# Aj Baime

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#19: A.J. Baime - "Dewey Defeats Truman"

Our fifth episode in our series on the presidency features A.J. Baime and his book, "Dewey Defeats Truman: The 1948 Election and the Battle for America's Soul." Baime explains how President Truman revived his political fortunes with the most aggressive campaign in American history. He embarks on ...

A.J. Baime: White Lies

Bestselling author AJ Baime returns to The Commonwealth Club to discuss his biography of Walter F. White, a civil rights leader who often passed for white in order to investigate racist murders. White led a double life: one as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance and the NAACP in the early 20th ce ...

Tales of a Race Shifting Undercover Salesman with AJ Baime

Take 2 parts Ford v. Ferrari, 2 parts Dewey v. Truman, add a dash of WSJ and mix in the wildest story about the other Walter White, shake it up and pour these fascinating topics out of a brilliant journalistic mind and what do you get? You get our new favorite cocktail; The A.J. Baime! NY Times ...

#88: A.J. Baime - "White Lies"

What does it mean to be white in America? What does it mean to be Black? Is it merely the color of our skin? How does the history of how different races have been treated by the law and by fellow Americans weigh on those labels? What would it be like to straddle both worlds? In "White Lies: The ...

AJ Baime on Go Like Hell, The Arsenal of Democracy, and More

In this episode, Alex sits down for an engaging conversation with prolific freelance writer and interviewer AJ Baime, author of Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans; The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War; and hi ...

Ep 128: Kyle Larson - Ford vs Ferrari

What ONE track would Kyle Larson pick for the last race in the NASCAR playoffs? His answer might surprise you - and then we talk Ford vs Ferrari with the man who wrote the book that inspired this: AJ Baime and "Go Like Hell". Then what's the best car for a High School student to drive?  See Priv ...

Festive Meats and an Italo-Texan Odyssey

Alex, Beck, and Tyler catch up in what can only be called a rambling fashion. They immediately launch into a career appreciation of Bill Paxton (RIP); talk sharing Thanksgiving plates and Tyler's 10-carb weekend; take a largely ignorant automotive linguistic detour; defeat the perils of disassem ...

(B)aT the Movies: American Graffiti (1973)

This BaT Podcast episode, the fourth in our series about Car Movies, covers the surprise hit American Graffiti—the early, scrappy, low-budget George Lucas effort featuring Ron(nie) Howard, Richard Dreyfuss, Harrison Ford, and many more names who might not be at the tips of our tongues in 2026 bu ...

Harry Truman's First 120 Days: "No Other President Faced So Consequential A Start To Their Term"

New York Times best selling author AJ Baime talks about his book, The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World. He discusses Truman's unlikely rise to the presidency, detailed looks at the day FDR died and Truman's first day as president, and the many even ...

(B)at the Movies: Ford v Ferrari (2019)

Let's get this out of the way: we love this movie, car-guy-detail-nerd complaints or no, and it remains the only film we've ever taken the entire BaT HQ staff to. In this latest installment of (B)at the Movies, we talk about the problem with Cobras; balancing historical accuracy with crowd appea ...