FDR's First Fireside Chat Amid Banking Crisis | FDR (Season 1)

FDR holds his first ever fireside chat as president of the United States. See more in this scene from Season 1, Episode 1, "Nothing to Fear."

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[christinehills]

Franklin Delano. My most favorite President of All-time. He has always been my most favorite and most treasured.

[josephverbosky]

Presidents should be required to do “Fireside Chats”. It gives the people a direct line to the President and helps build trust between the people and presidents. Think of how much easier things could be if they could have a line of communication like this.

[taisce]

We need another FDR so much today. He really was on the side of the people most of the time.

[amymorgan]

i love these documentaries so much, so much tension, great production and storytelling and actors! Thank you for making this free for everybody to view.

[robertdowney]

It was a moment that again showed that proper democracy works, and private centralized banks destroy democracy and 99 percent of peoples livelihoods while enriching a small select few.

[JamesMayToGoPlease]

Such a phenomenal man and a phenomenal POTUS! Thank you!!

[MCO]

The fireside chats made FDR the original ASMR creator

[celly]

I think the guy who’s playing FDR is playing Churchill in Netflix’s new documentary. Talk about two big roles! 😆

[thamilton]

Thank you, love Doris Kearns Goodwin 💛

[Vlad.o]

"Without Knowledge, you will only know what others want you to know. You will only think what others want you to think—whether it be your parents, your culture, your social group, your government, or the Greater Community. You will basically be like cattle and you will be led around, from pasture to pasture. Without Knowledge, the mental environment overtakes you and overwhelms you. Knowledge is the deeper Spiritual Mind within you. It is the only part of you that is unaffected by the mental environment. It is the only part of you that is free from deception and manipulation. Do you want freedom for yourself? Then you must learn the way of Knowledge." The Allies of Humanity Briefings

[SpaceHeggo]

This comment section has way too many FDR haters, it’s sad, that somehow these people are convinced that this man was a dictator

[lluther]

Awesome! Could Americans do that again?

[sneakycat]

One of if not the best president in this country’s history.

[Arthur_Hastings]

Flat-Earthers: “There is nothing to fear but sphere itself!”

[billyriedel]

The more I learn about FDR, the more I feel I would have liked him as a president. Also I feel like John Mahoney could have played FDR in a movie

[lisaholien]

Thankfully he didn't have the Internet Peanut Gallery working against his plan to repair the country.

[erindanelleavilaavilaguerr]

It failed, we had no idea those types of kind human existed who showed up and mistreated

[erindanelleavilaavilaguerr]

They don't talk about the camps but its like we had to create a protected area over controlling all the land
And and safety, known as a balanced democratic society

[otzlixr]

I fear the non fearing people that don’t adequately fear the fear that FDR feared about.