Finding the Man Within the Myth with Alexis Coe
On today’s episode of Here’s Where It Gets Interesting, Sharon speaks with presidential historian Alexis Coe, who talks about her goal as a historian to tell the whole story. We have a tendency to reg...
28 Dec 202239min
Memorable Moments of White House Holidays
On today’s special holiday episode of Here’s Where It Gets Interesting, we’ll learn about how a few of our presidential families have influenced different types of events and customs during the Decemb...
23 Dec 202227min
The War for the West
Today on Here’s Where It Gets Interesting, we move Westward. While the politics in Washington D.C. were shaping events throughout the rest of the nation, the same can be said in reverse: what was happ...
21 Dec 202227min
The Nomadic Life of Army Wife Margaret Taylor
On today’s episode, we’re going to move from political power player Sarah Polk to our next first lady: a total frontierswoman who was more comfortable roughing it in the wild with Army soldiers than t...
19 Dec 202228min
Frederick Douglass: The Powerhouse Abolitionist
Today on here’s Where It Gets Interesting, we’re going to talk about a person who, by the mid-1800s, was shaping some of the biggest social reform movements to come out of the nation’s Antebellum era....
16 Dec 202225min
The Wealthy & Powerful Sarah Polk
On today’s episode of Here’s Where It Gets Interesting, you’ll learn five reasons why Sarah Polk is unique in the constellation of America’s First Ladies. Sarah Childress Polk was a political force be...
14 Dec 202231min
Women Vs. Whiskey: The Rise of the American Temperance Movement
Did you know that, in the late 1800s, Americans were drinking three times the amount of alcohol we consume today? On this episode of Here's Where It Gets Interesting, you'll get a crash course in the ...
12 Dec 202229min
Two White House Weddings and a Funeral
Welcome to today's episode of Here's Where It Gets Interesting where we'll talk about a president who had three women perform the official duties of the White House Hostess. John Tyler, often called t...
9 Dec 202231min
