About the Podcast: 60-Second Civics is a daily podcast that provides a quick and convenient way for listeners to learn about our nation’s government, the Constitution, and our history. The podcast explores themes related to civics and government, the constitutional issues behind the headlines, and the people and ideas that formed our nation’s history and government.
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60-Second Civics: Episode 261, Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation, Part 1 On today's podcast, we discuss weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
60-Second Civics: Episode 259, Achievements of the Articles of Confederation, Part 1 Today we delve into constitutional history by examining the achievements of the Articles of Confederation.
60-Second Civics: Episode 258, Civil rights since the mid-twentieth century, Part 5: Equal Rights Amendment On the podcast today: the Equal Rights Amendment.
60-Second Civics: Episode 256, Civil rights since the mid-twentieth century, Part 3: American Indian Movement Today we examine the American Indian Movement.
60-Second Civics: Episode 254, Civil rights since the mid-twentieth century, Part 1 On today's episode, we discuss how the movement for civil rights has changed since the mid-twentieth century.
60-Second Civics: Episode 251, Civil rights activists, Part 6: Septima Clark On today's episode, we discuss Septima Clark, known as the "Queen Mother of the American Civil Rights Movement."
60-Second Civics: Episode 248, Civil rights activists, Part 3: John Lewis On today's episode, we discuss the contributions of Congressman John Lewis to the civil rights movement.
60-Second Civics: Episode 246, Civil rights activists, Part 1: Fred Shuttlesworth Today we discuss the life of Fred Shuttlesworth, a leading figure of the civil rights movement.
60-Second Civics: Episode 245, Bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church On today's episode, we learn about the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in 1963.
60-Second Civics: Episode 243, Role of the church in the civil rights movement, Part 2 On today's podcast, we examine the role of the African American church during the civil rights movement.
60-Second Civics: Episode 242, Role of the church in the civil rights movement, Part 1 On today's podcast, we examine the role of the African American church in the years leading up to the civil rights movement.
60-Second Civics: Episode 241, Role of the courts, Part 2: Enforcing Brown v. Board of Education Today we discuss difficulties with enforcing the Brown v. Board of Education decision.
60-Second Civics: Episode 238, Practitioners of nonviolence: Thoreau, Gandhi, and King Today we learn how some of the most famous practitioners of nonviolence influenced each other.
60-Second Civics: Episode 237, Six principles of nonviolence, Principle 6: The universe is on the side of justice On the podcast today, we discuss Martin Luther King Jr.'s sixth principle of nonviolence that the universe is on the side of justice.
60-Second Civics: Episode 236, Six principles of nonviolence, Principle 5: Love, not hate Today we discuss the Martin Luther King Jr.'s fifth principle of nonviolence: that nonviolence chooses love instead of hate.
60-Second Civics: Episode 235, Six principles of nonviolence, Principle 4: Nonviolence educates and reforms On the podcast today, we discuss Martin Luther King Jr.'s fourth principle of nonviolence: that nonviolence educates and reforms.
60-Second Civics: Episode 234, Six principles of nonviolence, Principle 3: Defeat injustice, not people Today we discuss Martin Luther King Jr.'s third principle of nonviolence: that nonviolence seeks to defeat injustice, not people.
60-Second Civics: Episode 233, Six principles of nonviolence, Principle 2: Nonviolence seeks reconciliation Today we discuss Martin Luther King Jr.'s second principle of nonviolence: nonviolence seeks reconciliation.
60-Second Civics: Episode 232, Six principles of nonviolence, Principle 1: Nonviolence requires courage On today's episode, we begin our discussion of Martin Luther King Jr.'s six principles of nonviolence.
60-Second Civics: Episode 228, Civil rights movement, Part 7 On today's episode, we discuss the importance of nonviolence in the civil rights movement.
60-Second Civics: Episode 226, Civil rights movement, Part 5 Today we discuss how the increase in racially motivated violence in the 1950s prompted federal intervention.
60-Second Civics: Episode 225, Civil rights movement, Part 4 On today's episode, we discuss how racial segregation and discrimination was deeply entrenched in American life in the 1950s.
60-Second Civics: Episode 224, Civil rights movement, Part 3 Today we discuss two types of segregation that contributed to racial polarization in the United States.
60-Second Civics: Episode 223, Civil rights movement, Part 2 On today's podcast, we discuss the effect of the Civil War Amendments on the civil rights movement.
60-Second Civics: Episode 222, Civil rights movement, Part 1 Today we begin our celebration of Black History Month with the first in a series of episodes devoted to the civil rights movement.
