Deaths in the White House
On this episode of Here’s Where It Gets Interesting, let’s take a brief look at the history of some past presidential deaths–how they happened and what happened after. How has the U.S. government resp...
7 Dec 202229min
First Lady of the Month, Anna Harrison
Today on Here’s Where It Gets Interesting, we’re going to talk about another First Lady who follows the pattern: married to the president, but never lived in the White House. This time, it was our fir...
5 Dec 202230min
Petticoats and Kitchen Cabinets: A Capital City Shake-Up
On this episode of Here's Where It Gets Interesting, we discuss someone whose defiance of social and moral convention irrevocably shaped the nation’s political stage during the Antebellum years. In th...
2 Dec 202228min
Cookies, Corsets, and a Legacy of Learning from Hannah Van Buren
Today on Here's Where It Gets Interesting, we’ll continue to talk about some key players of the Jacksonian Era - and, before we get to this infamous scandal in Washington that I’ve been teasing you ab...
30 Nov 202224min
Andrew Jackson and the Cheese That Pleased a Nation
Today on Here's Where It Gets Interesting, we're going to dive in and take a look at some of the actions and eccentricities of the Andrew Jackson presidency. You may think we’ve talked about all of An...
28 Nov 202228min
The Catastrophic Marriage Scandal of Rachel Jackson
On this episode of Here’s Where It Gets Interesting, we’re going to talk about a First Lady who never got the opportunity to step foot inside the White House. However, her life had an undeniably major...
25 Nov 202225min
The Thanksgiving Episode: From Early Advent to Cranberry Crisis
Happy Thanksgiving, friends! On today’s episode of Here’s Where It Gets Interesting, we take a look at some of the more unusual November holiday White House happenings–from Coolidge’s Thanksgiving Rac...
23 Nov 202225min
The Networking Strategy of Louisa Adams
On this episode of Here’s Where It Gets Interesting, we return to the White House to talk about one of a much-requested topic: our nation’s First Ladies. By the time today’s First Lady entered the Whi...
21 Nov 202232min
