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Ologies with Alie Ward

Bonus Episode: THE U.S. CONSTITUTION. Let's read it together.

Ologies with Alie Ward

Alie Ward

Comedy, Science, Society & Culture

4.923.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2025

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever read every word of The U.S. Constitution? You don't have to, because I read it with my mouth into your brain in this weird but vital episode on civil liberties. And of course, there are little sidenotes to make sure we both understand it. There has never been a better time to know what your legal protections are. This episode is a follow up to Nomology (CONSTITUTIONAL LAW) with the legendary law scholar Dr. Franita Tolson, the Dean and Carl Mason Franklin Chair in Law USC’s Gould School of Law. Start there for the basics and learn why knowing your rights and using your voice can change the future. Be safe. Stick up for yourself, and each other.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Oh, hey, it's the old lady at the craft store buying poster board, Allie Ward, and I wanted to bring to your attention this. This is a full reading of the U.S. Constitution. We also have a whole episode. It's linked in the show notes about constitutional law. It's called Nomology with the amazing and legendary law scholar Dr. Frenita Tolson, who's the dean and the Carl Mason-Franklin chair in law at USC's Gold School of Law.

0:25.9

It's a great episode. It was recorded in 2019, and it covers what's up with the amendments? What are the articles?

0:32.5

What does it mean to be an American? What rights do we have? How did we get them and how do we keep them?

0:38.0

We also discuss what it was like having Barack Obama as her law professor if she reads the

0:42.9

Apple terms and conditions, the civil rights movement, impeachment, how to get familiar with the

0:47.3

best Gatos gossip and also Shonda Rhymes. By the end of the episode, you'll be able to wink at the

0:52.8

Constitution and say, I get you.

0:55.6

And you might be engaging in more peaceful protests or applying to law school or hanging Professor Tolson's portrait on your wall.

1:03.3

She's amazing.

1:04.3

So that 2019 episode is linked in the show notes.

1:07.6

It's called NOMology.

1:08.3

Now this right here, this is reserved up for the crumbling foundations of 2025.

1:15.1

This is the Constitution.

1:16.7

So you know what the hell is in it and what your rights are.

1:20.7

So it's kind of like when two people are a horse costume,

1:23.8

but this is only me in the ass and running around with no head.

1:29.0

Because the nomology guest, Professor Fernita Tolson, was in the first half.

1:34.2

Now it's just me.

1:35.2

I'm just bringing up the rear, literally reading you a very, very old document.

1:39.2

So if this is your first ever episode of ologies, start elsewhere.

1:43.4

Just pick another one, pick another episode,

1:45.7

or at least start with last week's part one. So you're just about to get, in this one,

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