FDR: The Making of the American Century

One Day University presents a series of audio lectures recorded in real-time from some of the top minds in the United States. Given by award-winning professors and experts in their field, these recorded lectures dive deep into the worlds of religion, government, literature, and social justice. This lecture will examine the transformational presidency of Franklin Roosevelt. How did this scion of America's elite inspire hope in millions of suffering citizens during the Great Depression? How did he re-design the purposes and expectations of the American government through the New Deal? The lecture will show how domestic policy was connected to foreign policy, particularly President Roosevelt's successful efforts to defeat fascism and re-make the international order. The lecture will investigate President Roosevelt's ideas, his leadership style, and his legacies for contemporary American domestic and foreign policy. This audio lecture includes a supplemental PDF.