60-Second Civics Podcast

By Center for Civic Education

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 relate... more

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60-Second Civics Podcast episodes:

November 15, 2020 60-Second Civics: Episode 4165, A President's Inherent Powers: The Power of the Presidency, Part 3
Today: some controversial inherent powers of presidents.

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November 14, 2020 60-Second Civics: Episode 2, A Framework for Presidential Power: The Power of the Presidency, Part 2
Today we kick off a brief series on the power of the presidency.

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November 14, 2020 60-Second Civics: Episode 4164, A Framework for Presidential Power: The Power of the Presidency, Part 2
Justice Robert Jackson's concurring opinion in Youngstown Sheet and Tube v. Sawyer (1952) sets forth a framework that is widely used to assess presidential power.

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November 13, 2020 60-Second Civics: Episode 4163, Presidential Powers: The Power of the Presidency, Part 1
Today we kick off a brief series on the power of the presidency.

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November 12, 2020 60-Second Civics: Episode 4162, Voting, Elections, and Representation, Part 43: Referendum and Recall
On today's podcast we learn about two political processes that directly involve the people: referendums and recall elections.

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November 11, 2020 60-Second Civics: Episode 4161, Voting, Elections, and Representation, Part 42: Ballot Initiatives
There are two types of ballot initiatives: direct and indirect. Learn the difference on today's podcast.

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November 10, 2020 60-Second Civics: Episode 4160, Voting, Elections, and Representation, Part 41: Gerrymandering
The term "gerrymandering" is named after a delegate to the Philadelphia Convention, Governor Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts. His political party drew a partisan electoral district designed to give them victory. A newspaper editor pinned the blame on Gerry, naming the salamander-shaped district "gerrymander."

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November 09, 2020 60-Second Civics: Episode 4159, Voting, Elections, and Representation, Part 40: One Person, One Vote
The principle of "one person, one vote" means that each congressional district in a state must have a roughly equal population as those in other states. This applies only the House, however. The Senate is based on equal representation, with each state receiving two senators.

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November 08, 2020 60-Second Civics: Episode 4158, Voting, Elections, and Representation, Part 39: The Popular Vote and the Electoral Vote
The Electoral College was devised as a compromise by the Framers of the Constitution at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. This complicated system, where the winner of the popular vote in most states get all the electoral votes of the state, means that the winner of the popular vote does not always win the presidency.

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November 07, 2020 60-Second Civics: Episode 4157, Voting, Elections, and Representation, Part 38: How the Electoral College Works
The Electoral College might seem like a complicated method of choosing a president, but on this episode of 60-Second Civics, we'll explain how it works.

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How many episodes does 60-Second Civics Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 1,775 episodes available.