One Ordinary Man: The Hidden Architect of the New Deal with Steve Vesce
Most of us know the names Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin, but history has largely overlooked the "ordinary man" who stood at the center of it all. Steve Vesce spent his career as an entrepreneur and CEO before a research project introduced him to Harry Hopkins, FDR's closest confidant and the visionary behind the New Deal. That discovery became his debut novel, One Ordinary Man, a 2025 American Writing Awards Finalist.
In this episode, Steve shares the moment during his research that convinced him this had to be a full novel, how Hopkins rose from an obscure Iowa social worker to a pivotal…
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