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Presenting unPAUSED with Dr. Mary Claire Haver
Nov 19, 2025Welcome to unPAUSED, the podcast where bold, unfiltered conversations take place about what it really takes for women to thrive in the second half of life. Every week, Dr. Mary Claire Haver, a board-c...
How Hard Can It Be, Boys Do It? Plus, Fighting for Equal Rights After the Civil War, and Answers to Your Questions
Nov 17, 2025It’s not something you’ll read about in most history books. Sharon tells the remarkable story of Florence Hall and her Women’s Land Army: the women who took over the farming jobs American men left beh...
A Stranger Saved My Husband’s Life, Why You Think the Way You Do, and Answers to Your Questions
Nov 10, 2025A shocking phone call after a routine medical exam. Despite no symptoms, Sharon’s husband had advanced kidney disease and he would die without a transplant. She shares the deeply personal story of a s...
From the Printing Press to AI, Why Fascists Fear Teachers, and Answering Your Questions
Nov 03, 2025Five centuries ago, Johannes Gutenberg’s printing press shattered the barriers to knowledge. Today, AI is doing the same. Sharon takes you on a journey into history that is strikingly similar to where...
Government Shutdown, White House Renovations, and Stoic Virtues
Oct 30, 2025Welcome to the very first episode of The Preamble! Sharon kicks things off with a conversation with New York Times bestselling author Ryan Holiday to chat about his new book, Wisdom Takes Work. Rya...
The Preamble Trailer
Oct 20, 2025The world feels complicated. The Preamble is where it starts to make sense. Hosted by Sharon McMahon — known for making sense of complex issues — she and her guests dive deep into the stories and idea...
Hannah Van Buren’s Journey from Dutch Heritage to American History
Oct 13, 2025Though Hannah Van Buren died nearly twenty years before her husband’s presidency, her life reflected the sweeping historical forces of early America. Sharon unpacks the Dutch roots of New Amsterdam (t...
The Scandalous Second Marriage of Rachel Jackson
Oct 06, 2025Despite being one of Sharon’s least-favorite Presidents, she explores the lifelong, and at times scandalous, love and devotion between President Andrew Jackson and his wife, Rachel. It's a story of a ...
The Diplomatic Prowess of Louisa Adams
Sep 29, 2025Stepping into the White House at the close of the Founding Fathers’ era, London-born Louisa Adams became the nation’s first foreign-born First Lady. In an age of prosperity shadowed by growing politic...
Presenting: The C-Word
Sep 25, 2025With every episode, Lena Dunham and Alissa Bennett take you on a historical deep dive into the life of a woman society dismissed by calling her mad, sad, or just plain bad: Lindsay Lohan, Judy Garland...