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Civics 101

What Does the President DO?

Civics 101

NHPR

Government, History, Society & Culture

4.22.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Today we discuss what a president is, what a president does, and what a president "should be."  To quote Professor Amar, it can be hard to find someone to fill those shoes because they were designed for Washington's feet. Our guests are Akhil Amar, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University, and Andy Lipka, president of EverScholar. Akhil and Andy co-host Amarica's Constitution, a podcast that explores the constitutional issues of our day. It is a perfect companion show to Civics 101, and one we endorse wholeheartedly.  Here is where you can listen to our episode on the Executive Branch, here is a link to our episode on the Presidential Veto, and here is where you can learn about the President and the Price of Gas. 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

The new president's duties outlined by the founding fathers how to be translated into everyday detail

0:06.0

could Washington make the Constitution work history waited on this one man

0:12.4

Frankson Delano Roosevelt.

0:14.0

I have two eyes.

0:16.0

Gerald Kennedy.

0:18.0

James Johnson, Richard Nixon.

0:20.0

Gerald R.

0:21.0

I'm George Reagan.

0:22.0

George. I'm George Robert Walker Bush

0:23.0

William Jefferson Clinton George Walker Bush

0:26.0

Barack Hussein Obama

0:27.0

Donald John Trump

0:28.0

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.

0:29.0

You're listening to Civics 101. I'm to Capideche. I'm Hannah McCarthy.

0:36.6

And today we are going to actually answer a question we've come at from different angles over the years but never truly head on. What does the

0:45.3

president of the United States do?

0:50.3

It's funny I mean we kind of have danced around it, haven't we?

0:54.6

We have a veritable jitterbug.

0:57.0

And I know we're going to put links in the show notes for anyone who wants a primer on things

1:00.9

like the executive branch or presidential vetoes or the

1:04.7

president and the price of gas and so I'm excited to talk about what the president

1:09.1

does but honestly I'm a little trepidacious why are you trepidation I mean I little trepidacious.

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