FLOTUS 4eva

Back with Jackie O Part Two!! You may think that this is going to be a dark episode, and it is. We discuss Jackie's rise to FLOTUS and the way she was determined to make the role her own. We talk about the highly public restoration of the White House which leads to a mini series of palaces around the world. We discuss about how essential Jackie was in JFK's diplomacy and how she makes Khrushchev c...

Ok! We are back with another three parter on none other than the iconic Jackie O. We begin this story in New York (Or Nowhere!) and discuss Jackie's deep love for her father and all things horses. We follow Jackie to Paris where she has the most transcendent (and normal!) moments of her life. Jackie gets an internship, tries to transfer, and continues to adore weekends away from the big city. And...

We thought Bess Truman was a hard turn from Eleanor. Well get ready for an even harder turn. Mamie delivers up heteronormativity to the max. And we are here for it, sort of. We discuss Mamie's upbringing as a wealthy midwest girl, her devotion to Ike and her love for all things First Lady. We also theorize when dentistry became a real necessity and assume that Mamie is likely the person who invent...

We take a sharp left turn with our next FLOTUS, Bess Truman. A star basketball player and women who just wanted to keep her head down and have a simple life becomes First Lady when FDR dies after being prez for 1000 terms. We talk about how Bess never really got to live in the White House because spoiler, THERE WERE RATS. Even when Bess tried to navigate the social scene of Washington she really d...

Our final send off to our very favorite girl! Part three of Eleanor ends our Roosevelt saga and we are admittedly a little sad :(. We talk about the amazing work that El did after her time in the White House. We discover that you can read every entry of My Day and analyze her entires. We discuss Hillary Clinton's obsession with El and her very real attempt to communicate with her beyond the grave....

We're back with a thrilling second part to what is an absolutely necessary three part series. In our part two we discuss Eleanor's time in the White House. Her commitment to the Home Economics movement and making FDR's home life truly terrible. We introduce essential characters like Ms. Nesbit and Hick. Finally, we give El a 10/10 for her time in the White House. She crushes. 

Happy New Year! We are back with Part One of an epic three part series on none other than the great, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt. In Part One we discuss El's early life in Manhattan and her tragic first ten years of life. But that didn't get our girl down. At 15 El heads to London where she meets likeminded women who inspire her to become the Eleanor we know and love. We discuss her meeting with FDR an...

Lou! Very specifically named Lou, not Louise or Louisa, is our First FLOTUS to come to us from Iowa. Lou specializes in all things outdoors becoming the first female to earn a four year degree in geology. So yes, already she is a Queen. We talk about her and Hoover's world travels before Bert becomes prez and try to figure out how they had SO much money (spoiler: don't ever take an unpaid internsh...

We've made it to the roaring 20's and that means short hair, pants for women and jazz music. For everyone except Grace. but not to fret, Grace lives her best life with with her sorority sisters, Helen Keller and the most iconic White House pet to date, Rebecca. We go on a wild ride with Grace, ultimately deciding that she was rebellious in her own way, even when Cal told her not to be. We discuss...

Despite the fact that there is an entire home renovation show going on outsides Claire's door, we are still here to give you another FLOTUS episode. Flo Harding takes the First Lady role by storm becoming the first FLOTUS to vote, first FLOTUS to operate a movie camera, First FLOTUS to lead a parade and the a true inspiration to Nancy Regan by keeping an astrologist close by at all times. Flo was...

Ok. So yes, we are still reeling from Red (Taylor's Version) but we are coming at you with another Lady. Dare we say, our First Female Prez. We tell the tale of Edith Wilson. A descendant of Pocahontas AND Martha Washington. A famously poor student, Edith instead was taught to read and write by her grandmother and her 26 canaries. Edith lands the FLOTUS gig after a troubled first marriage, and whi...

BACK! After a two month hiatus, FLOTUS 4eva is back and so grateful to be! We launch right in with a tale about Ellen, a proud southerner and absolutely had Reconstruction merch. We discuss her being tricked into marrying Woodrow Wilson and her low key FLOTUS vibes, though they were only a year. We also discuss, Margaret, the oldest Wilson daughter and how she used the FLOTUS position to launch he...

