In conversation, Goodwin expanded on the relationship between the two men, what she admired about Teddy Roosevelt, how he'd fit into the modern age and the idea of a movie version of Bully Pulpit. 

 

On why she chose to write a book about Teddy Roosevelt:

I always choose somebody that I want to spend a lot of time with because it takes me so long to write these books. As I got into it, I found out more about Taft, his successor, and I really hadn’t known about how deep their friendship was and how heartbreaking their rupture was. And then I also realized that part of the distinction between the two was one was good with the public and getting along with the press, the other wasn’t. So, that’s when all my other guys came in – the Muckrakers....