{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Headliner of State: Ulysses Grant","description":"The search for the funniest president continues!\r\nSure, Ulysses Grant saved American democracy for all future generations. But was he FUNNY? To get the answer, we’re talking to Grant himself -- with the assistance of Kenneth J. Serfass.\r\nKen is an educator and a retired U.S. Marine. His involvement in Civil War re-enacting, combined with his lifelong fascination with Grant, resulted in a very interesting career. Ken does a “first person living history impression” of the general, transforming himself into Grant for public events and presentations. He makes his home in Gettysburg, Pa., and that’s where we went for a lunchtime chat with both Ken and his alter-ego.\r\n\r\nKen on Facebook\r\nGrant’s complete memoirs\r\nGrant’s tomb\r\nDobbin House Tavern\r\n\r\nMUSIC: Hail Columbia, “My Good Man Sam” by King Oliver and his Orchestra, “Frolic Sam” by Barney Bigard and his Jazzopaters\r\nNext week: David Litt and Brad Jenkins discuss Barack Obama.","author_name":"The Other Side","author_url":"http:\/\/dcimprov.libsyn.com\/podcast","html":"