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Jimmy Carter, the U.S. president from 1976-80, died on December 29. We asked two OHIO faculty members with connections to Carter to join us to reflect on his legacy.

Kevin Mattson is the Connor Study Professor of Contemporary History in the College of Arts and Sciences and author of the book 鈥淲hat the Heck Are You Up To, Mr. President?鈥� which explores the 鈥渕alaise speech鈥� Carter gave in 1979. Pete Mather is a professor in the Patton College of Education who worked at the in Atlanta Georgia in the early 2000鈥檚 as director of the center鈥檚 esteemed internship program.

Our experts challenge the widely accepted assessment that Carter鈥檚 presidency was a failure. Mather says it鈥檚 鈥渕ore complicated than that,鈥� and Mattson agrees.

鈥淚 think there was a better president than the typical view of him has it,鈥� Mattson says.

Listen to the episode to hear more about the 鈥渂izarre鈥� events that led up to the pivotal speech Carter gave in response to the gas crisis; the Sunday school lessons he taught at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains for almost 50 years; and the 鈥渨ry鈥� sense of humor the Nobel Peace Prize winner maintained throughout his life. 

Top photo: Ben Gray/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 

Don鈥檛 miss this first-person account from Gray, an OHIO School of Visual Communication alumnus who spent two decades photographing Carter and was chosen by the Carter family as an official photographer for the funeral proceedings in January.