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.


176 Pieces

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Insurrection, Protest, Terrorism, Sedition, Coup
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Series: Civics 101
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Five terms defined.

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  • Added: Jul 09, 2021
  • Length: 09:05
  • Purchases: 1
Electoral College Addendum
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Series: Civics 101
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This discussion is never over.

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  • Added: Jul 09, 2021
  • Length: 13:08
  • Purchases: 1
Right to Privacy: Mapp v Ohio
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Series: Civics 101
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Crooked cops, a bomb, Don King, this Fourth Amendment case has it ALL.

  • Added: Jul 13, 2021
  • Length: 18:54
Right to Privacy: Griswold v Connecticut
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Series: Civics 101
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The case that kicked the government out of our bedrooms.

  • Added: Jul 13, 2021
  • Length: 29:53
New Jersey v T.L.O.
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Series: Civics 101
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Do you have a right to privacy while in school?

  • Added: Jul 13, 2021
  • Length: 15:00
Right to Privacy: Roe v Wade
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Series: Civics 101
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The controversial case you think you know.

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  • Added: Jul 13, 2021
  • Length: 29:53
  • Purchases: 1
The Chinese Exclusion Act
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Series: Civics 101
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Between 1882 and 1965, the vast majority of would-be Chinese immigrants were banned from the U.S..

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  • Added: Jul 21, 2021
  • Length: 26:40
  • Purchases: 1
There Ought to Be a Law: Student Contest Finalists
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Series: Civics 101
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Sharing our top five pieces of legislation submitted by students.

  • Added: Jul 21, 2021
  • Length: 20:47
Civil Rights: Dred Scott v Sandford
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Series: Civics 101
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The anticanon case that had to be undone through Constitutional amendment.

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  • Added: Jul 21, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
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Civil Rights: Plessy v Ferguson
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Series: Civics 101
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"Separate" did not start here.

  • Added: Jul 21, 2021
  • Length: 22:26
Civil Rights: Korematsu v United States
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Series: Civics 101
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Is it Constitutional for the government to remove and relocate American citizens to camps without due process of law? In 1944, SCOTUS said yes.

  • Added: Jul 21, 2021
  • Length: 32:22
Japanese American Internment
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Series: Civics 101
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In 1942, FDR authorized the removal and relocation of anyone in certain military areas. The result? The incarceration of over 120,000 people of Jap...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2021
  • Length: 30:15
Civil Rights: Brown v Board of Education of Topeka
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Series: Civics 101
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Perhaps the most landmark of them all.

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  • Added: Jul 21, 2021
  • Length: 30:56
  • Purchases: 1
Constitution Day Special: The Constitution & The Bill of Rights
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Series: Civics 101
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In honor of Constitution Day, Civics 101, the podcast refresher course on American democracy, shares the story of the two most important documents ...

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  • Added: Sep 13, 2021
  • Length: 51:33
  • Purchases: 3
Roe v Wade: Facts of the Case
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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In light of the news regarding the leaked draft US Supreme Court opinion that strikes down Roe v Wade, NHPR's Civics 101 explains this landmark opi...

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  • Added: May 05, 2022
  • Length: 51:31
  • Purchases: 17
The Declaration Does Not Apply
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Series: Civics 101
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The founders left three groups out of the Declaration of Independence: Black Americans, Indigenous peoples, and women. This is how they responded.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2022
  • Length: 51:31