Book · 2013 · Biography & Autobiography
The Bully Pulpit
Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
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I think Doris Kearns Goodwin's The Bully Pulpit is another good example of this, the contrast between Taft and Roosevelt, their understanding of the media.
Ryan Holiday · The Daily Stoic · Jul 2026 Listen at 1:21:09 The best things said about it
I think partly what happened is somebody was telling me they were reading it. A woman wrote me a letter, the bully pulpit um on Teddy and she said she was loving it, but she was reading it at night when she went to bed and she fell asleep and it broke her nose.
Why people recommend it
The Bully Pulpit by Doris Kearns Goodwin is a sweeping historical examination that contrasts the political strategies, media savvy, and presidencies of William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt. On The Daily Stoic, Ryan Holiday recommended the book as a prime example of historical political acumen, specifically pointing to the contrasting ways both leaders understood and utilized the emerging media landscape of their eras. In a separate episode of The Daily Stoic, Goodwin shared a lighthearted anecdote about the book, recounting how a female reader wrote to express her deep love for the volume, only to reveal that she had fallen asleep reading it in bed at night and accidentally broken her nose in the process. Together, these podcast segments showcased both the rigorous historical value of Goodwin's scholarship and its surprising, engrossing nature for everyday readers. The book remains a celebrated resource for understanding early twentieth-century American politics, presidential leadership dynamics, and the evolving relationship between the executive branch and the press.
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Doris Kearns Goodwin I think partly what happened is somebody was telling me they were reading it. A woman wrote me a letter, th… 1
“I think partly what happened is somebody was telling me they were reading it. A woman wrote me a letter, the bully pulpit um on Teddy and she said she was loving it, but she was reading it at night when she went to bed and she fell asleep and it broke her nose.”
Ryan Holiday I think Doris Kearns Goodwin's The Bully Pulpit is another good example of this, the contrast between Taft… 1
“I think Doris Kearns Goodwin's The Bully Pulpit is another good example of this, the contrast between Taft and Roosevelt, their understanding of the media.”