How Women Won WWII: The Booming Work of Women Scientists
In a previous episode of our series, we had a conversation about the combined efforts of the Allied science community to beat Germany in the race to understand and build atomic weapons. It was a team ...
3 Feb 202331min
How Women Won WWII: British Wrens at War
Today in our series, How Women Won WWII, let’s head to Great Britain and learn about a military organization that recruited women into the war effort all across the country. Women volunteered in great...
1 Feb 202329min
How Women Won WWII: By the Glow of Radium
Today on Here's Where It Gets Interesting, we talk about how the United States successfully produced and detonated the first atomic bomb. That success happened through a combination of random events a...
30 Jan 202334min
How Women Won WWII: A Starlette Spies for France
In today's episode, let’s talk about a person–a larger than life woman–who utilized her fame and charm to secretly gather intel for the Allies during World War II. She put herself in danger, fought fo...
27 Jan 202331min
How Women Won WWII: The Women of the Secret Cities
Today, on How Women Won WWII, we talk about The Manhattan Project. The top-secret program ran for three war-filled years and employed over 120 thousand people. Most of those people had no idea that th...
25 Jan 202331min
How Women Won WWII: Rosie the Riveter Was Just the Beginning
Welcome to our new series, How Women Won World War II. Over the next few weeks, we’ll explore the incredibly varied and complex roles women stepped into during World War II. No, they weren’t GIs. They...
23 Jan 202331min
Don’t Underestimate the Power of the State with Melissa Walker
On today’s episode, Sharon talks about the importance of state legislatures with Melissa Walker, an expert from The States Project. Melissa, and The States Project, aims to educate the public on the v...
20 Jan 202334min
The High Stakes of Haaland v. Brackeen with Rebecca Nagle
Today on Here’s Where It Gets Interesting, Sharon speaks with award-winning journalist Rebecca Nagle. Sharon and Rebecca talk about an important case that SCOTUS will rule on later this spring: Haalan...
18 Jan 202340min
