Episode Guide

Episode 0:  Welcome to Country Over Self

Episode 1:  Lyndon B. Johnson and Civil Rights with Julian Zelizer

Episode 2:  James Madison and the Bank of the United States and Dolley Madison during the War of 1812 with Noah Feldman 

Episode 3:  James A. Garfield and Civil Service Reform with CW Goodyear

Episode 4:  Harry S. Truman and early recognition of Israel with Gary Ginsberg

Episode 5:  Grover Cleveland's superhuman moral courage with Troy Senik

Episode 6:  FDR's consequential presidency and Eleanor Roosevelt's intertwined career with HW Brands

Episode 7:  Gerald R. Ford's pardon of Nixon and Betty Ford making her private difficulties public with Richard Norton Smith

Episode 8:  Richard M. Nixon and the fallacy of Country Over Self with Rick Perlstein

Episode 9:  John Adams's rationale for virtue with Joseph Ellis

Episode 10:  George H.W. Bush's "famous last words" campaign promise, with Mark Updegrove

Episode 11:  Abraham Lincoln and the balance of politics and sainthood, with Sean Wilentz

Episode 12:  George Washington's many courageous acts with Alexis Coe

Episode 13:  Conclusion - Does the Concept of Country Over Self exist?