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How to Make Things Better
Jun 9, 2026
28m 00s
How did we get so red, white and blue?
Jun 2, 2026
28m 17s
Why Students Are Having a Tough Time
May 26, 2026
27m 48s
How making people wait sparked the American Revolution
May 19, 2026
43m 41s
Why Teachers Are Having a Tough Time
May 12, 2026
28m 30s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/9/26 |  How to Make Things Better | Today we complete our trio of episodes in collaboration with iCivics, where we explore why people of myriad groups are having a tough time, civics-wise. In this episode, we tell you how to eradicate your cynicism and make a difference. First, we share Jill Lepore's presentation on conventions; how we used to interact with our many constitutions. And then, we talk with Eitan Hersh. Eitan is the author of Politics Is for Power: How to Move Beyond Political Hobbyism, Take Action, and Make Real Change. He tells us what works (and what doesn't) when it comes to engaging in politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 28m 00s | ||||||
| 6/2/26 | How did we get so red, white and blue? | Whether you fly it, wear it or want nothing to do with it, the American flag says a lot in and about the United States. Red, white and blue is far from exclusive to our nation and yet it is very much our brand... and very much branded on anything we can think to put it on. So where did the American obsession with our flag come from? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 28m 17s | ||||||
| 5/26/26 | Why Students Are Having a Tough Time | Today we share our second installment on why things are tough in the civics world. Specifically, we talk about how students are doing in civics classrooms and on national assessments. But! It's not all bad news. Shawn Healey (Chief Policy and Advocacy Officer at iCivics) takes us through the myriad state bills that are currently in the legislative process which will affect civic education, and we hear from three students (Ava-June Tackett, Shreya Raman, and Ben Kurian) on what they think can improve civic learning and reduce partisanship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 27m 48s | ||||||
| 5/19/26 | How making people wait sparked the American Revolution | Once upon a time, American British colonists were separated from power, decision-making, culture and information by thousands of miles and many weeks. As Helena Yoo-Roth puts it, time flowed evenly outward from the homeland. This is the story of waiting, longing and realizing that time might just be on our side as we approached the American Revolutionary War. Helena Yoo-Roth is the author of the forthcoming American Timelines: Imperial Communications, Colonial Time-Consciousness, and the Coming of the American Revolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 43m 41s | ||||||
| 5/12/26 | Why Teachers Are Having a Tough Time | This is the first episode in a series we are doing with iCivics, who invited us to their National Forum for Civic Learning Week. Today we share the many conversations we had with civics and social studies teachers from across the country, and we explore the results from a nationwide survey on what they're going through right now. And, finally, what could be done to help them? To learn more about iCivics and their myriad resources for teachers and students, visit them at https://ed.icivics.org. To read about the survey conducted by iCivics, click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 28m 30s | ||||||
| 5/5/26 | What did the world really think about the Declaration of Independence?✨ | Declaration of IndependenceAmerican history+3 | Emily Sneff | When the Declaration of Independence was NewsDeclaration of Independence | — | Declaration of IndependenceEmily Sneff+3 | — | 32m 11s | |
| 4/28/26 | Ask a Judge: What is Pro Se?✨ | pro se representationlegal advice+3 | Amy Lin MeyersonRay Williams | American Bar Association | — | pro seself-representation+3 | — | 24m 50s | |
| 4/21/26 | What's the Strait of Hormuz? And how do blockades work?✨ | Strait of Hormuzblockades+1 | — | — | the Strait of Hormuz | — | — | 23m 50s | |
| 4/14/26 | How did federal income taxes get this way?✨ | federal income taxhistory of taxation+3 | — | — | — | income taxrich Americans+2 | — | 39m 32s | |
| 4/9/26 | What is the 25th Amendment?✨ | 25th AmendmentConstitution+2 | — | Civics 101 | Iran | TrumpIran+1 | — | 29m 16s | |
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| 4/7/26 | The Raw Milk Question✨ | raw milklegal battles+2 | Dan BrownAndy Bisson+4 | raw milkOutside/In | Maine | superfoodfood safety+2 | — | 36m 56s | |
| 3/31/26 | Can American elections be "nationalized"? What does that mean?✨ | American electionsnationalization+2 | Sarah Cooper | Congressthe Carter Center | — | Carter Centerelection control+2 | — | 34m 28s | |
| 3/24/26 | Why are we paying more for gas right now?✨ | gas pricespresidential powers+2 | Robert Rapier | — | the middle eastIran+1 | gasolineStrait of Hormuz+2 | — | 22m 06s | |
| 3/17/26 | Someone oughta open up a window✨ | Independence Hall1776+2 | — | — | PhiladelphiaPennsylvania | field tripPhiladelphia+1 | — | 30m 11s | |
| 3/11/26 | The Civic Role of Religious Leaders✨ | religionprotest+2 | Religious Leaders | — | — | faith groupsprotestors+1 | — | 30m 34s | |
