Very Presidential with Ashley Flowers
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
George Washington: (Almost) Our First Zombie President
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As a military general, Washington lost more battles than he won, obsessed over his salary, and launched a mission that exploded into an international ...
Ulysses S. Grant: The Butcher on the Battlefield… The Mouse in the House
03 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
He arrived at the White House without experience or a clue… But that didn’t stop Grant from secretly doubling his salary and accepting extravagant...
Gerald Ford: Underrated, Or Over His Head?
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
He pardoned a disgraced president, was nearly gunned down by a member of the Manson Family, and once taped a polarizing SNL introduction… And yet, G...
Andrew Johnson: The Drunken Demagogue
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
He was the follow-up act no one wanted: Johnson took office after Lincoln was assassinated, and spent his presidency making every sloppy, chaotic move...
Richard Nixon: Tricky Dick
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
He was a paranoid president who wiretapped the White House, kept actual lists of enemies, popped pills, shoved aides, and might've secretly been in lo...
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: 12 Years In Power
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
FDR was president for over a decade — plenty of time to curate a rotating cast of love interests, including the Princess of Norway and his own daugh...
John Tyler: The President Without A Party
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
He wanted to be a low-key VP, and instead became one of the most disliked presidents in history. John Tyler was booted from his own party, burned in e...
Teddy Roosevelt: The Bull Moose President
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The youngest president to ever take office was full of tough-guy machismo, and famous for his vigor. Where’d he pour all that energy? Breaking up hi...
Andrew Jackson: The Firebrand
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
He rang in his presidency with a legendary kick-off party that ended with free-for-all punch bowls on the White House lawn. But really, the celebratio...
Thomas Jefferson: The Hypocrite
08 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
He promised his dying wife he would never remarry, then turned around and forced 14-year-old Sally Hemings—whose family he enslaved—to be his conc...
Warren G. Harding: The Erotic Poet
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Seemingly every politician has dalliances they (try to) keep in the dark, but Warren G. Harding took his affairs to another level—writing wildly ste...
Woodrow Wilson: The Polarizing One
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Was Woodrow Wilson even really president while he was president? After using hush money to help get elected to a second term, his health became so fra...
Grover Cleveland: The Beast of Buffalo
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A wicked assault, a bride 27 years his junior, a secret surgery at sea... Cleveland's extracurriculars ranged from creepy to straight-up criminal. His...
Lyndon B. Johnson: The Controversial One
11 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
LBJ was catapulted into the presidency by tragic circumstances, but his goal was clear. On a diet consisting of women, cigarettes, and booze, he would...
John F. Kennedy: The Playboy
11 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The youngest president ever elected had a golden boy aura, but his legacy is down-right salacious. Sex, drugs, near-fatal illnesses… JFK was a woman...