Constitutional

By The Washington Post

With the writing of the Constitution in 1787, the framers set out a young nation’s highest ideals. And ever since, we’ve been fighting over it — what is in it and what was left out. At the heart of th... more

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How many episodes does Constitutional have?

The podcast currently has 27 episodes available.

Constitutional episodes:

August 21, 2017 Race
As powerful as it was to change the Constitution after the Civil War, and enshrine racial equality into our governing document, that wasn’t enough to change the reality of life in America.
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52min
August 14, 2017 Nationality
What makes someone American? A landmark Supreme Court case in 1898, involving a child born in San Francisco to Chinese immigrant parents, would help answer that question.
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48min
August 07, 2017 Ancestry
In 1879, a case involving Chief Standing Bear came before a Nebraska courtroom and demanded an answer to the question: Are Native Americans considered human beings under the U.S. Constitution?
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41min
July 31, 2017 We the people
In the next set of episodes for Constitutional, we’ll focus on four groups of people who have gained rights that weren’t originally there in the Constitution.
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3min
July 24, 2017 Framed
In the premier episode of “Constitutional,” we go back in time to that hot Philadelphia summer in 1787 when a group of revolutionary Americans debated, drank and together drafted the U.S. Constitution.
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1h 4min
July 17, 2017 The preamble
In order to form a more perfect podcast, we created this overview of what you can expect from "Constitutional" when it launches July 24.
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4min
June 29, 2017 Introducing 'Constitutional'
Preview The Washington Post's newest podcast, a narrative series about the revolutionary figures who shaped America's story. Subscribe now to get the first episode when it launches July 24.
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5min

FAQs about Constitutional:

How many episodes does Constitutional have?

The podcast currently has 27 episodes available.

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