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March 20, 2024

Episode 8 - Theodore Roosevelt: A Man of Many Parks

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...

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March 13, 2024

Episode 7 - Collecting Theodore Roosevelt

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

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March 6, 2024

Episode 6 - Theodore Roosevelt National Park

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 Ran…

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Feb. 28, 2024

Episode 5 - T.R.'s Western Tales Told as Truth

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.

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Feb. 21, 2024

Episode 4 - Theodore Roosevelt Center

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 …

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Feb. 14, 2024

Episode 3 - Roosevelt's Ranches

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 li…

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Feb. 7, 2024

Episode 2 - Rough Riders

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.

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Jan. 31, 2024

Episode 1 - Introduction

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

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Jan. 30, 2024

Introducing Talk About Teddy

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

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