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Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness

Would You Make Over The US Constitution? with Heidi Schreck

Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness

Sony Music

Science, Self-improvement, Comedy, Education, Society & Culture

4.921.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Playwright, actor, and two-time Tony Award nominee Heidi Schreck joins Jonathan to discuss her play “What the Constitution Means to Me,” in which she breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans. Heidi is on Twitter @heidibschreck, and you can find out more about her work at constitutionbroadway.com. Find out what today’s guest and former guests are up to by following us on Instagram and Twitter @CuriousWithJVN. Transcripts for each episode are available at JonathanVanNess.com. Check out Getting Curious merch at PodSwag.com. Listen to more music from Quiñ by heading over to TheQuinCat.com. Jonathan is on Instagram and Twitter @JVN and @Jonathan.Vanness on Facebook.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Getting Curious.

0:02.9

I'm Jonathan Vaness and every week I sit down for a 40 minute combo with a brilliant

0:07.0

expert to learn all about something that makes me curious.

0:09.7

On today's episode, I'm joined by two-time Tony Ward nominee, playwright and actress Heidi

0:14.1

Shrek, where we discuss her play, What the Constitution Means to Me, where Heidi breaks

0:18.4

down the language and interpretation of the Constitution.

0:21.4

And I ask, honey, what is going on with that Constitution?

0:24.8

Do we need to do a little makeover on her, what's deal with the second amendment, what's

0:27.6

up with how women got the right to vote and what's all the tea anyway?

0:31.0

Welcome to Getting Curious.

0:34.8

This is Jonathan Vaness.

0:36.3

I'm very, very, very excited.

0:38.4

Our guest this week is, she is a playwright, she's a creator, she is an actress extraordinaire,

0:43.6

but her name is Heidi Shrek, welcome.

0:45.4

Thank you so much for having me.

0:47.3

But I'm really excited for this episode because I've been wanting to talk about the Constitution

0:50.8

for a long time.

0:52.2

You too?

0:53.2

Yes.

0:54.2

Okay.

0:55.2

You too me too, yes.

0:57.6

But yeah, so you too, your play is literally about, though it's what the Constitution means

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