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Episode 511- FDR's Fireside Chats

The History of WWII Podcast
The History of WWII Podcast
Episode • Feb 11, • 52m

As President Roosevelt knew his New Deal policies would be unpopular with the business owners, he sought to explain himself directly to the people. Thus his fireside chats were born. But then came another crisis, the outbreak of WWII. Over the years, FDR would keep his fellow citizens informed of the country’s failures and successes, but ever striving for victory.

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