| 3/3/26 | Are you really mad? What can you do about that?✨ | advocacylobbying+1 | Emily GallagherEric Schwartz | National Film Preservation Act of 1988the New York State Assembly+3 | — | elected officialschange+1 | — | 48m 21s | |
| 2/24/26 | What does "detention" mean?✨ | detentionimmigration laws+1 | — | ICE | — | — | — | 35m 55s | |
| 2/17/26 | Why did the FBI keep tabs on high school students? | About a week ago, host Hannah McCarthy stumbled on an article by an historian named Dr. Aaron Fountain Jr. What she read kind of blew her mind, so she decided to give him a call. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 38m 03s | ||||||
| 2/10/26 | When did immigrants become "illegal?" | The rules about who could and could not come and live in the United States have changed many times over the last 250 years, but exactly when restrictions were first put on immigration might surprise you. Today, walking us through the myriad qualitative and quantitative systems surrounding immigration policy is Muzaffar Chishti, Senior Fellow and Director of the Migration Policy Institute. Here are some links to our episodes on: The Chinese Exclusion Act, ICE, and Becoming a US Citizen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 31m 28s | ||||||
| 2/3/26 | What is ICE's job? | We examine what the current presidential administration tells us about Immigration and Customs Enforcement and what the numbers, courts and history of the agency have to say. For more information on the data referenced in this episode, you can check out this Politico fact check of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's statements about ICE, this CATO Institute analysis, this CBS report, and this TRAC report and this Deportation Data Project release. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 38m 23s | ||||||
| 1/30/26 | Safe to Drink | Introducing “Safe to Drink:” A New Hampshire town finds out its water has been contaminated by a chemical. The most basic question — whether the water is safe to drink — doesn’t have a clear answer. Nobody seems to know much about this so-called forever chemical, which is weird because… this has all happened before. From the Document team at New Hampshire Public Radio, "Safe to Drink" is a four-part series about the water contamination story that keeps repeating in town after town — and about the people who fought for answers through a maze of chemistry, regulations, and illnesses. Listen to all the episodes right here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 33m 47s | ||||||
| 1/27/26 | What happens when it's not NASA bringing civilians to space? | In 1985, high school teacher Christa McAuliffe was selected to become the first private citizen to travel to space. After the Challenger explosion that killed her and 6 other astronauts, NASA scrapped its Teacher in Space Project; it was still too risky to send private citizens to space. 40 years later, things are looking very different. Today, celebrities and billionaires are buying trips on commercial rockets. Private companies are designing new, private space stations. How is safety being regulated for these private space companies? And what happens if – or when – something goes wrong? Featuring Kim Bleier, Ben Miller, Doug Ligor, Peggy Whitson, and Dana Tulodziecki. Produced by Daniel Ackerman. For full credits and transcript, visit outsideinradio.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 32m 39s | ||||||
| 1/20/26 | What is the Monroe Doctrine? | After its inception in 1823, the Monroe Doctrine was largely ignored. But after a while, different administrations saw the value in maintaining control over the western hemisphere. And notably, it is having a renaissance in the Trump presidency. So what IS the Monroe Doctrine? How has it been interpreted in various presidencies? And, most importantly, is it legal under international law? Civics 101 regular Dan Cassino takes us from Monroe to Maduro. Click here to listen to our episode on the history of Venezuela leading up to America's invasion in 2026. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 27m 36s | ||||||
| 1/13/26 | How does asylum work? And what has changed? | On this episode, we’re talking about the history and evolution of United States’ refugee and asylum policy. We have been a country of exclusion for about as long as we’ve projected the image of a democratic refuge. We talk about what it actually takes to secure refugee or asylum status in the U.S. and how that gargantuan task has been made so much more difficult, if not impossible for some, under the second Trump Administration. This episode features Dr. Georgie Pisano. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 42m 24s | ||||||
| 1/6/26 | What's happening with Venezuela? | Sometimes, we just have to make a "101" episode of Civics 101. That is the case this week, in the wake of the arrest of Venezuela's sitting president by the United States. So, what's happening with Venezuela, Maduro, and the Trump administration's plan to "run" that country? CLICK HERE: Visit our website to see all of our episodes, donate to the podcast, sign up for our newsletter, get free educational materials, and more! To see Civics 101 in book form, check out A User's Guide to Democracy: How America Works by Hannah McCarthy and Nick Capodice, featuring illustrations by Tom Toro. Check out our other weekly NHPR podcast, Outside/In - we think you'll love it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 21m 43s | ||||||
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