246 episodes
Civics 101 NHPR
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- Government
How do landmark Supreme Court decisions affect our lives? What does the 2nd Amendment really say? Why does the Senate have so much power? Civics 101 is the podcast about how our democracy works…or is supposed to work, anyway.
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What is the Smithsonian?
The biggest museum, research, and education complex in the world. So how does it work?
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The Second Amendment - What does it mean?
What does it say, what does it mean, what did it mean when it was written, and does it even matter?
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What's up with those flags?
The history of Don't Tread on Me, An Appeal to Heaven, and the Inverted flag.
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Strikes, Unions and Workers' Rights
The American worker gets organized.
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Why do we have the National Zoo?
Why do we own a zoo? We do, by the way. It's the Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington, DC.
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What's it like to report on Congress?
How do you get the truth from consummate storytellers?