Episode 386
From Truman to Trump: The Texan Who Has Shaken Hands With History
Congressman Roger Williams has done something almost no one alive today can claim: he’s personally met—and shaken the hand of—every U.S. president from Harry Truman to Donald Trump. In this episode of Y’all-itics, he opens his personal archives and shares the stories behind each encounter, from meeting Truman under the bleachers at a baseball game to encountering Carter while jogging without a shirt. Hear which commander-in-chief had the firmest grip and who had the softest in this episode.
November 30, 202543m 48s
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Show Notes
Congressman Roger Williams has done something almost no one alive today can claim: he’s personally met—and shaken the hand of—every U.S. president from Harry Truman to Donald Trump. In this episode of Y’all-itics, he opens his personal archives and shares the stories behind each encounter, from meeting Truman under the bleachers at a baseball game to encountering Carter while jogging without a shirt. Hear which commander-in-chief had the firmest grip and who had the softest in this episode.
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