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The Washington Post's Presidential podcast explores how each former American president reached office, made decisions, handled crises and redefined the role of commander-in-chief. It was released leading up to up to Election Day 2016, starting with George Washington in week one and ending on week 44 with the president-elect. New special episodes in the countdown to the 2020 presidential election highlight other stories from U.S. presidential history that can help illuminate our current momen ...
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In this episode we revisit the past before looking at the lands of the Kingdom of the Kongo at the end of the 19th Century.
Outside of the Congo Stanley's journey, and details of the River Congo basin, spread through the world. Some saw this as an opportunity to do good, as they saw it, but others saw a commercial opportunities...
The chiefs of the Western Congo reacted skeptically as missionaries and traders arrived up river. Whist these arrived in greater numbers a distant European King began to plot..
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