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  • How did we get so red, white and blue?

    How did we get so red, white and blue?
    2026/06/02
    Whether you fly it, wear it or want nothing to do with it, the American flag says a lot in and about the United States. Red, white and blue is far from exclusive to our nation and yet it is very much our brand... and very much branded on anything we can think to put it on. So where did the American obsession with our flag come from? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    28 分
  • Why Students Are Having a Tough Time

    Why Students Are Having a Tough Time
    2026/05/26
    Today we share our second installment on why things are tough in the civics world. Specifically, we talk about how students are doing in civics classrooms and on national assessments. But! It's not all bad news. Shawn Healey (Chief Policy and Advocacy Officer at iCivics) takes us through the myriad state bills that are currently in the legislative process which will affect civic education, and we hear from three students (Ava-June Tackett, Shreya Raman, and Ben Kurian) on what they think can improve civic learning and reduce partisanship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    28 分
  • How making people wait sparked the American Revolution

    How making people wait sparked the American Revolution
    2026/05/19
    Once upon a time, American British colonists were separated from power, decision-making, culture and information by thousands of miles and many weeks. As Helena Yoo-Roth puts it, time flowed evenly outward from the homeland. This is the story of waiting, longing and realizing that time might just be on our side as we approached the American Revolutionary War. Helena Yoo-Roth is the author of the forthcoming American Timelines: Imperial Communications, Colonial Time-Consciousness, and the Coming of the American Revolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    44 分
  • Why Teachers Are Having a Tough Time

    Why Teachers Are Having a Tough Time
    2026/05/12
    This is the first episode in a series we are doing with iCivics, who invited us to their National Forum for Civic Learning Week. Today we share the many conversations we had with civics and social studies teachers from across the country, and we explore the results from a nationwide survey on what they're going through right now. And, finally, what could be done to help them? To learn more about iCivics and their myriad resources for teachers and students, visit them at https://ed.icivics.org. To read about the survey conducted by iCivics, click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    29 分
  • What did the world really think about the Declaration of Independence?

    What did the world really think about the Declaration of Independence?
    2026/05/05
    For Americans today, it's a treasure. Scripture. The thing that made us. It wasn't always that way, though. This is the story of the Declaration of Independence before it was enshrined in our collective national consciousness. Back when it was a news headline and we had no control what others thought of it. Our guest is Emily Sneff, author of When the Declaration of Independence was News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    32 分
  • Ask a Judge: What is Pro Se?

    Ask a Judge: What is Pro Se?
    2026/04/28
    What is the process when a person wishes to represent themselves in court? How common is it? Is it true that a person who represents themselves "has a fool for a client?" Today in our "Ask a Judge" series, attorney and magistrate Amy Lin Meyerson and "small town lawyer" Ray Williams give tips for those who have no choice but to address the court on their own behalf. Here is the American Bar Association's virtual legal advice clinic (staffed by human legal minds, not AI!): https://abafreelegalanswers.org/ DONATE TO THE PODCAST HERE! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    25 分
  • What's the Strait of Hormuz? And how do blockades work?

    What's the Strait of Hormuz? And how do blockades work?
    2026/04/21
    You've been hearing about it in the news, but what exactly is the Strait of Hormuz? And as for those blockades...how do they work? DONATE TO THE PODCAST HERE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    24 分
  • How did federal income taxes get this way?

    How did federal income taxes get this way?
    2026/04/14
    We haven't always had a federal income tax, and in the beginning, it only applied to the very richest Americans. So how did we end up with the permanent income tax we have today, with all its complicated rules about everything from pre-tax income to deductions and credits? And what does it actually pay for? DONATE TO THE SHOW! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    40 分