60-Second Civics: Episode 221, Articles of Confederation, Part 8 On the podcast today, we discuss the solutions to states' concerns about the national government's power that paved the way for adopting the Articles of Confederation.
60-Second Civics: Episode 219, Articles of Confederation, Part 6 On today's episode, we discuss the powers kept by the states under the Articles of Confederation.
60-Second Civics: Episode 218, Articles of Confederation, Part 5 Today we discuss how the Articles of Confederation created a ???firm league of friendship" among the states instead of a strong central government.
60-Second Civics: Episode 217, Articles of Confederation, Part 4 Today we discuss how the Continental Congress avoided a strong central government when they adopted the Articles of Confederation.
60-Second Civics: Episode 216, Articles of Confederation, Part 3 Today we discuss the colonists' fear of a strong government and how it affected the Articles of Confederation.
60-Second Civics: Episode 215, Articles of Confederation, Part 2 On today's episode, we examine the roles of Benjamin Franklin and Richard Henry Lee in bringing about the Articles of Confederation.
60-Second Civics: Episode 206, Massachusetts constitution, Part 3 On today's podcast, we discuss the representation of various economic classes in the Massachusetts constitution.
60-Second Civics: Episode 202, Legislative supremacy, Part 4 On the podcast today, we discuss examples of legislative supremacy in state constitutions.
60-Second Civics: Episode 198, Right to vote in early America Today we discuss representation and the right to vote in early American state constitutions.
60-Second Civics: Episode 197, State constitutions: social contract and popular sovereignty On today's episode we explore the ideas of social contract and popular sovereignty in state constitutions.
60-Second Civics: Episode 196, State constitutions: higher law and natural rights Today we discuss higher law and natural rights in state constitutions.
60-Second Civics: Episode 193, State governments after the Declaration, Part 1 Today we begin our discussion of state governments after the Declaration of Independence.
60-Second Civics: Episode 192, Declaration of Independence, Part 6 On today's episode, we discuss the idea of the right to revolution in the Declaration of Independence.
60-Second Civics: Episode 190, Declaration of Independence, Part 4 Today we discuss the concepts of human equality and government by consent in the Declaration of Independence.
60-Second Civics: Episode 189, Declaration of Independence, Part 3 On today's podcast, we discuss natural rights philosophy as a foundational idea of the Declaration of Independence.
60-Second Civics: Episode 188, Declaration of Independence, Part 2 Today we discuss the philosophical underpinnings of the Declaration of Independence.
60-Second Civics: Episode 187, Declaration of Independence, Part 1 On today's podcast, we discuss the Founders' reasons for issuing a formal declaration of independence.
60-Second Civics: Episode 174, Introduction to the Declaration of Independence discussion Over the next weeks, we will describe the circumstances that produced the Declaration of Independence.
60-Second Civics: Episode 173, Colonial legislatures versus Parliament Today we discuss differences between colonial American legislatures and the British Parliament.
60-Second Civics: Episode 172, Property requirement for voting On today's podcast, we discuss the property requirement for voting in the American colonies.
60-Second Civics: Episode 171, Colonial governors and courts On the podcast today, we discuss the roles of governors and the courts in colonial governments.
60-Second Civics: Episode 169, Representative government in the colonies On today's episode, we discuss representative government and voting in the American colonies.
60-Second Civics: Episode 168, Fundamental rights and the rule of law Today we we explore fundamental rights and the rule of law as aspects of colonial constitutions.
60-Second Civics: Episode 161, Rights denied in colonial America Today we begin our discussion of the people who did not enjoy the rights expressed in colonial documents
60-Second Civics: Episode 160, Rights denied in colonial America Today we begin our discussion of the people who did not enjoy the rights expressed in colonial documents
60-Second Civics: Episode 153, English practices in America Today we discuss we discuss how some English practices that protected the landed aristocracy in Great Britain did not survive in the colonies.
60-Second Civics: Episode 148, American colonies On the podcast today, we begin our discussion of how basic ideas of constitutional government were developed and used in the American colonies.
60-Second Civics: Episode 139, The British constitution: Foundational documents Today we identify the three historical documents important in the development of the British constitution and the rights of the British people.
60-Second Civics: Episode 134, Magna Carta, Part 4 On today's episode, we discuss how the Magna Carta contained the principle of the supremacy of the law.
60-Second Civics: Episode 125, English Parliament, Part 3 Today we discuss how Parliament proved to be effective for both the
English king and his subjects.
