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.


178 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
Starter Kit: Federalism
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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One big government and the fifty little governments that comprise it.

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  • Added: Aug 06, 2019
  • Length: 24:20
  • Purchases: 3
Starter Kit: Legislative Branch
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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Rules, roles and representation in the People's branch.

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  • Added: Aug 06, 2019
  • Length: 23:59
  • Purchases: 1
Starter Kit: Executive Branch
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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From President to Postal Worker.

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  • Added: Aug 06, 2019
  • Length: 21:22
  • Purchases: 3
Life Stages: Death
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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Or How I Stopped Grieving and Learned to Love Bureaucracy

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  • Added: Aug 02, 2019
  • Length: 29:07
  • Purchases: 3
Life Stages: Retirement
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Series: Civics 101
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How do we prepare for life after work?

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  • Added: Aug 02, 2019
  • Length: 27:28
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Life Stages: Marriage
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Series: Civics 101
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Love had nothing to do with it.

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  • Added: Aug 02, 2019
  • Length: 33:42
  • Purchases: 2
Life Stages: Work
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Series: Civics 101
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What are your employment rights and where did they come from?

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  • Added: Aug 02, 2019
  • Length: 33:37
  • Purchases: 2
Life Stages: School
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Series: Civics 101
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How the government and schools have danced together for 400 years. And do you have to even go?

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  • Added: Aug 02, 2019
  • Length: 30:47
  • Purchases: 4
Life Stages: Birth
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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What does it mean to be born a U.S. citizen?

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  • Added: Aug 02, 2019
  • Length: 29:54
  • Purchases: 3
Founding Documents: The Bill of Rights
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Series: Civics 101
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A "nauseous project" becomes a bulwark of liberty.

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  • Added: Mar 18, 2019
  • Length: 23:40
  • Purchases: 4
Founding Documents: The Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers
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Series: Civics 101
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The all-out op-ed battle over the U.S. Constitution.

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  • Added: Mar 18, 2019
  • Length: 28:23
  • Purchases: 3
Founding Documents: The Constitution
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Series: Civics 101
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A summer of grimy compromise.

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  • Added: Mar 18, 2019
  • Length: 37:06
  • Purchases: 3
Founding Documents: Articles of Confederation
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Series: Civics 101
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So you've declared independence. Now what?

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  • Added: Mar 18, 2019
  • Length: 20:56
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Founding Documents: Declaration of Independence
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Series: Civics 101
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The shortest document with the biggest possible job.

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  • Added: Mar 18, 2019
  • Length: 26:36
  • Purchases: 4
Founding Documents: Magna Carta
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Series: Civics 101
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The obscure English parchment that has nothing -- and everything -- to do with our idea of freedom.

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  • Added: Mar 18, 2019
  • Length: 28:18
  • Purchases: 1
Why Vote?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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Why even bother? What does voting do for you?

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  • Added: Dec 21, 2018
  • Length: 27:00
  • Purchases: 3
Propositions (aka Ballot Measures)
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Series: Civics 101
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Direct democracy. What are the pros and cons?

  • Added: Dec 21, 2018
  • Length: 25:55
Campaigning
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Series: Civics 101
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How do candidates do it? What are the rules? What are the tropes?

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  • Added: Dec 21, 2018
  • Length: 29:06
  • Purchases: 2
Free Speech in Schools
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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Four Supreme Court cases that define the 1st Amendment in schools.

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  • Added: Dec 21, 2018
  • Length: 24:45
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SCOTUS, the flag, and the Pledge of Allegiance
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Series: Civics 101
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A history of our national icons in the Supreme Court

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  • Added: Dec 21, 2018
  • Length: 27:54
  • Purchases: 1