Coming Soon: History Vs. Theodore Roosevelt

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
As Theodore Roosevelt stood on stage in front of a
crowd ten thousand strong, the crisp white shirt beneath his
vest grew red with blood. I have just been shot,
he said. The crowd screamed and gasped as Roosevelt pulled
his vest aside, revealing the growing stain. It takes more
than that to kill a bull moose, he declared. The

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manuscript he was carrying bore a bullet hole. It probably
saved me from it going into my heart, Roosevelt said,
adding the bullet is in me now, so that I
cannot make a very long speech, but I will do
my best. He spoke for the next ninety minutes before
he let anyone take him to the hospital. It turns

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out Theodore Roosevelt isn't just the teddy Bear guy or
that dude from the night at the Museum Movies where
a boring president rendered in stone on Mount Rushmore. Theodore
Roosevelt so much more. Our president helped avert with some
would call World War zero, and almost died on an
expedition to explore an uncharted tributary of the Amazon River.

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He also tried to fundamentally change how we spell and
traumatized Dr Seuss, and that's just the tip of the
Rooseveltian Iceberg. I'm Aaron McCarthy and I'm the host of
History Versus, a new podcast from Mental Flaws and I
Heart Radio about how your favorite historical figures faced off
against their greatest foes. In each episode of our first season,
we're pitting t R against a particular challenge. We talked

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to TR experts, authors, National Park Rangers, and even an
actor who plays t R to bring you stories about
how he took on everything from his stabilitating childhood asthma
and conflict within his family to conquering the hours of
the day and preserving the world for the next generation.
History Versus premieres in October. Listen and subscribe on the
I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get

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your podcasts.