288: Exploring The Small and the Mighty with Sharon McMahon

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Self-improvement, Education

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🗓️ 7 October 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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In this episode, I sit down with Sharon McMahon, "America's beloved Government Teacher," about her new book, "The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement." Sharon is a podcast host, author, and educator known for breaking down civics and history in a way that's easy to understand and totally nonpartisan. We dive into the book's fascinating stories of everyday people—like telephone operators and schoolteachers—who made a big impact on American history. Sharon shares how she uncovered these hidden gems and talks about the importance of using our own unique gifts to make a difference in the world. We also get into why it's crucial to stay civil in our discussions, how to focus on causes that really matter to us, and why no experience is ever wasted. Sharon's insights on rising to the occasion when it counts are truly inspiring. Join us for an enlightening conversation about storytelling, personal impact, and how small actions can change the world. For more on Sharon, check out sharonmcmahon.com and follow her on Instagram at @sharonsaysso. And don't miss "The Small and the Mighty" in bookstores nationwide, your local Target, and Amazon. You can also subscribe to her newsletter at thepreamble.com or listen to her podcast, Here's Where It Gets Interesting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm so excited to have Sharon McMahon here today for the second time I feel just super
0:16.3	grateful and excited for this.
0:18.3	Thanks for having me.
0:19.5	Thank you for being here. You are America's government teacher and just so beloved but in case
0:25.5	someone has been living under a rock and doesn't know who you are can you just
0:29.0	tell me briefly who you yeah who you are and what you do well first of all thank you so
0:35.8	much for having me back I love being back with you you're just you're so just
0:42.2	generous with your time and I really appreciate that. If somebody has never heard of me before, I am an author, I have a new book out called The Small and The Mighty. I have a podcast called Here's where it's Interesting, but perhaps you know where most people might know me from us from my viral Instagram account
0:59.1	Sharon says so I also have a newsletter called the preamble. So I'm very busy doing a lot of things trying to educate the people's Corinne about how government works, what the, you know, honest United States history.
1:16.8	I just want people to feel like
1:18.4	they can make educated decisions for themselves.
1:20.6	It's really difficult to make a decision an educated decision with no education right so that's really the sort of animating force behind what I do.
1:30.0	Yes and it's beautiful that you are able to bring, I feel like both sides to the table and bring things.
1:37.5	I was told when I got my broadcast journalism degree that, you know, as a journalist, we should be ethical and present both sides and it almost
1:45.9	feels like it doesn't exist anymore in traditional media but it does exist on your account
1:51.6	so I always appreciate that.
1:53.4	Thank you. Yes, but I'm mostly excited to talk about the small and the mighty because I love it so much.
1:59.7	I've been listening to it.
2:01.6	I'm more than halfway through it and I'm more than halfway through it listening to it and I've also been reading and
2:06.8	underlining things that I love but let's just start with first of all this I really would love to hear in your words the story of the
2:15.8	paper route and how you kind of like started stoking this fire of love for, you know, our government and our history and all of those things.
2:28.4	That's so sweet.
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