James Rosebush was chief of staff to Nancy Reagan. And senior advisor to President Reagan. He has now written a book: True Reagan: What Made Ronald Reagan Great and Why It Matters. And he and I discuss it in a new Q&A podcast. (Jim and I are old friends.)

I first ask him about the First Lady: Was she a tough boss? How about her clash with Donald Regan? What about her and astrology? What about political differences with her husband (besides abortion, the outstanding one)?

Then: Was Ronald Reagan really friends with anyone, outside his wife? What about Reagan and faith? How about the assassination attempt, and his recovery from it? How about his final illness? Etc.

I’ll tell you something: There came a time when I was Reagan’d out. I had been absorbed in Reagan for years. Read everything, watched everything. Pumped Bill Buckley, Van Galbraith, and many others for stories about Reagan. Wrote thousands — tens of thousands — of words about him.

And then — one day, or one month — got Reagan’d out. (I also got Thatchered out, in the weeks following her passing, but that’s another story — though a related one.)

Well, talking with Jim Rosebush, I got Reagan’d in. The old fascination came back. The Reagans are an enduringly interesting couple. And Jim has significant things to say about them.

So, again, that podcast is here.