We got another Ohio lady for ya. A women who likely should have been president, mostly because her husband just deeply wanted a Supreme Court job. We talk about how getting closer to the suffragette movement is going to change the First Lady role in a deep way. We also discuss Nellie's immediate action upon arrival and her triumphant healing from a stroke.  Also, Claire and Elyse get real about th...

We finish out our TR trilogy with Edith Carow Roosevelt. TR's second wife and lover of anywhere that she could hide from other people. We talk about Edith and Teddy's early romance and Claire hypothesizes on why the two split with the narration of pop music. We discuss the enormous job of having to run the Roosevelt household and the remarkable job Edith did solving the Russian-Japanese conflict....

Although neither one of these ladies were technically FLOTUS, they were both too good to pass over. Alice Hathaway Lee, TR's true love who was Good Vibes Only. A true sunshine that sadly passes away before TR gets to the White House. We discuss their Harvard romance, and the way TR needs to leave after she dies to find new Good Vibes. While Teddy ventures out west, at home in NYC is growing the tr...

FLOTUS is back on the road! This time we head out to the Great Gatsby vibes of Oyster Bay to visit the home of our next First Lady, Edith Roosevelt. We talk all about how Edith clearly had better style than TR and how she really just wanted to hide from her husband, kids and the secret service. We, of course, became best friends with our tour guide Tyler and are curious about the logistics of how...

Like a homecoming for Claire and Elyse. We recount the joys of Canton, Ohio and their very own darling, Ida Saxton McKinley. We discuss how thrilling it probably was to babysit at the White House as well as how thrilling it is to babysit in New York City in your 20's. As the most formally educated FLOTUS at the time, Ida had a love for education and finance. Sadly, Ida's life is filled with traged...

We are back with a fabulous story about a First Lady who knew how to keep busy! We learn that Ohio was like the California of its day and that getting a divorce in Indianapolis was truly chic. We also have another women tasked with having to upgrade the White House, but this time its in worse shape than you can even imagine. We talk painting china, the DAR and the only reliable way to get rid of r...

You know it's absolute chaos when you meet your future prez husband as an infant when he's buying you a baby carriage. Frances was here for that drama. We discuss Frances's love of the "arts" and the press. We talk about how this two time FLOTUS actually gets a second chance with love after her husband's death. Claire recounts the truly harrowing and impressive story of Grover Cleveland's jaw surg...

Ellen, a socialite of New York City in so many ways. We discuss the many parties thrown at her Lexington Avenue House and how this may have been the only thing her and her husband had in common. We discuss Ellen's brief thoughts behind divorcing the future prez and why you must dress appropriately no matter the season! After losing Ellen before she even gets to see Arthur as prez, Molly (his siste...

FLOTUS on the Road is back with an extra special episode with our Presidential Scholar Tiger McGinley. We discuss his love for presidents and what makes a president truly special. He explains to us how the president’s job has changed, how Teddy Roosevelt was unable to sit down and why Barak Obama is a repeat answer for so many of our questions. While we site his intelligence on many of our episode...

Another Ohio lady loving education and her FLOTUS duties! Lucretia shows us her deep love for all things knowledge and preservation. We discuss her eerily similar vibe to Jackie Kennedy, her love for a nice glass of wine and why the White House security was oddly lax. Sadly, Lucretia is only FLOTUS for a few short months as her husband is shot by one of the most bizarre and excited assassins (who...

Lucy! Our first college educated First Lady. A total powerhouse, maybe (definitely) even more so than her husband. We talk about the fine line between the suffragette and the temperance movement. Elyse recounts a harrowing story reminding us of the importance of indoor plumbing- which we just got in the White House- Thanks Lucy. We also talk about how exciting it is to stay up all night with your...

Back with our regularly scheduled programming! We discuss how fabulous it is  being set up with someone who is described as a "golden person" and Claire shares how she missed her opportunity to be First Lady. Elyse talks about her passion for psychics and why that makes her love Julia even more. We discuss Grant's horse riding hobby and how being in the right place at the right time can really wor...

We conclude our two special Bonus EPS with a play by play of our fabulous trip. Elyse finally reveals her opinions on Sheetz vs. Wawa. We describe the true crime moments of being stuck in small town Pennsylvania (You'll never believe the name of the town!?) Claire revives her love for Hanson. We brave the oddly cold memorial weekend going on Ghost Tours, getting room service and driving many, many...