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Civics 101

Cinema Civics: The Manchurian Candidate

Civics 101

NHPR

Education, History, Supreme Court, American History, Elections, Democracy, Society & Culture, Government, Civics, Politics, Social Studies

4.62.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

The Civics 101 team delves into the 1962 film The Manchurian Candidate, a political satire and thriller that is more than relevant in today’s political climate.  Note: this episode contains spoilers for the film.

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Lauren Chulgin, host of NHPR's The 13th Step, here with some big news.

0:06.1

Eric Spofford has been indicted by the feds. I uncovered multiple allegations of sexual misconduct

0:11.5

involving Spofford. And now, three years later, the feds say Eric Spofford organized violent acts of

0:17.9

vandalism against me, my parents, and my editor, all in hopes of shutting

0:22.5

that reporting down. I've got all the details on the latest episode of the 13th Step. Listen now,

0:28.2

wherever you get your podcasts.

0:32.6

Raymond's show, please.

0:35.8

Hi, I'm Hannah McCarthy.

0:38.3

This is Civics 101.

0:43.5

This is the first in what will be a semi-regular series where in our team takes a look at our favorite movies and shows about the U.S. government or perhaps other governments as

0:48.2

well, space governments, for example, and finds the Civics 101 of it all within them.

0:54.7

There will be no covering up, sir.

0:57.8

No covering up.

1:01.8

And today we are going to talk about a movie that I very much love,

1:05.8

and I am definitely going to spoil it for people who have not seen it.

1:10.5

So if you have not seen, the 1962 Manchurian candidate, I recommend waiting to listen to this

1:16.8

episode until you have watched it.

1:18.9

And I do recommend watching it.

1:20.6

It is rated PG-13, by the way, if that is relevant to you.

1:24.0

And I am joined today by three lovelyworkers and friends who have seen this movie.

1:29.6

First, Nick Capadija.

1:31.4

Hello, Hannah.

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