Civics 101 by NHPR

434 - What is Money?

How do landmark Supreme Court decisions affect our lives? What does the 2nd Amendment really say? Why does the Senate have so much power? Civics 101 is the podcast about how our democracy works…or is supposed to work, anyway.

More episodes

434 - What is Money?

Tue, 7 May 2024
433 - A city government, a looming disaster, and a complicated choice

Tue, 30 Apr 2024
432 - "I see a temple that we built."

Fri, 26 Apr 2024
431 - Why are we printing so much paper money? (D.C. field trip dispatch)

Fri, 26 Apr 2024
430 - The Constitution is not vegan! (D.C. field trip dispatch)

Wed, 24 Apr 2024
429 - Why is Marbury v. Madison in Trump’s Supreme Court brief?

Tue, 23 Apr 2024
428 - What do the RNC and DNC do?

Tue, 16 Apr 2024
427 - How to file your taxes

Tue, 9 Apr 2024
426 - Why do we pay income taxes, again?

Tue, 9 Apr 2024
425 - Promises, Promises: What Biden and Trump are saying they'll do if elected

Tue, 2 Apr 2024
424 - How did Lochner v. New York end up on the naughty list?

Tue, 26 Mar 2024
423 - How Can The Government Ban TikTok?

Mon, 18 Mar 2024
422 - Can the Supreme Court save us from ourselves?

Tue, 12 Mar 2024
421 - Amending the Constitution

Tue, 5 Mar 2024
420 - What's Going On With Civics Education?

Tue, 27 Feb 2024
419 - Extra Credit: How to Argue Against Disinformation; Trump Trials Update

Tue, 20 Feb 2024
418 - What Are Presidential Pardons?

Tue, 13 Feb 2024
417 - How Should We Govern the Algorithm?

Tue, 6 Feb 2024
416 - What is Federalist 10?

Tue, 30 Jan 2024
415 - Election 2024: What Is Happening?

Tue, 23 Jan 2024
414 - How much do government employees get paid?

Tue, 16 Jan 2024
413 - Rumors and Lies, the American Version

Tue, 9 Jan 2024
412 - Expulsion from Congress

Tue, 2 Jan 2024
411 - Can we fix school lunch?

Tue, 26 Dec 2023
410 - The Politics of School Lunch

Tue, 19 Dec 2023
409 - Does Santa Break The Law?

Tue, 12 Dec 2023
408 - What is a Federal Holiday?

Tue, 5 Dec 2023
407 - Term Limits for Congress?

Tue, 28 Nov 2023
406 - What is the Order of Succession?

Tue, 21 Nov 2023
405 - SCOTUS Watchlist

Tue, 14 Nov 2023
404 - What powers does the Speaker of the House have?

Tue, 7 Nov 2023
403 - The After School Satan Club

Tue, 31 Oct 2023
402 - Heather Cox Richardson on the State of America

Tue, 24 Oct 2023
401 - The National Weather Service

Tue, 17 Oct 2023
400 - Separation of Church and State

Tue, 10 Oct 2023
399 - BONUS: American Girl Dolls and YOU

Wed, 4 Oct 2023
398 - What Are Government Shutdowns?

Tue, 3 Oct 2023
397 - A (Sorta) Civics Trivia Battle

Tue, 26 Sep 2023
396 - Did American Girl Dolls Do Right By History? (Part 2)

Tue, 19 Sep 2023
395 - Did American Girl Dolls Do Right By History? (Part 1)

Tue, 19 Sep 2023
394 - Classified Documents

Tue, 12 Sep 2023
393 - What is RICO?

Tue, 5 Sep 2023
392 - The Republican and Democratic Parties

Tue, 29 Aug 2023
391 - Civics Education 2: When the Curriculum is Against the Law

Tue, 22 Aug 2023
390 - What Is (or Was) Affirmative Action?

Tue, 15 Aug 2023
389 - When Espionage Means The Death Penalty

Tue, 8 Aug 2023
388 - The Presidential Records Act

Tue, 1 Aug 2023
387 - What Moore v Harper Means for Elections

Tue, 25 Jul 2023
386 - Civics Education 1: What Do We Teach?

Tue, 18 Jul 2023
385 - America's "War on Drugs"

Tue, 11 Jul 2023

Show more episodes

More podcasts

More international podcasts

Find your radio station