Episodes

Larry and Kurt are joined by Julia Marple to discuss our historical portrayals of Theodore and Edith Roosevelt. Kurt's TR website: Teddy Roosevelt's America https://www.teddyrooseveltsamerica.com Larry & Julia's website: Theodore Roosevelt Living History Portrayals http://TRoosevelt1904.com

Kurt and Larry talk with NPS Ranger Joe Korber about the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site at 28 East 20th Street in NYC. https://www.talkaboutteddy.com/

Kurt and Larry discuss the book "Remembering Theodore Roosevelt: Reminiscences of his Contemporaries" with author Michael Patrick Cullinane https://www.talkaboutteddy.com/ Listen to the interviews at the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site website https://www.nps.gov/thrb/learn/photosmultimedia/tramagtapes.htm

Kurt and Larry talk with Sagamore Hill NHS park rangers Clare Connelly, Lindsay Davenport, and Bethany Cecere about Theodore Roosevelt's Long Island family home in Oyster Bay, NY.

Larry and Kurt continue their discussion with Ed O'Keefe, author of "The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt: The Women Who Created A President."  https://www.talkaboutteddy.com/

Larry and Kurt speak with author Edward F. O'Keefe about his newly released book The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt: The Women Who Created a President https://www.talkaboutteddy.com/

Kurt and Larry speak with Professor Michael Patrick Cullinane about his 2017 book, Theodore Roosevelt's Ghost: The History and Memory of an American Icon.

Kurt speaks with Thomas Bailey and Katherine Joslin, the authors of Theodore Roosevelt: A Literary Life.

Kurt and Larry discuss some "firsts" associated with Theodore Roosevelt's presidency  https://www.talkaboutteddy.com/

Kurt and Larry discuss the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site in Buffalo, New York, with Executive Director, Stanton Hudson.  https://www.talkaboutteddy.com/

Kurt and Larry talk with the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Community Relations Director, Amy McCann.  https://www.talkaboutteddy.com/

Kurt and Larry are again joined by Park Superintendent Valerie Naylor to discuss the 23 National Parks and Monuments established by Theodore Roosevelt, in addition to the sites honoring TR in the National Park Service.   https://www.talkaboutteddy.co...

Larry and Kurt talk with Tom Peeling, the nation's leading collector of Theodore Roosevelt political items  https://www.talkaboutteddy.com/

Larry and Kurt talk with Valerie Naylor, Past Superintendent of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Of all the tributes bestowed upon Theodore Roosevelt during and after his life, perhaps he would be most pleased that a national park is named in his honor, centered on the site of his Elkhorn Ranch, in the Badlands of North Dakota. Roosevelt’s biographer Edmund Morris observed that “As one of many guardians of Theodore Roosevelt's memory, the North Dakota Badlands are the very sanctuary where his environmental conscience matured. It is true that he was a nature lover long before he built the Elkhorn Ranch here, but it was not until he settled in the Badlands and discovered the vulnerability of this fragile ecology to profit-seekers from outside, that he began to ponder the policies that culminated in his unsurpassed achievements as our first conservation President.” “To my mind,” said Morris, “there is no memorial of marble or bronze anywhere in the country that evokes the con…

Larry and Kurt are joined by author/historian Doug Ellison, to discuss the known historical record of TR’s experiences in the Badlands as documented in his 2017 book Theodore Roosevelt and Tales Told as Truth of his Time in the West.

Unlike modern presidents, Theodore Roosevelt does not yet have a presidential library. Instead, his personal and presidential papers are scattered in libraries and other sites across the United States. If only there was an institution whose mission was to gather together and digitize copies of all Roosevelt-related items, to make his legacy more readily accessible to scholars and schoolchildren, enthusiasts and interested citizens. We are fortunate there is such an institution, and that is the mission of the Theodore Roosevelt Center at Dickinson State University. Today we’ll be joined by the Director of the TR Center, Dr. Chris O’Brien.

Larry and Kurt are joined by author, Rolf Sletten, to discuss his book Roosevelt's Ranches: The Maltese Cross and the Elkhorn. Today’s guest, author Rolf Sletten, writes in his book, Roosevelt’s Ranches, that it was here that TR “healed his wounded soul, built himself up physically, learned to live with tough men who cared not at all for his status on the east coast, and gathered the experiences that became the basis for three of his best books. Perhaps most importantly, he saw first hand that if our forests and grasslands were not preserved and protected, they would soon be destroyed. The ranches changed Theodore Roosevelt, shaped his policies, and ultimately influenced the course of US history, particularly regarding the conservation and preservation of our natural resources. Even after becoming President of the United States, TR felt that the best days of his incredibly eventful life were the days he spent on the Maltese Cross and the Elkhorn.”  *introductory music "For Her" …

Larry and Kurt are joined by acclaimed Western historian, Mark Lee Gardner, to discuss his 2016 book Rough Riders: Theodore Roosevelt, His Cowboy Regiment, and the Immortal Charge Up San Juan Hill.

Introductory episode of Talk About Teddy - a weekly conversation exploring the world of Theodore Roosevelt

Introducing the Talk About Teddy podcast - your source for weekly conservations exploring the world of Theodore Roosevelt