Overview
345 Episodes
Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein want you to know it's complicated.
Published: 18 November 2025
Why are there so many these days? How do they get to be billionaires? And what do they want?
Transcribed - Published: 11 November 2025
There are plenty of reasons. They just aren't good enough.
Transcribed - Published: 3 November 2025
In its own words.
Transcribed - Published: 28 October 2025
A Civics 101-Outside/In crossover: It’s trivia night! Plus we debate who gets the mantle of most outdoorsy, adventuresome president.
Transcribed - Published: 21 October 2025
How do shutdowns happen? Why do they happen? How are they prevented, and whom do they affect?
Transcribed - Published: 16 October 2025
Nick, Emma, and Zachary talk about the state of civics and civics education in 2025.
Transcribed - Published: 14 October 2025
Why does satire bother politicians so much?
Transcribed - Published: 7 October 2025
The second half of the charges against George III, as well as some modern-day parallels.
Transcribed - Published: 30 September 2025
Informed consent of the governed.
Transcribed - Published: 23 September 2025
What did King George III do that justified American independence?
Transcribed - Published: 16 September 2025
There's a reason for it, and there are repercussions when we don't.
Transcribed - Published: 9 September 2025
It's another edition of Civics 101 Trivia! This time, it's also the swan song for one of our own.
Transcribed - Published: 2 September 2025
Will Obergefell v Hodges be revisited in the next SCOTUS term?
Transcribed - Published: 26 August 2025
When the Supreme Court enshrined marriage equality.
Transcribed - Published: 26 August 2025
The entirely constitutional way to change the Constitution.
Transcribed - Published: 19 August 2025
How President Trump federalized D.C. law enforcement.
Transcribed - Published: 15 August 2025
It's a weird time to be a scientist.
Transcribed - Published: 12 August 2025
What can we learn from Jefferson Smith? A whole lot.
Transcribed - Published: 5 August 2025
"The shadow docket," refers to orders from the Supreme Court that are (often) unsigned, inscrutable, and handed down in the middle of the night. Professor Stephen Vladeck takes us through this increasingly common phenomenon.
Transcribed - Published: 29 July 2025
Is there a way President Trump (or any president) can serve a third (or fourth) term in office? Maybe there is.
Transcribed - Published: 22 July 2025
Risking it all for what is self-evident.
Transcribed - Published: 15 July 2025
Today on Civics 101, we answer listener questions about tariffs. And then, we look at how they've affected one American Industry.
Transcribed - Published: 14 July 2025
A dive into some of the surprising civics takeaways from Karen Read’s retrial.
Transcribed - Published: 11 July 2025
Today on Civics 101, we answer listener questions about tariffs. And then, we look at how they've affected one American Industry.
Transcribed - Published: 8 July 2025
Is there a civics lesson in the 1996 film Independence Day?
Transcribed - Published: 4 July 2025
Why are GOP senators calling for the firing of Elizabeth MacDonough?
Transcribed - Published: 30 June 2025
The many ways our political opinions are influenced without us even realizing it.
Transcribed - Published: 24 June 2025
The Civics 101 team delves into the 1962 film The Manchurian Candidate, a political satire and thriller that is more than relevant in today’s political climate. Note: this episode contains spoilers for the film.
Transcribed - Published: 17 June 2025
The Civics 101 team delves into the 1962 film The Manchurian Candidate, a political satire and thriller that is more than relevant in today’s political climate. Note: this episode contains spoilers for the film.
Transcribed - Published: 17 June 2025
Now that we have explored what the Alien Enemies Act is, we dive in to how it's being used to shape deportation policy under President Donald Trump.
Transcribed - Published: 10 June 2025
Now that we have explored what the Alien Enemies Act is, we dive in to how it's being used to shape deportation policy under President Donald Trump.
Transcribed - Published: 10 June 2025
We explain the basics of the Alien Enemies Act, and how it's been used over time. This is part one of a two-part series.
Transcribed - Published: 3 June 2025
It's not in the Constitution. Can it happen anyway?
Transcribed - Published: 27 May 2025
Jason Carter is asking questions about the SAVE Act.
Transcribed - Published: 20 May 2025
What happens when a governing body puts party over institution?
Transcribed - Published: 13 May 2025
Public media funding makes up less than 0.0001% of the federal budget. What is public media, and why does the government support it?
Transcribed - Published: 6 May 2025
You can't preserve what you don't understand.
Transcribed - Published: 29 April 2025
What is the rule of law? It's certainly not the same as the rule of men.
Transcribed - Published: 22 April 2025
Unpacking the relationship between tech and the executive branch. Or, more specifically, the relationship between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
Transcribed - Published: 15 April 2025
What is the federal government's role in predicting the weather?
Transcribed - Published: 10 April 2025
Brought to you by the words "weird," "quiddich," and "Pepsi."
Transcribed - Published: 8 April 2025
Pranks are a staple of April Fools' Day - even when it comes to politics and the press.
Transcribed - Published: 1 April 2025
How politicians decide who pays taxes, and how much they pay.
Transcribed - Published: 25 March 2025
How the government visits every American home, and how and why we pay for it.
Transcribed - Published: 18 March 2025
To kick off Civic Learning Week, we see how students are (and aren't) being civically prepared.
Transcribed - Published: 11 March 2025
Meet your president's Cabinet!
Transcribed - Published: 4 March 2025
Meet your president's Cabinet.
Transcribed - Published: 4 March 2025
Ariel Lawhon discusses the real-life early American midwife at the center of her novel The Frozen River.
Transcribed - Published: 27 February 2025
What would happen if the press couldn't tell the truth?
Transcribed - Published: 25 February 2025
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