The Preamble
Sharon McMahon
The world feels complicated. The Preamble is where it starts to make sense. Hosted by Sharon McMahon — known for making sense of complex issues — she and her guests dive deep into the stories and ideas driving our future, bringing clarity and honesty to every headline. If you want real insight, bold conversation, and answers that matter, this podcast is your must-listen. Hit play, and join the movement that will shape history.
An Audacy Podcast.
An Audacy Podcast.
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on The Preamble podcast:
#1 Mentioned in 2 episodes
I Can't Date Jesus
Michael Arsenault
#2 Mentioned in 1 episodes
American Slavery, American Freedom
Ed Morgan
#3 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Good People
Gabriel Reilich
Lucia Knell
#4 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Tyranny of the Minority
Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
Steven Levitsky
Daniel Ziblatt
#5 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Birth of the Republic
1763 to 1789
Ed Morgan
#6 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Hate Next Door
undercover within the new face of white supremacy
Matt and Tani Browning
#7 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Hope for Cynics
The Surprising Science of Human Goodness
Jamil Zaki
#8 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Columbian Orator
Containing a Variety of Original and Selected Pieces, Together with Rules, Which Are Calculated to Improve Youth and Others, in the Ornamental and Useful Art of Eloquence
Caleb Bingham
#9 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond
#10 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Plutarch's Lives
Plutarch
#11 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Bhagavad Gita
Bhagavad Gita
#12 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Night Flyer
Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of a Free People
Tiya Miles
#13 Mentioned in 1 episodes
On Freedom
Timothy Snyder
#14 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Words That Made Us America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760 and 1840
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Akhil Reed Amar
#15 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Defy: The Power of No in a World That Demands Yes
Dr. Sunita Sah
#16 Mentioned in 1 episodes
An Immense World
Ed Young
#17 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Brave In Between
Notes from the Last Room
Amy Low
#18 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Defy
Sunita Saw
#19 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Tusculan disputations
Cicero
#20 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Pursuit of Happiness
How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America
Jeffrey Rosen
