Sharon McMahon in Conversation with Ken Burns: The Small and the Mighty

Join award-winning host of the hit podcast Here’s Where It Gets Interesting and “America’s Government Teacher” Sharon McMahon with Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns for a conversation on the ordinary Americans who form the backbone of our society — and her new book, The Small and the Mighty.

On her popular podcast, Sharon McMahon draws on her experience as a teacher to inform millions of listeners about the ins and outs of American history, law, and government — an informative, accessible voice of reason pushing back on a culture of misinformation. In her enthralling new book, she uses the same approach to illuminate our national history through the stories of ordinary Americans who led extraordinary lives — a young boy detained at a Japanese incarceration camp, a formerly enslaved woman on a mission to reunite with her daughter, a teacher who learns to work with her enemies. Hear McMahon and Burns discuss the inspiring stories of these remarkable characters, and how central fact-based documentary storytelling is — or should be — to the way that we understand our history.