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Why is Congress like this?

June 29, 2026 11:00pm 24 min

Today in our continued exploration of why the US is the way it is, we get to Article I. Why did the framers design Congress the way they did? Why did the small states come out so far ahead? And what, potentially, would J...

When a flag is against the rules... or the law

June 23, 2026 4:00pm 28 min

In recent years, flag restriction rules, policies and laws have been cropping up across the country. Whether the government is telling you what you can fly or what you cannot, there's always something behind the flag. We...

Lessons from the American Revolution (with Ken Burns)

June 15, 2026 11:00pm 46 min

Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein spent nearly a decade making a twelve-hour documentary on the American Revolution. This is what they learned from the thousands of stories and events that resulted in the United States of Ame...

How to Make Things Better

June 08, 2026 11:00pm 28 min

Today we complete our trio of episodes in collaboration with iCivics, where we explore why people of myriad groups are having a tough time, civics-wise. In this episode, we tell you how to eradicate your cynicism and mak...

How did we get so red, white and blue?

June 01, 2026 11:00pm 28 min

Whether you fly it, wear it or want nothing to do with it, the American flag says a lot in and about the United States. Red, white and blue is far from exclusive to our nation and yet it is very much our brand... and ver...

Why Students Are Having a Tough Time

May 26, 2026 2:35pm 27 min

Today we share our second installment on why things are tough in the civics world. Specifically, we talk about how students are doing in civics classrooms and on national assessments. But! It's not all bad news. Shawn H...

How making people wait sparked the American Revolution

May 19, 2026 12:22pm 43 min

Once upon a time, American British colonists were separated from power, decision-making, culture and information by thousands of miles and many weeks. As Helena Yoo-Roth puts it, time flowed evenly outward from the home...

Why Teachers Are Having a Tough Time

May 12, 2026 5:32am 28 min

This is the first episode in a series we are doing with iCivics, who invited us to their National Forum for Civic Learning Week. Today we share the many conversations we had with civics and social studies teachers from ...

What did the world really think about the Declaration of Independence?

May 04, 2026 11:00pm 32 min

For Americans today, it's a treasure. Scripture. The thing that made us. It wasn't always that way, though. This is the story of the Declaration of Independence before it was enshrined in our collective national consciou...

Ask a Judge: What is Pro Se?

April 27, 2026 11:00pm 24 min

What is the process when a person wishes to represent themselves in court? How common is it? Is it true that a person who represents themselves "has a fool for a client?" Today in our "Ask a Judge" series, attorney and...

What's the Strait of Hormuz? And how do blockades work?

April 20, 2026 11:00pm 23 min

You've been hearing about it in the news, but what exactly is the Strait of Hormuz? And as for those blockades...how do they work? DONATE TO THE PODCAST HERE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoic...

How did federal income taxes get this way?

April 13, 2026 11:00pm 39 min

We haven't always had a federal income tax, and in the beginning, it only applied to the very richest Americans. So how did we end up with the permanent income tax we have today, with all its complicated rules about ever...

What is the 25th Amendment?

April 08, 2026 11:00pm 29 min

Sometimes, news happens in the real world, and suddenly a political or civics topic becomes very top of mind for members of the public.  And when that happens, we at Civics 101 often say, hey…we have an episode about tha...

The Raw Milk Question

April 07, 2026 7:55am 36 min

Today we bring you a story from our sister podcast Outside/In, produced and reported by Marina Henke. DONATE TO THE PODCAST! In 2009, the state of Maine ordered farmer Dan Brown to stop selling his raw milk. It kicked o...

Can American elections be "nationalized"? What does that mean?

March 30, 2026 11:00pm 34 min

In this country, the states run elections. Congress is empowered to step in; the president is not. So what does it mean for the president to call on a political party to "take over." Is that allowed? What would that mean...

Why are we paying more for gas right now?

March 23, 2026 11:00pm 22 min

Four years ago we made an episode about how the president has very limited powers when it comes to lowering the price of gas. Turns out, we hadn't considered every possibility. Today, we talk about how a president can ma...

Someone oughta open up a window

March 16, 2026 11:00pm 30 min

Today we take a field trip to Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where Nick explains why he's like this via an obsession with 1776, the movie based on the musical based on the true events that launched a nat...

The Civic Role of Religious Leaders

March 11, 2026 6:36am 30 min

Why do religious leaders step out from behind the pulpit and take to the streets? What does it mean to practice what you preach? As faith groups across the nation stand alongside protestors and assert their beliefs, we t...

Are you really mad? What can you do about that?

March 02, 2026 11:01pm 48 min

As hosts of a civics podcast, we are not allowed to advocate for policy. But you can. Here are three things you can do to get your elected officials to listen when you're mad about something. By way of example, Nick reve...

What does "detention" mean?

February 23, 2026 11:00pm 35 min

We've used the word "detention" many times when we've talked about immigration laws and ICE. But what does that word actually mean? A listener wanted to know, so we got the answer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

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