Season 9, Episode 7, “William Howard Taft v. the World (Part 2)” : Ohio v. the World is back for the 2nd half of Season 9. Alex sits down with one of our favorite authors, Walter Stahr about his great new book William Howard Taft: A Great American Life (Simon & Schuster, 2026). Use this link to buy the book, which comes out today: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/William-Howard-Taft/Walter-Stahr/9781668012680

We explore the entire life and career of the only person to be the Chief Executive and the Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court. We examine why Taft is an overlooked and underrated Commander in Chief in the early 20th Century. From his meteoric rise in the Cincinnati legal community to his years as Governor-General of the Philippines. We follow Taft around the globe as Secretary of War and Walter debunks many old Taft myths about the his presidential aspirations and campaign. The episode details his term as the 27th President (1909-1913) and goes in depth to Taft’s decade as the Supreme Court Chief Justice.

You can buy Walter’s new book William Howard Taft: A Great American Life and all his other great books at https://walterstahr.com/. Contact Alex and the show at ohiovtheworld@gmail.com or on the podcasts’ Facebook, Instagram and Twitter page. Check out the Evergreen Podcast Network for Ohio v. the World and hundreds of other great podcasts http://www.evergreenpodcasts.com. Also visit our website http://www.ohiovtheworldpodcast.com to found old episodes like our previous Taft episode from 2020 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ohio-v-the-world/id1210853919?i=1000495965962