60-Second Civics: Episode 120, British origins of American constitutionalism In today's episode, we begin our discussion of the British origins of American constitutionalism.
60-Second Civics: Episode 117, The Enlightenment, Part 2 On the podcast today, we continue our discussion of the Enlightenment
and discuss philosopher Francis Bacon.
60-Second Civics: Episode 109, The Reformation, Part 4 In today's episode, we learn about how the Reformation contributed to the development of modern individualism.
60-Second Civics: Episode 108, The Reformation, Part 3 Today we look at how the invention of the printing press aided the Reformation and encouraged freedom of conscience.
60-Second Civics: Episode 106, The Reformation, Part 1 Today we begin our examination of the Protestant Reformation and its
contribution to ideas about rights.
60-Second Civics: Episode 105, The Rennaisance, Part 2 On the podcast today, we continue our discussion of the Renaissance
and its contributions to ideas about rights.
60-Second Civics: Episode 103, Medieval and classical republican similarities In today's podcast, we explore the similarities between medieval and
classical republican ideas about society and government.
60-Second Civics: Episode 99, The Church in the Middle Ages On today's podcast: how the Church came to be a powerful force in
Europe during the Middle Ages.
60-Second Civics: Episode 97, The Judeo-Christian tradition, Part 1 Today we examine how Judeo-Christian tradition influenced the political ideas of the Founders.
60-Second Civics: Episode 95, Natural rights philosophy: Limited
government Today we discuss limited government as an aspect of natural rights philosophy.
60-Second Civics: Episode 94, Natural rights philosophy: Popular
sovereignty and government by consent Today we discuss popular sovereignty and government by consent as aspects of natural rights philosophy.
60-Second Civics: Episode 93, Natural rights philosophy: Individual
rights On the show today, we discuss individual rights as an aspect of
natural rights philosophy.
60-Second Civics: Episode 90, Natural rights philosophy: Influence on
Founders On today's episode, we examine the values from natural rights
philosophy that influenced the founding generation.
60-Second Civics: Episode 85, Cincinnatus and Washington as examples
of civic virtue On today's show: Cincinnatus and Washington as examples of civic virtue.
60-Second Civics: Episode 84, Citizenship and civic virtue in
classical republicanism In today's podcast, we learn about citizenship and civic virtue in
classical republicanism.
60-Second Civics: Episode 83, Small communities in classical
republicanism Today we examine small, uniform communities as an influential aspect
of classical republicanism.
60-Second Civics: Episode 82, Classical republicanism and the common good Today's podcast examines the devotion of citizens to the common good
as a central feature of classical republicanism.
60-Second Civics: Episode 81, The Roman Republic as example and warning On the show today we discuss how the history of the Roman Republic was
both an example and a warning to America's founding generation.
60-Second Civics: Episode 76, Constitutionalism: Written vs. unwritten
constitutions In today's episode, we examine written and unwritten constitutions.
60-Second Civics: Episode 72, Mixed constitutions: The English system In today's episode, we discuss the English system as an example of a
mixed constitution.
60-Second Civics: Episode 71, Mixed constitutions: Polybius and Cicero Today we discuss how the idea of a mixed constitution became a part of
republicanism.
60-Second Civics: Episode 69, Aristotle: Democracy Today we discuss Aristotle's description of democracy as an example of a corrupt form of government.
60-Second Civics: Episode 66, Aristotle: Three functions of the state In today's episode, we explore Aristotle's notion of the three functions of the state.
60-Second Civics: Episode 65, Two lessons about government Today we learn about the two important lessons the Founders learned about government from their study of history and philosophy.
60-Second Civics: Episode 65, Two lessons about government Today we learn about the two important lessons the Founders learned about government from their study of history and philosophy.
60-Second Civics: Episode 64, Lessons from British and American history In today's podcast, we examine the lessons the Founders drew from British history and from American colonial history.
60-Second Civics: Episode 63, Greeks, Romans, and natural rights In today's episode, we learn about the lessons the Founders drew from Greek and Roman political history, and from natural rights philosophy.
60-Second Civics: Episode 62, Influences on the Founders Today examine how the Founders' knowledge and experiences informed their approach to governance.
60-Second Civics: Episode 61, Philosophical and historical traditions Today we begin our discussion of the important philosophical ideas and historical events that influenced the writing of the Constitution.
60-Second Civics: Episode 60, National Conference of State Legislatures Today we conclude our discussion of American federalism by learning about the National Conference of State Legislatures.
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