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Civics 101
NHPR
336 episodes
4 days ago
How do landmark Supreme Court decisions affect our lives? What does the 2nd Amendment really say? Why does the Senate have so much power? Civics 101 is the podcast about how our democracy works…or is supposed to work, anyway.
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How do landmark Supreme Court decisions affect our lives? What does the 2nd Amendment really say? Why does the Senate have so much power? Civics 101 is the podcast about how our democracy works…or is supposed to work, anyway.
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Government
Society & Culture,
History
Episodes (20/336)
Civics 101
How did the Epstein Files Transparency Act happen?
Discharge petitions, deem and pass legislation, and how a bill became a law in a week.
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5 days ago
23 minutes 52 seconds

Civics 101
What can we learn from the American Revolution?
Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein want you to know it's complicated.
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1 week ago
42 minutes 32 seconds

Civics 101
Billionaires
Why are there so many these days? How do they get to be billionaires? And what do they want?
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2 weeks ago
24 minutes 40 seconds

Civics 101
Why are so many voters sitting out this week?
There are plenty of reasons. They just aren't good enough.
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3 weeks ago
28 minutes 4 seconds

Civics 101
Project 2025: What it is and what it's doing
In its own words.
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1 month ago
27 minutes 59 seconds

Civics 101
Who's the most outdoorsy president? (A trivia crossover)
A Civics 101-Outside/In crossover: It’s trivia night! Plus we debate who gets the mantle of most outdoorsy, adventuresome president.
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1 month ago
32 minutes 24 seconds

Civics 101
The government is shut down....again. But what does that mean?
How do shutdowns happen? Why do they happen? How are they prevented, and whom do they affect?
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1 month ago
24 minutes 22 seconds

Civics 101
What Could Go Right: Whatever Happened to Civics?
Nick, Emma, and Zachary talk about the state of civics and civics education in 2025.
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1 month ago
52 minutes 40 seconds

Civics 101
What are the rules for making fun of politicians?
Why does satire bother politicians so much?
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1 month ago
21 minutes 16 seconds

Civics 101
The Grievances in the Declaration (part 2)
The second half of the charges against George III, as well as some modern-day parallels.
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2 months ago
28 minutes 34 seconds

Civics 101
Can the president legally hide their health status?
Informed consent of the governed.
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2 months ago
31 minutes 7 seconds

Civics 101
The Grievances in the Declaration (part 1)
What did King George III do that justified American independence?
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2 months ago
24 minutes 55 seconds

Civics 101
Why does the government fund things, and what happens when it stops?
There's a reason for it, and there are repercussions when we don't.
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2 months ago
40 minutes 37 seconds

Civics 101
Civics Trivia: Taxes, terrifying birds, and The West Wing
It's another edition of Civics 101 Trivia! This time, it's also the swan song for one of our own.
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2 months ago
50 minutes 30 seconds

Civics 101
Is same-sex marriage in legal peril?
Will Obergefell v Hodges be revisited in the next SCOTUS term?
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3 months ago
28 minutes 44 seconds

Civics 101
Obergefell v Hodges, 2015
When the Supreme Court enshrined marriage equality.
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3 months ago
32 minutes 28 seconds

Civics 101
What happens when enough states want to change the Constitution?
The entirely constitutional way to change the Constitution.
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3 months ago
25 minutes 20 seconds

Civics 101
How can the president take over a city's police department?
How President Trump federalized D.C. law enforcement.
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3 months ago
31 minutes 46 seconds

Civics 101
What's it like being a scientist facing federal funding cuts?
It's a weird time to be a scientist.
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3 months ago
31 minutes 31 seconds

Civics 101
Cinema Civics: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
What can we learn from Jefferson Smith? A whole lot.
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3 months ago
55 minutes 42 seconds

Civics 101
How do landmark Supreme Court decisions affect our lives? What does the 2nd Amendment really say? Why does the Senate have so much power? Civics 101 is the podcast about how our democracy works…or is supposed to work, anyway.