[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":55},["ShallowReactive",2],{"episode-transfer-your-power":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":8,"tags":13,"thumb":18,"excerpt":24,"content":25,"transcript":20,"transcript_file":20,"audio":26,"resources":30,"segments":35},290,"transfer-your-power","The More Things Change","The History of Presidential Transitions",{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},1232719491,"01.23.09","Jan 23, 2009","January 23, 2009",[14,15,16,17],"executive power","inaugurations","presidency","presidential transitions",{"src":19,"caption":20,"derivatives":21},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Ftransfer-your-power\u002FMoreThingsChange.jpg",null,{"square_small":22,"square_medium":23},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Ftransfer-your-power\u002Fsquare_small\u002FMoreThingsChange.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Ftransfer-your-power\u002Fsquare_medium\u002FMoreThingsChange.jpg","Commanders come and go—but what difference does it really make? In this hour, BackStory takes a closer look at the realities of presidential transitions. Send us your ideas, questions, and stories so you can join us on the air!","\u003Cp>What Barack Obama accomplishes in his first hundred days remains to be seen, and yet pundits are already talking about him in the same breath as Lincoln and FDR. In this hour of \u003Cem>BackStory\u003C\u002Fem>, the Backstory hosts look at presidential transitions, and ask whether they deserve all the attention they tend to get. First, historian Michael Holt discusses James Polk and other lesser-known presidents whose accomplishments outshine their reputations. Then, producer Catherine Moore recounts the story of America’s first inaugural parade. Last, Henry Haller, White House chef through five presidencies, talks about the differences between cooking for Democrats and Republicans.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"url":27,"duration":28,"formatted_duration":29},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Faudio\u002Fepisodes\u002Ftransfer-your-power.mp3","3179","00:52:59",[31],{"title":32,"content":33,"files":34},"Further Reading","\u003Ch5>All Centuries\u003C\u002Fh5>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>“\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fmemory.loc.gov\u002Fammem\u002Fpihtml\u002Fpihome.html\">I Do Solemnly Swear…\u003C\u002Fa>“: Presidential Inaugurations at the Library of Congress\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Inaugural \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.bartleby.com\u002F124\u002Findex.html\">addresses\u003C\u002Fa> from Washington to Obama\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Historians \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.pbs.org\u002Fnewshour\u002Finaugural97\u002Fhistorians_1-20.html\">discuss\u003C\u002Fa> inaugurations past and present on the PBS \u003Cem>NewsHour\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Ffiles\u002Ftransfer-your-power\u002Fresources-inline\u002FWH2001Transitions.pdf\">PDF\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Inauguration \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.inaugural.senate.gov\u002Fabout\u002F\">history\u003C\u002Fa> from the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>National Archives reporting on \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.archives.gov\u002Fpublications\u002Fprologue\u002F2000\u002Fwinter\u002Fabrupt-transition-1.html\">abrupt transitions\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Presidential inaugurations \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fmemory.loc.gov\u002Fammem\u002Fpihtml\u002Fpimenu.html\">resource list\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Ch5>18th Century\u003C\u002Fh5>\n\u003Ch5>19th Century\u003C\u002Fh5>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Why did President \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.pbs.org\u002Fkera\u002Fusmexicanwar\u002Fprelude\u002Fjp_jp_and_the_mexican_war.html\">Polk\u003C\u002Fa> want war with Mexico?\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Ch5>20th Century & Beyond\u003C\u002Fh5>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.whitehouse.gov\u002Fblog\u002Finaugural-address\u002F\u002F\">Text & video\u003C\u002Fa> of Barack Obama’s 2009 inaugural address\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>A series of \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.thepresidency.org\u002Fpublications\">reports\u003C\u002Fa> on presidential transitions\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>White House transitions \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.archives.gov\u002Fpresidential-libraries\u002Fresearch\u002Ftransition-interviews\u002F\">interviews\u003C\u002Fa> from the Nixon to Clinton administrations\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.washingtonpost.com\u002Fwp-dyn\u002Fcontent\u002Fgraphic\u002F2008\u002F11\u002F09\u002FGR2008110900146.html?sid=ST2008110900031&s_pos=list\">Week one and counting\u003C\u002Fa> – how presidents spent the first eleven weeks in office\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>A \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.presidency.ucsb.edu\u002Ftransition2009.php\">day-by-day account\u003C\u002Fa> of Barack Obama’s transition\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n",[],[36],{"index":37,"title":38,"description":39,"audio":40,"tags":44,"transcript":20,"episode":50},0,"James K. Polk","\u003Cp>Historian Michael Holt explains the lasting impact of a little-known president, James K. Polk, and the Backstory hosts ask whether Polk’s expansion of US territory was a foregone conclusion or the mark of presidential power & influence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"url":41,"duration":42,"formatted_duration":43},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Faudio\u002Fsegments\u002Ftransfer-your-power\u002Ftransfer-your-power-01.mp3","404","00:06:44",[45,38,46,47,48,49,16],"American West","Mexican-American War","election of 1845","expansion of slavery","expansionism",{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":51,"tags":52,"thumb":53},{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},[14,15,16,17],{"src":19,"caption":20,"derivatives":54},{"square_small":22,"square_medium":23},1790963883115]