Elyse Myers’ New Book and Harriet Tubman’s Faith

The Preamble

Sharon McMahon

Education, History

4.9 • 15.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

You might know her as the woman who got dragged to a taco bell where her date ordered one hundred tacos and she got stuck paying for them. Elyse Myers’ hilarious re-telling of that story launched her career, and now she’s out with a new book, That’s a Great Question, I’d Love to Tell You. She joins Sharon to talk about her struggles as a kid, and what happened when she learned her brain worked differently, and there was nothing wrong with that. Plus, Tiya Miles is here to discuss Harriet Tubman, and how her faith guided her. Even if you think you’re an expert on Harriet Tubman, you’ll learn something.

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Credits:

Host and Executive Producer: Sharon McMahon

Supervising Producer: Melanie Buck Parks

Audio Producer: Craig Thompson

(00:00:00) The Worst First Date Ever

(00:12:25) Learning to Accept Your Differences

(00:19:06) Harriet Tubman’s Unwavering Faith

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0:34.8	Welcome to the preamble podcast.
0:36.6	I have a special guest for you today.
0:53.8	She's a comedian, musician, an author, and she's a huge social media following. You might know her from her hilarious description of the worst first date she ever had, where she ended up at Taco Bell, and her date ordered 100 tacos, and then she got stuck paying for them.
0:57.0	Elise Myers is here today to talk about her new book.
0:58.1	That's a great question.
0:59.5	I'd love to tell you.
1:06.6	And Taya Miles also joins me to talk about her book on Harriet Tubman, specifically how Harriet's faith guided her.
1:08.6	And even if you think you know about Harriet Tubman's story, you'll learn something
1:11.6	today. I'm Sharon McMahon, and this is the preamble podcast. I'm now joined by Elise Myers. Her new book is,
1:21.0	That's a great question. I'd love to tell you. Okay, I'm going to show you something, and I want to get your reaction to it. Okay. You'll be familiar with it. This is not a surprise guy. I want to show it to you and then I want you to tell me what you think when you see this. What's the worst first date I've ever been on? I'm so glad you asked. I was on dating apps. As you do, this man messages me out of the blue and he goes, I like your face.
1:47.2	Let's go get some food. I love food. Are you my soulmate? I drive 45 minutes to his house. He's standing outside of it. He walks up to my car and he goes, I've lost my keys. Can you drive us there? Should I have just left him right there and gone home?
1:59.0	Yes, did I?
2:00.0	No, absolutely not.
2:01.4	We end up at a Taco Bell, which is fine. Is it though? I'm like dine in or drive-thru, and he's like, drive-thru. I'm fine with that. He has a plan. We get to the speaker and he just leans over and goes, I would like 100 hard-filled tacos. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And then you go on to go back to his house.
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