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Mar 10, 2020

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What do these green rectangles even mean? When did we start using them? And why are we talking so much about the peso? Today it’s the history of American money, from silver certificates to a greenback dollar. Featuring the voices of Stephen Mihm, Ellen Feingold, and Todd Martin.

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Mar 10, 2020

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What's the difference between the House and the Senate? How do congressional investigations work? What is Federalist X actually about? Civics 101 is the podcast refresher course on the basics of how our democracy works.

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Episode 118: Presidential Transitions: What happens when one president leaves office and another one enters? by Civics 101
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Contest Winner: Unconventional: A radio drama about the constitutional convention, by Adia Samba-Quee by Civics 101
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The Draft: Selective service, conscientious objection, and our American history of military conscription. by Civics 101
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IRL2: The Flag and the Pledge: The history of the American flag and the Pledge of Allegiance. Also, four Supreme Court cases about the flag and free speech. by Civics 101
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The National Guard: What does the National Guard do? Who "calls it in?" by Civics 101
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ICE: What role does ICE play in immigration policy? by Civics 101
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IRL 1 - Free Speech in Schools: From Tinker to Frederick : Four Supreme Court cases on free speech in public schools. by Civics 101
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Midterm Edition: Why Vote?: Because Election Day is just the beginning. by Civics 101
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Infrastructure – Water!: What is the story of public water in the United States? by Civics 101
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The White House Press Secretary: The tricky middle ground between press and president. by Civics 101
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The Affordable Care Act: Obama's signature healthcare law tried to overhaul American health care. Did it work? by Civics 101
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Tariffs: The history of and rationale for (or for not) taxing goods that enter our country. by Civics 101
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NASA: Space! The final frontier... for civics? by Civics 101
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Freedom of Information Act: If you want to get your hands on government documents, there's a law for that. by Civics 101
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Police: What's the role of Police in our government? by Civics 101
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Starter Kit: Checks and Balances: The glue that slows us down and holds us together. by Civics 101
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Midterm Edition: State and Local Elections: The down-ballot offices that hold the reigns of your day-to-day life. by Civics 101
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Founding Documents: Bill of Rights: A "nauseous project" becomes a bulwark of liberty. by Civics 101
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The Equal Rights Amendment: Almost 100 years after it was first proposed, the Equal Rights Amendment has not been ratified. by Civics 101
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Midterm Edition: House v Senate: What's the difference? by Civics 101
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The Federal Register: The most important government document you've never heard of. by Civics 101
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National Institutes of Health (NIH): From fighting cancer to exploring the human genome, here's how your taxpayer dollars fund medical science. by Civics 101
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Life Stages: Retirement: How do we prepare for life after work? by Civics 101
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The Death Penalty: The history, and possible future, of government-sanctioned killings by Civics 101
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Midterm Edition: Propositions: A stark look at the pros and cons of direct democracy. by Civics 101
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Midterm Edition: Campaigning: Shaking Hands, Kissing Babies and Capitalizing on Disillusionment by Civics 101
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Starter Kit: Legislative Branch: Rules, roles and representation in the People's branch by Civics 101
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Life Stages: School: How the government and schools have danced together for 400 years. And do you have to even go? by Civics 101
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Founding Documents: The Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers: The all-out op-ed battle over the U.S. Constitution. by Civics 101
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Midterm Edition: 5 Things to Know about the Midterms: A primer on the most important exercise in democracy that you never cared about. by Civics 101
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Defamation, Libel, and Dominion, Oh My!: Today we explain all the legalities surrounding the Dominion v Fox News lawsuit. We break down defamation, slander, libel, discovery, actual malice, and what this settlement means. by Civics 101
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US vs: Freedom: How free IS the land of the free? We talk with the co-author of the Human Freedom Index, Ian Vasquez, about how we rank in our measure of liberty. Then we do a deep dive into Freedom of the Press with Jenifer Whitten-Woodring, co-author of the Historical Guide to World Media Freedom: A Country-by-Country Analysis. by Civics 101
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How Do Indictments and Grand Juries Work?: Today we go through the definitions and processes involved in the recent indictment of Donald Trump. We explain grand juries, indictment, arraignment, extradition, the role of the DA, and the constitutionality of charging a former president with a crime. by Civics 101
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Jury Duty: What To Expect When You Get That Summons: Do the reasons some people want to avoid jury duty have merit? Why is jury duty so important? And what should you expect with you get summoned to serve? by Civics 101
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Who Writes Bills?: Who writes most bills in Congress? What are they really about? And how do special interest groups factor into all this? by Civics 101
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Paying Income Taxes: Our income tax system was modeled on the idea of everyone paying their "fair share." But in practice? by Civics 101
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A Primary Battle: For decades, one state has had the privilege of going first in the presidential primary process. Now, that state is losing its grip. by Civics 101
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Who owns the sky?: Our friends from Outside/In bring the story of property rights in air and space. by Civics 101
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The 2008 Financial Crisis Explained: Millions lost their homes, giant institutions collapsed and a global recession began. This is the story of what the American government did about it. by Civics 101
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Why Do We Have an Income Tax?: Most Americans need help to file our tax return each year - about 90% of people use technology like Turbo Tax, or hire a human tax preparer. Why does it feel like it takes a degree in accounting, or the money to pay someone with a degree, or computer software, just to comply with the law? by Civics 101
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What's Up With The Space Force?: What does the U.S. Space Force do, and why was the nation's newest military branch created? by Civics 101
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The Government and Housing: One City's Story: Housing policy, space and political power in Atlanta, Georgia. by Civics 101
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The Government and Housing: Policy: How the federal government used policy to segregate housing. by Civics 101
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Federal Courts: Muhammad Ali and the Draft: The last of our series on famous federal court trials, US v Cassius Clay was a polarizing case about conscientious objection, protest, celebrity, and the unique line athletes are told to walk when it comes to political speech. by Civics 101
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The Last State To Hold Out Against Martin Luther King Jr. Day: The ugly and inspiring story of what it took for all of America to honor a singular Black life. by Civics 101
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The Life of a Political Operative: An excerpt from a live conversation with Huma Abedin, top aide and advisor to Hillary Clinton. by Civics 101
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The Lavender Scare: The Cold War hysteria over communism was known as the Red Scare. But what was the Lavender Scare? We dig into that in this week's episode. by Civics 101
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Holidays: There may be only 12 federal holidays, but we come up with hundreds of reasons to celebrate. by Civics 101
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Is Santa a Criminal?: In an uncharacteristic wash of holiday cheer, today we investigate how the actions of Santa could be interpreted in a court of law. by Civics 101
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Who gets to run for president?: What does the Constitution say about who is allowed to be president? by Civics 101
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American Myths Part One: Origins: Four myths that we handpicked for our origin story. by Civics 101
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