Dan Hesse
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1,215 appearances
7 recordings
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first heard Dec 2025
last heard 11 Apr
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This is Dan Hesse, and we're learning what sports tells us about American presidents from Chris Silliza.
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Well, Chris, I read two of Carol's books about LBJ, and he described LBJ as not interested in sports, basically a real klutz.
But LBJ learned how to use sports.
Yes.
Anyway, how is that?
Following up with Nixon, who's mentioned, you know, is another big political animal.
He played football in both high school and college at Whittier.
What did we learn about Nixon or what did Nixon learn from football?
By the way, you mentioned Gerald Ford and what a great athlete he was.
For our listeners, Ford was an All-American football player at Michigan.
The NFL tried to get him.
He opted for Yale Law School instead.
Maybe the Packers.
They were.
But what was interesting is of all the all the presidents tried to kind of accentuate, even exaggerate their athletic ability.
He did the opposite.
He downplayed it.
Why?
Absolutely.
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