Summary: This week at ITPL, the American history podcast, we talk about the US presidency. Specifically, we examine the history of how US presidents have endeavored to use the media, some more effectively than others, to their political advantage. In other words, it’s the history of “spin.” To learn about spin and how and why it’s played such a critical role in the evolution of the modern presidency, I talk to historian David Greenberg about his book, Republic of Spin: An Inside History of the American Pres
