{"id":2681,"date":"2020-05-10T22:25:01","date_gmt":"2020-05-10T22:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/?p=2681"},"modified":"2020-05-10T22:25:13","modified_gmt":"2020-05-10T22:25:13","slug":"meachums-hope-through-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/2020\/05\/10\/meachums-hope-through-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Meachum’s Hope through History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I am not particularly interested in history and I don’t read many books on the history of much of anything but the history of digital technology. I am a fan of Jon Meachum and I follow what he has to say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meachum has generated a 5 part podcast series<\/a> called Hope, through history. It is offered to bolster Americans in this time of threat. It is well worth your time as Meachum is a great storyteller and the content is embellished with sound from the people and events described. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Episode one tells the story of Franklin Roosevelt and the Great Depression. Roosevelt grew up wealthy. Meachum suggests his ability to convey compassion and his tenacity were a function of his struggle with polio and continued efforts to find a way to walk. Roosevelt was a strong leader and unlike his predecessor (Hoover), he was able to instill hope in people through his capacity for empathy. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am not particularly interested in history and I don’t read many books on the history of much of anything but the history of digital technology. I am a fan of Jon Meachum and I follow what he has to … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2681"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2682,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2681\/revisions\/2682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}