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Ben Sheehan is the creator and host of Civics Made Easy, a new PBS show that explains the fundamentals of American government. He is also the bestselling author of What Does the Constitution Actually Say?, an entertaining guide that has been praised by legal scholars, historians, and politicians across the aisle (there’s also a kids version and Spanish translation). As a commentator Ben has appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher, Good Morning America, CBS News, PBS Newshour, Amanpour & Co, and more. He also writes the bestselling Substack Politics Made Easy and has an active social media presence with more than 350,000 engaged followers.
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Ben has been a guest on TV news including Real Time with Bill Maher, Good Morning America, PBS Newshour, Amanpour & Company, CBSN, CBS News Los Angeles, Fox News Los Angeles, and more. He has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, The Los Angeles Times, Reuters, Vanity Fair, NewsWeek, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Huffington Post, The Contrarian, BuzzFeed, The Daily Beast, The Hill, and Sports Illustrated. He has been interviewed on popular news podcasts including Politics War Room with James Carville, Mo News, The Daily Beast Podcast, The PoliticsGirl Podcast, The Ten News (Ambie Winner), and Betches News, as well as major-market radio including NPR, BBC, KNX (Los Angeles), KPRC (Houston), KRLD (Dallas), KOGO (San Diego), KXL (Portland), KTRS (St. Louis), and WTMJ (Milwaukee). He has a full list of appearances (with links) if you really want.