Russillo Summer Book Club! ‘Reagan: His Life and Legend’ With Max Boot, Plus Life Advice
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The Ryan Russillo Show is presented by Trafficking Sports. This is the book portion of the podcast. Our first one is Reagan by Max Boot. I didn't even know that I would want to read this, and I really enjoyed it because it was reading about events in my childhood that I certainly did not understand as well. So we'll do that. Some life advice for you. This summer, whatever you're watching, baseball, golf, soccer, racing, DraftKings has you covered for every single moment of it. The DraftKings Sports app is now available in all 50 states, bringing the game straight to your fingertips wherever you are. From Florida to Texas to California, you're in on the excitement at the speed of sports. Follow every buzzer beater
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I was at the bookstore a month or so ago. I was going through some stuff. They're like, maybe I'll take that book with me and some travels. And I saw the Max Boot, Ronald Reagan book. And I went, I don't know if I want to read 700 plus pages on Reagan. And I love reading about presidents. And I was like, you know what? Let's give it a shot. And Max, I ripped through it. I absolutely loved it. Being my age, it kind of was like, oh, this is what all this stuff was during my childhood. And now I understand it a lot better than I did when I was five or nine or 10 years old. So... Fantastic work, and I appreciate you joining us today.
Thanks for having me. I'm really, really glad you liked the book.
Yeah, it was terrific. So like a lot of these great men in history, how do you think his childhood framed what later became of Reagan the man?
It had a huge impact. I mean, like all of us, our personality, I mean, to some extent, it's DNA, but to some extent, it's also our upbringing, our childhood. And in Reagan's case, he had what we would today call a very difficult, traumatic childhood, although he always looked at it with rose-colored glasses and always tried to look on the bright side. In fact, that was one of the big takeaways from his childhood because his father was this itinerant shoe salesman, had a major drinking problem, kept losing one job after another. And so the Reagan family kept moving from one tiny little town and small town in Illinois to another in the early years of the 20th century. And often his father would go off on these multi-day vendors and come back and
Dutch Reagan, as he was then called, and his brother Moon could hear these loud arguments through the thin walls of their rented houses between their mother and their father.
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Chapters
5 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–6:21
2
What book is being featured in Russillo's Summer Book Club and who is the author?
6:21–17:42
3
How did Ronald Reagan's childhood and family shape his personality and politics?
17:42–38:44
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How did Reagan transition from Midwest radio to a Hollywood acting career?
38:44–1:36:06
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Why did Reagan shift from liberal New Deal views to staunch anti-communism?
1:36:06–1:39:44
Speakers
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