Hey!

Hey!

Sorry, I'm a little burned it down otherwise.

Please.

Can I carry something?

You've got like all things considered over here, morning edition over here.

I come in to the office like a couple times a week because it's really the only time I get to see everyone here who doesn't work on the hill.

But when Congress is in session, I'm usually on the hill.

You're listening to Civics 101, I'm Nick Capediche,

and today we are talking about what it's like to report on Congress.

And yes, Hannah's voice is still barely audible after recovering from the flu.

So this bird's flying solo.

What do you think about that?

No other host today, nobody on the microphone.

And you know what, I'm going to say it, it's probably for the best. Because in our episodes, one of us usually explains something to the other person, like that's our format, right?

And this episode is about journalism.

And how the heck would I explain journalism to Hannah McCarthy, one of the finest journalists I know. So it's going to be all right.

We at Civics 101 all went to Washington, D.C. for a week this spring. And I was slightly nervous going into the underbelly of the National

Archives or you know visiting the Australian embassy. But this building was the one I was

most nervous to enter and I don't really

understand why. Maybe you can figure it out and explain it to me later. This

building is the headquarters of NPR National Public Radio.

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