Cinematic Civics: The Manchurian Candidate

Civics 101

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

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🗓️ 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	Bob Menendez is the first U.S. Senator to go to prison in more than 40 years.
0:05.0	It is to me an inexplicable and tragic way for him to go.
0:08.0	I'm Nancy Solomon.
0:09.0	Join me as I take a look at the Senator's bribery scheme involving Egyptian spies.
0:14.0	That's pretty unusual.
0:15.0	And the woman that dazzled him.
0:17.0	Hi, it's neat calling my very handsome senator.
0:21.8	Listen to Dead End, the rise and fall of Goldbar Bob Menendez, from WNYC, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:32.5	Raymond's show, please.
0:35.7	Hi, I'm Hannah McCarthy.
0:38.2	This is Civics 101.
0:42.0	This is the first in what will be a semi-regular series where in our team takes a look at our favorite movies
0:44.4	and shows about the U.S. government,
0:46.8	or perhaps other governments as well,
0:48.6	space governments, for example,
0:50.3	and finds the Civics 101 of it all within them.
0:54.6	There will be no covering up, sir.
0:57.7	No covering up.
1:01.7	And today we are going to talk about a movie that I very much love,
1:05.7	and I am definitely going to spoil it for people who have not seen it.
1:10.4	So if you have not seen, the 1962 Manchurian candidate, I recommend waiting to listen to this episode until you have watched it.
1:18.8	And I do recommend watching it.
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