How Hard Can It Be, Boys Do It? Plus, Fighting for Equal Rights After the Civil War, and Answers to Your Questions
How Hard Can It Be, Boys Do It? Plus, Fighting for Equal Rights After the Civil War, and Answers to Your Questions
It’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 behind when they went off to fight World War II. These women weren’t just fill-ins, in many cases, the farms they worked on were even more successful than when the men were doing the work.
Plus, Sharon is joined again by Akhil Reed Amar, one of the nation’s foremost constitutional scholars, to talk about his newest book, Born Equal, and the battle over who had the right to call themselves American citizens after the Civil War. If you’ve been wanting to learn more about birthright citizenship, this conversation is for you.
And Sharon answers your most pressing questions:
- Will we all be getting $2,000 checks because of President Trump’s tariffs?
- Could 50 year mortgages be coming?
- Can Chuck Schumer be replaced as the Senate Minority Leader?
Listen on your favorite platform:
- Host: Sharon McMahon
- Supervising Producer: Melanie Buck Parks
- Executive Producer: Sharon McMahon
- Audio Producer: Craig Thompson
- Host: Sharon McMahon
- Supervising Producer: Melanie Buck Parks
- Executive Producer: Sharon McMahon
- Audio Producer: Craig Thompson
Guests
Guests
Akhil Reed Amar
Akhil Reed Amar is the Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University and the only living faculty member to earn the university’s “triple crown” for scholarship, teaching, and service. One of the most widely cited constitutional scholars in America, his work has influenced more than fifty Supreme Court cases and includes bestselling books such as The Words That Made Us and its sequel, Born Equal.