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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Episode 79: The U.S. Flag Code
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Series: Civics 101
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The U.S. Flag Code

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  • Added: Dec 05, 2017
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 78: Congressional Committees
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Series: Civics 101
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Congressional Committees

  • Added: Dec 05, 2017
  • Length: 04:14
Episode 77: U.S. Postal Service
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Series: Civics 101
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One of the founding institutions of America's government is also one of the most overlooked and surprising: the Postal Service.

  • Added: Nov 29, 2017
  • Length: 03:50
Episode 76: Native American Reservations
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Series: Civics 101
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What is the relationship between Native American reservations and the federal government?

  • Added: Nov 29, 2017
  • Length: 04:33
Episode 75: White House Staffers
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Series: Civics 101
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Who works in the White House, and what do they do?

  • Added: Nov 29, 2017
  • Length: 04:20
Episode 74: Unions
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Series: Civics 101
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What are unions, and why do they matter?

  • Added: Nov 27, 2017
  • Length: 04:21
Episode 73: The Vice President
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Series: Civics 101
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What kind of power does the President's second in command have?

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  • Added: Nov 22, 2017
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 72: The Second Amendment
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Series: Civics 101
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Reading up on the meaning and history of the Second Amendment.

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  • Added: Nov 22, 2017
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 3
Episode 71: The Secret Service
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Series: Civics 101
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What's the Secret Service up to, anyways?

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  • Added: Nov 22, 2017
  • Length: 04:20
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 70: The 1st Amendment - Freedom of the Press
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Series: Civics 101
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Where does the Constitution's protection for journalists end?

  • Added: Nov 22, 2017
  • Length: 04:07
Episode 69: The Federalist Papers
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Series: Civics 101
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Why we should still read the Federalist Papers.

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  • Added: Nov 22, 2017
  • Length: 04:27
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 68: Populism
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Series: Civics 101
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What exactly is Populism and how can you identify a Populist candidate?

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  • Added: Nov 02, 2017
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 3
Episode 67: The 1st Amendment - Freedom of Assembly
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Series: Civics 101
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A closer look at our constitutional right to "peaceably" assemble.

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  • Added: Oct 25, 2017
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 66: The EPA
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Series: Civics 101
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We take a tour through the multi-faceted Environmental Protection Agency.

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  • Added: Oct 24, 2017
  • Length: 04:15
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 65: The Secretary of Education
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Series: Civics 101
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What role does the Secretary of Education play in U.S. schools?

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  • Added: Oct 24, 2017
  • Length: 04:26
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 63: The CDC
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Series: Civics 101
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The agency that protects people from health, safety, and security threats.

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  • Added: Oct 23, 2017
  • Length: 04:07
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 62: The Debt Ceiling
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Series: Civics 101
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Demystifying the debt ceiling.

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  • Added: Oct 05, 2017
  • Length: 04:24
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 61: The Attorney General
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Series: Civics 101
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What does it mean to be the lawyer for the U.S. government?

  • Added: Oct 04, 2017
  • Length: 04:13
Episode 60: Federalism
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Series: Civics 101
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How do we manage power between the national government and the states?

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  • Added: Oct 04, 2017
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 59: The Census
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Series: Civics 101
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How and why we count every person living in the United States of America.

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  • Added: Oct 03, 2017
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 2