Here's Where It Gets

Interesting Show Notes

An America Divided by Region with Colin Woodard Jun 05, 2023

Joining Sharon today is Colin Woodard, the director of the Nationhood Lab. Colin is an expert on the regional cultures that make up the United...

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The Real Dr. King with Jonathan Eig Jun 02, 2023

Today on Here’s Where It Gets Interesting, Sharon talks with Jonathan Eig, the author of the new Martin Luther King Jr. biography, King: A...

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Life Worth Living with Miroslav Volf and Ryan McAnnally-Linz May 31, 2023

On today’s episode of Here’s Where It Gets Interesting, Sharon talks with Yale professors and two of the authors behind Life Worth...

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Drama Free with Nedra Tawwab May 31, 2023

To kick off a new season of guest interviews, Sharon sits down with the amazing Nedra Tawwab: bestselling author, relationship therapist, and...

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From Hoovervilles to Hummingbirds in Space May 26, 2023

Do you celebrate National Beer Day on April 7th every year? Did you even know that we have a National Beer Day? We do! And it’s all thanks...

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The Tide Begins to Turn May 24, 2023

At its beginning, prohibition was spearheaded by outspoken women. Women who saw a need for social change and then set up the scaffolding to build,...

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Luck Be a Lady Governor May 22, 2023

In the middle of the 1920s, when Prohibition was at its peak, leaders and law enforcement could go one of two ways: they could crack down on...

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White Squares Off Against the KKK May 19, 2023

In its fight for a dry, anti-alcohol nation, the Anti-Saloon League recruited the Ku Klux Klan to join its mission to make Prohibition the law of...

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A Movie and a Man Who Revived the Klan May 17, 2023

 

How did one of the most popular movies in the country–a blockbuster of epic proportions–fuel the rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan?...

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A Cocktail Toast to the Mob May 15, 2023

On today’s episode of our series on Prohibition, we talk about two things that go hand in hand with the enforcement of dry laws: crime and...

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The Suckers and Celebrities of the NYC Speakeasy Scene May 12, 2023

Today on Here’s Where It Gets Interesting, it’s a battle between the lawman and the barkeep; we’re going to explore the New York...

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A Physician, a Rabbi, and a Bootlegger Walk into a Pharmacy May 10, 2023

By 1920, America was officially a dry country. In theory. In practice, the law came with enough loopholes that opportunists found plenty of ways...

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