Destiny of the Republic

MEGAPOD: The Most Overrated American Who Ever Lived

Plain English with Derek Thompson, 3 July 2026. The book comes up at 17 min 34 sec in. Said by Derek Thompson.

Host Derek Thompson calls Candace Millard's Destiny of the Republic "wonderful and incredibly entertaining" and describes it as covering James Garfield's assassination and the failures of contemporary medicine — noting Garfield was shot by an assailant but killed by doctors who didn't know what they were doing. Thompson directs listeners who want to go deeper on Chester A. Arthur's rise to the presidency to the book and notes Millard appeared previously on the show.

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