Why are we printing so much paper money? (D.C. field trip dispatch)

Civics 101

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Education, History, Supreme Court, American History, Elections, Democracy, Society & Culture, Government, Civics, Politics, Social Studies

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🗓️ 26 April 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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The Civics 101 team's D.C. field trip takes them all kinds of places, including inside the highest court in the land during oral arguments. Listen in as they share those experiences.

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0:00.0	Hi there you're listening to Civics 101 coming to you live for, well not live for a podcast but coming to you from
0:15.1	Washington DC we are sitting around a dining room table in the house we're all
0:20.6	sharing as a radio team and we're going to tell you a little bit
0:24.9	about our day yesterday and our day today but before we do who are you? My name is
0:30.4	Nick Capadiche and I work for Civics 101 at New Hampshire Public Radio.
0:35.0	I'm Anna McCarthy.
0:36.2	I'm Christina Phillips.
0:37.9	I'm Felix Poon, producer of Outside In.
0:41.5	All right, so let's go through it.
0:45.0	I feel like it's been a thousand years since yesterday, but, um, what, Nick, what was yesterday
0:50.9	like for you?
0:51.9	Last time I spoke, I was about to go to speak to somebody from the Washington Center and that's who I spoke to yesterday.
0:58.0	So I told you a little bit about what the Washington Center is.
1:01.0	Are you aware, Felix, of what the Washington Center is? I'm not aware of the Washington Center is. Are you aware Felix of what the Washington Center is?
1:03.6	I'm not aware of the Washington Center.
1:05.4	I'm so glad you're here, Felix.
1:07.3	I'm so glad you're here to explain it.
1:09.2	The Washington Center is one of several organizations that take students who you know aren't sure
1:15.8	exactly what they want to do for life or for a career but have an interest in
1:19.4	politics or like an interest in DC and does internships with them.
1:23.8	This is a nonprofit that's almost like a pipeline to politics.
1:28.1	So if you want to work as a staffer or you know you want to do something else
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