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Opens 3x Per Year • Now Enrolling

A private book club and community led by Sharon McMahon. Each season: two books, live conversations with the authors, expert workshops, and a members-only space that’s fun, fascinating, and completely off the public grid.

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Sharon McMahon with her book The Small and the Mighty

7,400 people on the waitlist•

92% renew each season

"I canceled two other subscriptions to join this and I'd do it again. The deep dives alone are worth it, but the community is what keeps me here. It's the only place online where I feel smarter after reading the comments."

Ellen K.

Member since 2023

"The book club cracked something open for me. I'm reading things I never would have picked up on my own, and the discussions go so much deeper than any book club I've been in. It's not surface level. These people actually care."

Natasha M.

Joined for books, stayed for workshops

"I went from being the person who stayed quiet at the dinner table to being the one who could actually explain what the Supreme Court ruling meant. My teenagers have noticed. That alone was worth joining."

Stacia K.

Member since 2025

Books this season

View from the East Wing

Jill Biden

The Lion Women of Tehran

Marjan Kamali

Live conversations with both authors. You’re in the room where it happens.

Every session is recorded if you can’t make it live.

Workshops this season

A live event with Ibram X. Kendi

You’ve heard of “Replacement Theory,” but this is where you’ll actually understand it — where the idea came from, how it spread, and why it’s showing up in your school board meetings and your uncle’s Facebook posts.

A live event with Bob Crawford

The weirdest, most consequential one-term president you never learned about — and the story of what he did after the White House that changed American history.

A live event with Steve Vladeck (Part 1)

Presidential power, voting rights, birthright citizenship — the Supreme Court is deciding all of it this term. Law professor Steve Vladeck breaks down the biggest cases and why they matter more than you think.

A live event with Steve Vladeck (Part 2)

The rulings are in. Steve Vladeck is back to walk you through what the Supreme Court actually decided, who it affects, and what comes next — in terms you don't need a law degree to understand.

Special Events this season

Private Instagram community

DAILY

Daily behind-the-scenes, dog videos, real-time reactions to the news, and actual back-and-forth with Sharon. No algorithm. No public comments.

Historic deep dives

WEEKLY

The stories Sharon researches obsessively and can’t fit on Instagram. The kind of history that makes you text your friends “did you know about this.”

Live Q&A with Sharon

MONTHLY

Not a webinar. An actual conversation. Bring the question you’ve been sitting on — politics, history, books you're reading, or something you just can't figure out. Someone in this group will know!