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.


173 Pieces

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NASA
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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Space! The final frontier... for civics?

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  • Added: May 16, 2018
  • Length: 04:01
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ICE
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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What role does ICE play in immigration policy?

  • Added: May 08, 2018
  • Length: 04:00
The National Guard
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Series: Civics 101
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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
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Episode 118: Presidential Transitions
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Series: Civics 101
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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
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Episode 117: Hostages
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Series: Civics 101
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How does the U.S. handle hostage situations?

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  • Added: Apr 20, 2018
  • Length: 04:29
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Episode 116: Infrastructure - Roads
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Series: Civics 101
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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
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Episode 115: Foreign Aid
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Series: Civics 101
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Where do the billions of dollars spent on U.S. foreign aid go?

  • Added: Apr 16, 2018
  • Length: 04:11
Episode 113: The Americans with Disabilities Act
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Series: Civics 101
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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
Episode 112: The Eighth Amendment
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Series: Civics 101
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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
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Episode 111: The DOJ
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Series: Civics 101
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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
Episode 110: The Hatch Act
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Series: Civics 101
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Its official title is an "Act To Prevent Pernicious Political Activities."

  • Added: Apr 16, 2018
  • Length: 04:03
Episode 109: The Fourth Amendment
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Series: Civics 101
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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
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Episode 108: The FBI
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Series: Civics 101
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What goes on inside the Federal Bureau of Investigation?

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  • Added: Apr 16, 2018
  • Length: 04:37
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Episode 107: Torture
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Series: Civics 101
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A practice America long rejected -- or tried to.

  • Added: Apr 16, 2018
  • Length: 04:34
Episode 105: Democratic Norms
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Series: Civics 101
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The unwritten rules that make or break democracy.

  • Added: Apr 16, 2018
  • Length: 04:20
Episode 114: The CIA
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Series: Civics 101
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What is the role of a foreign intelligence service in a democracy?

  • Added: Apr 16, 2018
  • Length: 04:35
Episode 104: Voting Rights
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Series: Civics 101
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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
Episode 103 - The Fifteenth Amendment
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Series: Civics 101
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The last of the Reconstruction Amendments

  • Added: Apr 09, 2018
  • Length: 04:26
Episode 102: The Fourteenth Amendment
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Series: Civics 101
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One of our Constitution's bedrock civil rights amendments.

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  • Added: Apr 02, 2018
  • Length: 04:29
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Episode 101: The Thirteenth Amendment
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Series: Civics 101
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The Amendment that formally outlawed slavery.

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  • Added: Apr 02, 2018
  • Length: 04:24
  • Purchases: 2