Non-Fiction: How American Presidents Governed Their Money

Lectures and conversations with historians, authors, and thinkers. All the Presidents' Money: How the Men Who Governed America Governed Their Money is a journey through the personal money stories of the US presidents and how they built wealth—or didn’t. With lively storytelling and rigorous research, All the Presidents’ Money reveals how some of the greatest leaders are the worst money managers and how our least favorite presidents are good at making money. Megan Gorman is a bestselling author as well as a Managing Partner and Founder of Chequers Financial Management, a female-owned high net worth tax and financial planning firm. Trained as an attorney, she is a nationally recognized expert on presidential finances and has advised entrepreneurs, executives, and multigenerational families throughout her career. She has spoken at numerous presidential libraries, including the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library, the Herbert Hoover Library, the Gerald Ford Library, the Jimmy Carter Library, Harry S. Truman Library, and The Four Score Speaker Series. Her discussion at the Ford Library was featured as an episode on The Presidency on CSPAN. July 1, 2026 – September 9, 2026 Wednesdays, 7pm-8pm July 1: How the Declaration of Independence Made America July 8: How American Presidents Governed Their Money July 15: The Shocking Crimes That Shaped Abraham Lincoln July 22: Angelica Schuyler in a Time of Revolution July 29: The Moment That Changed the Women’s Movement August 5: Lady Bird Johnson’s Trailblazing 1964 Campaign Train August 19: Samuel Alito and the Triumph of the Conservative Legal Movement August 26: The Partisan Life of Abraham Lincoln September 2: An Oral History of 9/11 September 9: The Triangle Shirtwaist Tragedy and the Origins of Modern Charity