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Sharon McMahon

The 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 ideas driving our future, bringing clarity and honesty to every headline. If you want real insight, bold conversation, and answers that matter, this podcast is your must-listen. Hit play, and join the movement that will shape history.

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  • 31 episodes
  • weekly
  • Avg 35 min
  • English

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  • June 1 · 41 min

    Mayhem: The 1970s You Never Knew, Episode 9

    Did you know that Star Wars almost started a war in real life, over a sand crawler model? Would the film have been so wildly successful if someone else had been cast in the role of Han Solo, such as – let’s say – Christopher Walken?

  • May 25 · 41 min

    Mayhem: The 1970s You Never Knew, Episode 8

    A happenstance introduction to Charles Manson. Assassination attempts against President Ford, a man who was never elected to the vice presidency or presidency. And the kidnapping of a college student and newspaper heiress, 19-year-old Patty Hearst, that rocked the nation.

  • May 20 · 3 min

    Introducing Family Lore

    Family Lore is a weekly narrative podcast that celebrates and investigates ancestral mystique. Each episode begins with a guest sharing a fascinating family legend, followed by a historical deep-dive to uncover the truth and meaning behind the tale. Available now. https://link.pscrb.fm/f0281/FLFD

  • May 18 · 46 min

    Mayhem: The 1970s You Never Knew, Episode 7

    Draft dodging. When did the draft lottery begin for the war in Vietnam, and who among America’s youth was hit the hardest? It was an unwinnable war, and thousands of high school graduates and college students refused to comply. What sparked these explosive protests nationwide?

  • May 11 · 32 min

    Mayhem: The 1970s You Never Knew, Episode 6

    A cover up that cost Nixon's presidency, a pardon that cost Gerald R. Ford his election, and a friendship dating back to the 1940s. It was the first time a President had been impeached, and the only time in U.S. history that a President resigned from office.

  • May 4 · 40 min

    Mayhem: The 1970s You Never Knew, Episode 5

    The right to privacy, a 22-year-old who went by the pseudonym “Jane Roe,” and one of the most famous court cases in United States history. We learn what happened leading up to Roe v. Wade, the fate of Norma McCorvey following the Supreme Court’s ruling, & how this piece of history echoes today.

  • April 27 · 34 min

    Mayhem: The 1970s You Never Knew, Episode 4

    Deep Throat, Operation Gemstone, two valiant reporters, and a secret 30 years in the making. Watergate was not a single scandal, but rather an avalanche of events and co-conspirators, all engaged in corruption to keep President Nixon in office.

  • April 20 · 31 min

    Mayhem: The 1970s You Never Knew, Episode 3

    “The week that changed the world.” Was it a chance encounter at the World Tennis Championship in 1971, “Panda diplomacy” between the U.S. and Communist China, or a break-in at the Democratic National Headquarters by a team of 5 burglars, that drastically altered the trajectory of world history?

  • April 13 · 41 min

    Mayhem: The 1970s You Never Knew, Episode 2

    Secret Police, CIA operatives, The Pentagon Papers, and The Most Dangerous Man in America. There was a time in the not-so-distant past, when the nightly news changed the game in how Americans felt about the war in Vietnam, the first “television war.”

  • April 6 · 44 min

    Mayhem: The 1970s You Never Knew, Episode 1

    Over the next few weeks, we’ll take a journey through the Decade of Defiance, with all its scandals and secrets. As the decade devolved, Apollo 13 flew high above Earth with the hope of landing safely on the surface of the moon.

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