Civics 101

Series produced by New Hampshire Public Radio

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A podcast refresher course on the basics of how our democracy works.

Why does the U.S. have an Electoral College? How do congressional investigations work? What does the minority whip actually do? Civics 101 is the podcast refresher course on the basics of how our democracy works.


175 Pieces

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What's the role of Police in our government?

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  • Added: Jun 06, 2018
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 1
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If you want to get your hands on government documents, there's a law for that.

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  • Added: May 23, 2018
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 1
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Space! The final frontier... for civics?

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  • Added: May 16, 2018
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 1
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What role does ICE play in immigration policy?

  • Added: May 08, 2018
  • Length: 04:00
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What does the National Guard do? Who "calls it in?"

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  • Added: May 02, 2018
  • Length: 04:15
  • Purchases: 1
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What happens when one president leaves office and another one enters?

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  • Added: May 02, 2018
  • Length: 04:13
  • Purchases: 5
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How does the U.S. handle hostage situations?

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  • Added: Apr 20, 2018
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 1
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Highways, bridges, culverts, and more... Who pays for infrastructure, and who benefits?

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  • Added: Apr 17, 2018
  • Length: 04:09
  • Purchases: 1
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Where do the billions of dollars spent on U.S. foreign aid go?

  • Added: Apr 16, 2018
  • Length: 04:11
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One of our broadest, and least appreciated, civil rights laws.

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  • Added: Apr 16, 2018
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 1
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What does it mean to be protected from cruel and unusual punishment?

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  • Added: Apr 16, 2018
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
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What exactly does the Department of Justice do?

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  • Added: Apr 16, 2018
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 1
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Its official title is an "Act To Prevent Pernicious Political Activities."

  • Added: Apr 16, 2018
  • Length: 04:03
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It protects against searches and seizures... but only those that are unreasonable.

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  • Added: Apr 16, 2018
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 1
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What goes on inside the Federal Bureau of Investigation?

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  • Added: Apr 16, 2018
  • Length: 04:37
  • Purchases: 1
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A practice America long rejected -- or tried to.

  • Added: Apr 16, 2018
  • Length: 04:34
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The unwritten rules that make or break democracy.

  • Added: Apr 16, 2018
  • Length: 04:20
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What is the role of a foreign intelligence service in a democracy?

  • Added: Apr 16, 2018
  • Length: 04:35
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The Constitution doesn't explicitly guarantee the right to vote. So, who gets to vote and how did it get that way?

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  • Added: Apr 11, 2018
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 1
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The last of the Reconstruction Amendments

  • Added: Apr 09, 2018
  • Length: 04:26