Listening to the Presidency
Candid, unscripted glimpses of American presidents
![FDR in the Oval Office](/sites/default/files/styles/hero_image_home_surrogate_382x200/public/2023-10/FDRatdesk2.jpg?itok=7xJlps_p)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt Sr.
| J. Frederick Essary
| Stephen T. 'Steve' Early
![President Kennedy and advisors on White House colonnade](/sites/default/files/styles/hero_image_home_surrogate_382x200/public/2023-06/Cecil_Stoughton_puttingscrews.jpeg?itok=LhQjnwhs)
John F. Kennedy
John F. “Jack” Kennedy
| John A. McCone
| Robert McNamara
| McGeorge 'Mac' Bundy
| Robert A. Lovett
![President Kennedy and Robert McNamara](/sites/default/files/styles/hero_image_home_surrogate_382x200/public/2023-06/ps_Cecil_Stoughton_mightbesunk.jpeg?itok=spztpQYl)
John F. Kennedy
John F. “Jack” Kennedy
| Robert McNamara
| C. Douglas “Doug” Dillon
| McGeorge 'Mac' Bundy
![President Kennedy listening to Adlai Stevenson](/sites/default/files/styles/hero_image_home_surrogate_382x200/public/2023-04/stevensonII.jpg?itok=zt7ekToS)
John F. Kennedy
John F. “Jack” Kennedy
| Adlai E. Stevenson II
| John A. McCone
![President Kennedy and Robert McNamara](/sites/default/files/styles/hero_image_home_surrogate_382x200/public/2023-04/letsnotkid.jpg?itok=e9Juf1z7)
John F. Kennedy
John F. “Jack” Kennedy
| Llewellyn E. “Tommy” Thompson Jr.
| C. Douglas “Doug” Dillon
![Cabinet Room meeting](/sites/default/files/styles/hero_image_home_surrogate_382x200/public/2023-04/quidpro2.jpg?itok=9AG6mNRa)
John F. Kennedy
John F. “Jack” Kennedy
| U. Alexis “Alex” Johnson
| McGeorge 'Mac' Bundy
![President Kennedy and Ted Sorensen](/sites/default/files/styles/hero_image_home_surrogate_382x200/public/2023-03/redo_President_with_Theodore_Sorensen._Theodore_Sorensen%2C_President_Kennedy._White_House%2C_South_Lawn._-_NARA_-_194193.jpg?itok=8B-tV9-d)
John F. Kennedy
John F. “Jack” Kennedy
| McGeorge 'Mac' Bundy
| Theodore C. “Ted” Sorensen
![Ngo Dinh Nhu in 1963](/sites/default/files/styles/hero_image_home_surrogate_382x200/public/2023-12/contemplateusarmy.jpg?itok=NcD7GRUO)
John F. Kennedy
John F. “Jack” Kennedy
| Roger Hilsman Jr.
| Dean Rusk