116. (S7E8) How to Face the Facts When Discussing Politics with Sharon McMahon of SharonSaysSo
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Julie Bogart and Melissa Wiley
4.8 • 927 Ratings
🗓️ 23 June 2021
⏱️ 52 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | My next guest is someone you love and you know how I know. So many of you sent me her Instagram profile and told me to follow her. |
| 0:16.0 | And you know what? I did. And you were right. |
| 0:20.0 | Even though you all thought, well, we have so much in common, what I really learned is that this |
| 0:24.8 | next guest has so much to teach me and all of us. |
| 0:29.9 | She is a rich source of education for all things government history and Wales. |
| 0:37.0 | Plus, is there anyone more hilarious when trying on mean pants from a subscription box? I know you know who I mean, don't you? |
| 0:45.0 | That's right, the Queen of the Governor's or wait, is she president or maybe |
| 0:51.0 | dear leader? Anyway, Sharon McMahon of Sharon says so on |
| 0:56.7 | Instagram is today's wonderful guest. She's here to discuss the art of |
| 1:02.1 | critical thinking with me and consequently with all of you too. |
| 1:07.1 | Sharon is a former high school government and law teacher who earned a reputation as America's government teacher amidst the historic |
| 1:16.4 | 2020 election proceedings for her viral efforts on Instagram to educate the general public on political misinformation. |
| 1:26.0 | Through a simple mission to share nonpartisan information about democracy |
| 1:32.0 | Sharon launched her Instagram account to explain the facts, |
| 1:36.4 | straying from political bias, and clickbait. |
| 1:39.6 | Her loyal following of governance is now 650,000 strong, and this all happened in about six months time. |
| 1:49.0 | They look to Sharon for facts and logic in a society plagued by bias and conspiracy. |
| 1:56.8 | To date Sharon has brought her knowledge to CNN, the Daily Show with Trevor |
| 2:01.6 | Noah, Good Morning America and today.com. |
| 2:05.8 | You can find Sharon breaking down the headlines |
| 2:08.2 | through her daily news briefs on Instagram. |
| 2:11.1 | Go to at Sharon says so. Or you might want to sign up for one of her |
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