Jimmy Carter left the White House widely considered a failed president — defeated by Reagan in a landslide after the Iran hostage crisis and stagflation defined his single term. He then spent the next forty-plus years building what many historians call the most productive post-presidency in American history — Habitat for Humanity, the Carter Center, international election monitoring, and a Nobel Peace Prize that honored the work he did after leaving office.

This episode traces Carter from his Plains, Georgia peanut farm through the unlikely presidential run, the Camp David Accords, the hostage crisis that destroyed his presidency, and the four decades of humanitarian work that redeemed his legacy.

• The peanut farm origins and the outsider campaign that capitalized on post-Watergate disgust
• The Camp David Accords between Egypt and Israel — Carter’s greatest presidential achievement
• The Iran hostage crisis, the failed rescue mission, and the landslide loss to Reagan
• The Carter Center, Habitat for Humanity, the Nobel Prize, and the most consequential post-presidency in history