Oaths

Civics 101

NHPR

History, Government, Society & Culture

4.2 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

From the Presidential Oath of Office to the Oath of Allegiance to sworn testimony, Americans take an awful lot of oaths. Today we explore the history of oaths in the US, the linguistic tinkering that's happened to oaths of office over the last few centuries and the repercussions of breaking an oath. For anyone interested in a deeper dive into the Pledge of Allegiance and the American flag, as well as how statutes regarding them and your First Amendment rights have intermingled, check out our earlier episode here. Also, we have trivia! 8 new questions each week tied to our most recent episode! Click here to test your civics knowhow. And for a more relaxed bit of quizzery, we have a daily worldle too. 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	All members will please rise. The chair will now administer the oath of office. All members will raise their right hand.
0:11.0	All right, Hannah.
0:12.0	All right, Nick.
0:13.0	Raise your right hand. Do it.
0:15.0	Right.
0:16.0	You bumped the mic. Repeat after me.
0:19.0	Repeat after me.
0:20.0	No, not that part.
0:21.0	No, not that part.
0:22.0	I, Hannah McCarthy.
0:23.0	I, Hannah McCarthy.
0:25.0	Do solemnly swear.
0:26.0	Do solemnly swear.
0:27.0	To record this episode about oaths.
0:30.0	To record this episode about oaths.
0:33.0	I do this without reservation.
0:35.0	I do this without reservation.
0:37.0	End of my own free will.
0:38.0	End of my own free will.
0:39.0	I'm going to try and have a good time.
0:41.0	And I'm going to try and have a good time.
0:43.0	I was going to have you say, so help me God, but I'm going to be talking about that quite a lot today.
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