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Civics 101
Civics 101
NHPR

How do landmark Supreme Court decisions affect our lives? What does the 2nd Amendment really say? Why does the Senate have so... more

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Episodes

The Politics Behind Your Taxes

How politicians decide who pays taxes, and how much they pay.

25 Mar 2025 · 55 minutes
How does the Post Office work?

How the government visits every American home, and how and why we pay for it.

18 Mar 2025 · 22 minutes
The Kids are Alright: Civics Ed Update

To kick off Civic Learning Week, we see how students are (and aren't) being civically prepared.

11 Mar 2025 · 27 minutes
Who's running the country? (Part 2)

Meet your president's Cabinet!

04 Mar 2025 · 23 minutes
Who's running the country? (Part 1)

Meet your president's Cabinet.

04 Mar 2025 · 26 minutes
A midwife's early American story

Ariel Lawhon discusses the real-life early American midwife at the center of her novel The Frozen River.

27 Feb 2025 · 38 minutes
NY Times v Sullivan: What if the press couldn’t tell the truth?

What would happen if the press couldn't tell the truth?

25 Feb 2025 · 23 minutes
All The President's Lawyers

The White House counsel, the Department of Justice, and the unprecedented appointments and moves being made by the Trump administration

18 Feb 2025 · 50 minutes
What is a Constitutional crisis?

You keep using that word...

11 Feb 2025 · 48 minutes
What are Executive Orders?

When a president makes law all by themselves. With some help.

04 Feb 2025 · 24 minutes