What is the filibuster?
16.12.2025 • 00:27:51
How a small, procedural rules change led to the biggest obstacle in the legislative process.
The Lottery: How it happened, and what it pays for
09.12.2025 • 00:30:58
The lottery: when it started, why states have so many of them, and where the money goes.
How did the Epstein Files Transparency Act happen?
25.11.2025 • 00:23:52
Discharge petitions, deem and pass legislation, and how a bill became a law in a week.
What can we learn from the American Revolution?
18.11.2025 • 00:42:32
Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein want you to know it's complicated.
Billionaires
11.11.2025 • 00:24:40
Why are there so many these days? How do they get to be billionaires? And what do they want?
Why are so many voters sitting out this week?
03.11.2025 • 00:28:04
There are plenty of reasons. They just aren't good enough.
Who's the most outdoorsy president? (A trivia crossover)
21.10.2025 • 00:32:24
A Civics 101-Outside/In crossover: It’s trivia night! Plus we debate who gets the mantle of most outdoorsy, adventuresome president.
The government is shut down....again. But what does that mean?
16.10.2025 • 00:24:22
How do shutdowns happen? Why do they happen? How are they prevented, and whom do they affect?