Episode 5: The Conservationist

08/24/23 • 42 min

Roosevelt uses his executive powers as president to create the National Parks, preserving thousands of acres of US land. As his term draws to a close, he regrets his vow not to seek a second term, and sets out to run for president again as the leader of his own Bull Moose Party.

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At 42, Roosevelt becomes the youngest US president in history. Breaking with the interests of his own class, he takes on the “robber barons" of the railroad, coal and oil industries to establish and protect workers’ rights.

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