The Senate

Introduction: Welcome

The Senate

Show Notes

This brief episode sets the vision for this series about the United States Senate, a non-partisan, non-political podcast about the history, culture, rules, procedures, and people of the Senate.

Hosted by Claude Berube, PhD, an author and former professor. He previously created and hosted for four years the Preble Hall Naval History podcast.

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