The Heart of Power – Episode 12: The Quietest Crisis
A narrative nonfiction analysis of Ronald Reagan’s Alzheimer’s disease, exploring how memory, power, and performance separated without collapse.
Presidential Health
The Heart of Power – Episode 8: The Ticking Man
He knew it was coming. The way a storm announces itself in the bones.The way a man knows the land he’ll die on. Lyndon Baines Johnson had already faced the thing most men spend their lives avoiding: death. It had gripped his chest, dropped him to the bedroom floor of his Texas ranch, and whispered … Read more
The Heart of Power – Episode 5: Where Strength Sat Still
Smoke still curled from the wreckage at Pearl Harbor. Across the Pacific, the dead were still being counted—some drowned in burning ships, others incinerated before they could lift a rifle. In Washington, phones rang without rest. Advisers swarmed. The White House throbbed with urgency. Through it all, Franklin Delano Roosevelt sat at his desk, calm … Read more
The Heart of Power – Episode 4: Built to Stand, Bound to Fall
“There’ll be great presidents again… but there’ll never be another Camelot.” … Read more
The Heart of Power – Episode 3: The Stroke That Silenced a Dream
Behind the Headlines This is the story of a stroke that changed global history—and a vision that may have saved it. In this episode of The Heart of Power, we examine the collapse of a president—and the fragile border between vision and vulnerability. This article began as part of a broader project—an effort to explore … Read more