Encore: Investigating Democracy

Now & Then

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Society & Culture, History, News Commentary

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

On this encore episode of Now & Then, originally aired in June 2021 amid a Republican filibuster of an independent commission investigating January 6th, Heather and Joanne discuss the history of congressional commissions, from the investigation of the 1856 caning of Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner, to the 1871 Ku Klux Klan hearings, to 1954 back-and-forth between Senator Joseph McCarthy and the Army. We’ll be back with a new episode next Tuesday! Join CAFE Insider to listen to “Backstage,” where Heather and Joanne chat each week about the anecdotes and ideas that formed the episode. Head to: cafe.com/history For more historical analysis of current events, sign up for the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter, featuring Time Machine, a weekly article that dives into an historical event inspired by each episode of Now & Then: cafe.com/brief For references & supplemental materials, head to: cafe.com/now-and-then/encore-investigating-democracy Now & Then is presented by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:27.0	Hey folks, it's Heather.
1:28.8	We're off this week, but we wanted to share a rerun of an episode from almost exactly
1:33.2	a year ago called Investigating Democracy.
1:36.7	The episode looks at congressional commissions, and it was inspired by the Senate Republicans'
1:41.2	filibuster of an independent commission to investigate the events of January 6th.
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