About this episode

Sharon McMahon discusses the importance of recognizing ordinary people as change-makers in history.

Why have we become so obsessed with celebrity and influence? It seems we’re infatuated with people in positions of power, with politicians, and with the uber-wealthy. Are they really the difference-makers we believe them to be? In this episode, Sharon McMahon talks about the change-makers that she calls the “small and the mighty”. Sharon is America’s favorite government teacher and proves that the most remarkable Americans are often ordinary people who didn’t make it into the textbooks. In her book THE SMALL AND THE MIGHTY: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, Sharon discovers history’s unsung characters and brings their rich, riveting stories to light for the first time. She also hosts the award-winning podcast, ”Here’s Where It Gets Interesting”, and is the author of The Preamble, a Substack newsletter about politics and history. The change agent, the innovator, the reformer, the disruptor, the mover and the shaker, the get shit done leader might not be on the ballot – it might be someone in your life, at work, in your community. You might be raising them, and it might even be you. So be mighty – regardless of the position you’re in. Thank you to our…

People in this episode

Host: Nicole Kalil

Guest: Sharon McMahon

Topics covered

• celebrity culture
• ordinary heroes
• change-makers
• history
• influence
• self-empowerment

Keywords

• celebrity
• influence
• history
• change-makers
• ordinary people
• self-empowerment
• politics

Sponsors

Fora, Quince, Upwork

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: THE SMALL AND THE MIGHTY: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, Here’s Where It Gets Interesting, The Preamble

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