episode discusses the legacy of Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal in the context of American history and challenges.

On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the legacy of President Franklin Roosevelt before introducing Wilfred McClay. Americans have overcome many challenges throughout our history, including the American Revolution, the Civil War, the Great Depression, two World Wars, and the Cold War. Studying the great stories from our past inspires us to preserve the blessings of liberty in our day. Now you can study these stories with Hillsdale College. Hillsdale’s free online course, “The Great American Story: A Land of Hope,” explores the history of America as a land of hope founded on high principles. In presenting the great triumphs and achievements of our nation’s past, as well as the shortcomings and failures, it offers a broad and unbiased study of the kind essential to the cultivation of intelligent patriotism. In the midst of the Great Depression, Americans turned to Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his New Deal. The bevy of programs and new government agencies created under FDR did not solve the problems resulting from economic depression. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Jeremiah, Juan

Guest: Wilfred McClay

Topics covered

• New Deal
• Franklin Roosevelt
• American history
• Great Depression
• liberty
• patriotism

Keywords

• New Deal
• Franklin Roosevelt
• Great Depression
• American history
• liberty
• patriotism
• Hillsdale College

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hillsdale College

Books & works: The Great American Story: A Land of Hope

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