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Podcast: The Lincoln Project
Episode: Doris Kearns Goodwin & Her Marriage to a Presidential Speechwriter
Description: Presidential historian, author, and former sports journalist Doris Kearns Goodwin goes on the record with host Rick Wilson and gives an inside look at what it was like to be behind the scenes at the Whitehouse during Kennedy's aspirational "Camelot Era" and into LBJ's "Great Society" period. As the wife of the late Dick Goodwin, the speechwriter who penned LBJ's "We Shall Overcome" speech, Doris remains deeply involved in American politics and served as a fellow for LBJ's administration.Follow Doris Kearns Goodwin on X at @DorisKGoodwin and buy her book “An Unfinished Love St...