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Civics 101

"I see a temple that we built."

Civics 101

NHPR

History, Government, Society & Culture

4.22.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Host Nick Capodice talks to co-host Hannah McCarthy about what it's like having real access to the Supreme Court. (Spoiler alert: those chairs lean WAY back!) And then the pair pays a very emotional visit to the Lincoln Memorial.  CLICK HERE: Visit our website to see all of our episodes, donate to the podcast, sign up for our newsletter, get free educational materials, and more! To see Civics 101 in book form, check out A User's Guide to Democracy: How America Works by Hannah McCarthy and Nick Capodice, featuring illustrations by Tom Toro. Check out our other weekly NHPR podcast, Outside/In - we think you'll love it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I'm going to do. Doo do. Oh, They're listening to Civics 101. I'm Nick Capadiche.

0:33.2

So for those of you have been following along over the past couple of days, you know, that we've been sort

0:37.5

of sending dispatches from our whirlwind trip to Washington, D.C.

0:41.6

In fact, it's not over.

0:43.0

I'm still traveling.

0:44.0

I'm on the road, where am I?

0:47.0

I'm leaving Manchester.

0:49.0

Drive in New Hampshire.

0:51.0

Manchester Regional International Airport. So we've talked with you all about

0:55.8

like who we were going to go visit and who were going to talk to and the institutions we were

0:59.7

going to explore and unpack, but there is some tape that I hadn't shared from the trip that I wanted

1:05.4

to share with everyone.

1:07.5

Two pieces of tape, and that's what say is.

1:10.1

Two pieces of tape.

1:16.0

Some of you may know already on Wednesday, Hannah got a much coveted press pass to go and hear arguments at the United States Supreme Court.

1:27.2

And she did. And I waited outside with bated breath for her to emerge to hear about it. It was a blast by the way hanging outside of the Supreme Court.

1:34.8

And emerged she did and before anything you know we had another place to go we

1:40.6

had a tight schedule in DC so we had to like immediately start walking

1:44.8

towards the White House. So what I did was pull out my recorder and just turn it on and say

1:50.4

what was it like in there? What was it like in this place that we have talked about

1:55.0

dozens of times on the show, but not actually been in?

1:59.0

And here's what she said. So we talk about the Supreme Court a lot on the show,

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