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.
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A little-known role of the Archives -- they keep the whole Electoral College process running smoothly every year.
- Added: Nov 07, 2023
- Length: 04:20
Sometimes called the "tenth justice," the Solicitor General is the lawyer for the United States government.
- Added: Nov 06, 2023
- Length: 04:22
What can candidates do with the cash left in the coffer?
- Added: Nov 03, 2023
- Length: 04:19
When it comes to the judiciary, when do we prioritize independence over accountability?
- Added: Nov 07, 2023
- Length: 04:33
How do Supreme Court justices differ in the way they interpret the Constitution?
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- Added: Nov 07, 2023
- Length: 04:30
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When do the robes get involved?
- Added: Nov 07, 2023
- Length: 04:34
What is the likelihood that we will get rid of the electoral college system? Is anyone actively working toward that goal?
- Added: Nov 03, 2023
- Length: 04:29
There's no law that says they have to happen, but the presidential candidate concession speech is an important element of the peaceful transition o...
- Added: Nov 03, 2023
- Length: 04:30
How justices are added to the Supreme Court, via partisan or nonpartisan means.
- Added: Nov 07, 2023
- Length: 04:32
What can the President and Congress do before they're sworn in?
- Added: Nov 07, 2023
- Length: 04:36
Every state has different election laws -- what does that mean for the ballot count, and when will we finally know who won?
- Added: Nov 07, 2023
- Length: 04:30
How can we learn the truth in an age of misinformation, "fake news" and media mistrust?
- Added: Nov 03, 2023
- Length: 14:20
What prevents someone from affiliating with a political party? What is the ideology of an independent? And how can these voters exist in a two part...
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- Added: Sep 30, 2020
- Length: 19:21
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What’s wrong in America today? What would you do to fix it? These are the winners of our third annual Student Contest.
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- Added: Nov 07, 2023
- Length: 12:57
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How did the party of Lincoln become the party of Trump?
- Added: Sep 30, 2020
- Length: 23:12
How did the party that supported slavery become the party that nominated our first African-American president?
- Added: Nov 07, 2023
- Length: 19:25
What do third parties do to American politics?
- Added: Nov 07, 2023
- Length: 25:04
Citizens deserve to know what’s going on, so the framers made sure that news could be printed and information disseminated. But how does the press ...
- Added: Sep 28, 2020
- Length: 21:25
How the document at the heart of the women's suffrage movement turned the framer's message on its head.
- Added: Nov 07, 2023
- Length: 17:12
The story of the Supreme Court case that established an immigration principle that we lean on to this day.
- Added: Nov 07, 2023
- Length: 23:43