Civility and Civic Duty with the American Moms
The Preamble
Sharon McMahon
4.9 • 15.3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2021
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Sharon is joined by American Moms, Andrea and Brittany. After serving as a press secretary on Capitol Hill and a speechwriter for President George W. Bush, Andrea and Brittany took their knowledge about the inner-workings of the federal government and started a viral Instagram account that takes the overwhelm out of politics. They share funny stories from their jobs and speak on the importance of promoting civility in politics. Sharon and the American Moms also give advice to listeners about how to teach their children the basics of American government and involve them in respectful political conversations.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey friends, thank you so much for joining me today. I have my friends Andrea and |
| 0:06.0 | Brittany from the American moms here today and I think they are going to offer you |
| 0:11.6 | some really practical tips, great insight, little fun facts about what it was like to work on Capitol Hill. |
| 0:18.5 | They were speech writers for president, press secretaries for members of Congress and now they run a civic education |
| 0:26.8 | Instagram account. We've said many times Andrea and written I that we in many ways |
| 0:31.5 | are very kindred spirits. |
| 0:33.0 | So let's dive into my conversation with the American moms. |
| 0:37.0 | I'm Sharon McMahon. |
| 0:38.0 | And welcome to the Sharon Says So Podcast. |
| 0:42.0 | Yay! Thank you guys so much. Sharon Says So, so, Podcast. |
| 0:46.8 | Yay, thank you guys so much for joining me today. Both Andrea and Brittany have worked in Washington, D.C. |
| 0:51.0 | In various capacities. |
| 0:52.8 | Brittany, I would love to hear more about your background |
| 0:55.7 | and what you did on Capitol Hill. |
| 0:57.6 | I worked in the Office of Presidential Speech Writing |
| 1:02.1 | at the White House, and people are always naturally curious about that. |
| 1:05.7 | You know, what was it like? Was it like the West Wing? You know, sounds so glamorous. Tell me all about it and I will tell you |
| 1:11.4 | it is not like the West Wing at all to |
| 1:13.7 | relate to any TV show it was more like the office there was just like |
| 1:16.9 | quirkiness going on and like total nerds and like everyone's just so funny |
| 1:21.6 | and it was just like the most fun place to work, |
| 1:24.6 | but it was also super stressful. |
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