Time Tellers

The White House Makeover

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Welcome back to Time Tellers. In this episode, Renee and Dan guide listeners through the White House’s dramatic transformations—from James Hoban’s original plan and the 1814 burning to Teddy Roosevelt’s 1902 modernization, Truman’s gutting rebuild, Jackie Kennedy’s museum-quality restoration, the rise of fortress-like security, and the present controversy over a glass-walled ballroom that tore…