Podcast

"All the Best" host Sam LeBlond sits down with June Scobee Rodgers, the inspiring widow of Commander Dick Scobee — who was one of the seven space pioneers to perish in the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy. Listen as June reveals the comfort that then-Vice President George H. W. Bush offered the families of the Challenger crew during that traumatic time and how it led to the establishment of the Challenger Center for Space Science Education. Today, there are Challenger Centers focusing on STEM education operating in 27 states and on three continents! Sam and June also chat about First Lady Barbara Bush and her ongoing support for this groundbreaking program that has touched over 5.5 million students around the world over the last 30 years. To read the full transcript of this episode visit https://www.georgeandbarbarabush.org/podcast-transcript/.

On this episode of "All the Best," Sam LeBlond sits down with Pulitzer Prize winning author and presidential historian Jon Meacham. Listen as the two discuss Meacham’s close relationship with the Bush family, the making of "Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush," eulogizing the 41st president, and why he recently took the time to speak at the Democratic National Convention. To read the full transcript of this episode visit https://www.georgeandbarbarabush.org/podcast-transcript/. 

In this episode of "All the Best,” host Sam LeBlond talks to General Mark A. Welsh III, the Dean of The George Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University — and before that, the 20th Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force. Few people are better situated to discuss the #AllTheBest theme of service than Dean Welsh. Listen as he discusses how he got the role of becoming a Dean, the expansion of The Bush School of Government and Public Service, and his ongoing promise to The Bush School’s namesake, President George H. W. Bush. To read the full transcript of this episode visit https://www.georgeandbarbarabush.org/podcast-transcript/.

On this episode of "All the Best", host Sam LeBlond is joined by Houston Texans' linebacker Brennan Scarlett. Listen as Brennan shares his inspiring journey to the NFL, and how his own family and the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation's focus on family literacy and education for all inspired the origin of Brennan's nonprofit organization the "Big Yard.” Another can’t-miss, uplifting “All the Best” episode! To read the full transcript of this episode visit https://www.georgeandbarbarabush.org/podcast-transcript/.

On this episode of "All the Best", host Sam LeBlond is joined by David J. Ryder, who is The 39th United States Mint Director. Listen as the two discuss Ryder's close relationship with the Bush family, life on Air Force 2, and the fascinating process that resulted in George Herbert Walker Bush and his wife Barbara both being memorialized on United States coins. The Barbara Bush 2020 First Spouse Coin releases August 20th, 2020, and can be purchased by visiting usmint.gov. The George H. W. Bush Presidential $1 coin will be released later this year. To read the full transcript of this episode visit https://www.georgeandbarbarabush.org/podcast-transcript/.