BONUS Episode! Re:Thinking with Adam Grant: If Teachers Took Over the Government with Sharon McMahon

Here's Where It Gets Interesting

Sharon McMahon

Government, History, Storytelling, Education

4.9 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Listen to Adam Grant's Re:Thinking Podcast interview with Sharon about how we can rethink the qualifications for elected office, who decides to run, and what information voters should weigh. They also address ways to sharpen critical thinking and ponder how to improve Congress with a few thought experiments–including a total takeover of the House and Senate by none other than America’s government teachers. Hear more episodes of Re:Thinking on the TED Network.

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0:00.0	Hey friends, delighted you're here with me today.
0:03.8	I am excited to be sharing my episode of Rethinking with you.
0:08.4	Adam Grant is one of my favorite people and he is a fantastic new podcast on the Ted
0:13.2	network.
0:14.2	So if you liked this conversation, be sure to check out his new show Rethinking on Ted.
0:20.2	Hey everyone, it's Adam Grant.
0:26.0	Welcome back to Rethinking, my podcast on the Science of What Makes us Tink.
0:29.8	I'm an organizational psychologist and I'm taking you inside the minds of fascinating
0:33.8	people to explore new thoughts and new ways of thinking.
0:37.8	I guess today is Sharon McMahon, better known as America's government teacher.
0:42.6	She used to teach high school government and law to classrooms full of students.
0:46.5	Now she's beloved for sharing non-partisan facts with millions of fans.
0:51.4	She hosts the podcast, here's where it gets interesting and shares insightful witty videos
0:56.4	with her Instagram followers.
0:58.4	They call themselves the governor.
1:01.5	With her intellect, knowledge and openness, Sharon gives me hope for politics.
1:06.0	So with the midterm elections around the corner in the US, I figured it was time to ask her
1:10.4	some of my many questions about the quirks of our democracy.
1:14.8	Hey Sharon McMahon.
1:16.8	Hello, so happy to be here.
1:18.6	Well, we'll find out if that's true.
1:21.2	We will, in short order.
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