Well, we left some stuff out last time. Turns out the president CAN radically affect the price of gas. We spoke again with Robert Rapier, chemical engineer and energy analyst, to understand exactly how attacking Iran impacted what we pay at the pump. #sschat
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A250 gives us a whole lot of excuses to make the things we've always wanted to make, so you really ARE being a...hatbox? Two fellows in a jacuzzi? Two nuns holding crosses knee-deep in the water? A piece of a Fudgie the Whale ice cream cake from Carvel? I can't read that emoji Kevin.
Hey there everyone in #sschat land. Nick here.
Look. A lot of you are like me. You know that you make saltpeter by treating sodium nitrate with potassium chloride.
You may know I am a little obsessed with the musical 1776, and tomorrow's episode I share my own... personal...convictions.
Reading the news and getting mad doesn't change anything.
Today, in a hyperspecific rant about motion smoothing, Nick gives three ways to get your elected officials to listen to you. With Eric Schwartz, @emilyassembly.bsky.social, and a lot of impressions.
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@dancassino.bsky.social does it again. Wanna know all about the Monroe Doctrine? Banana wars? Greenland? A retrenchment of monarchies?
The little SOTU paragraph that could. Learn about "dominance in the western hemisphere" from Monroe to Maduro. #sschat
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This one is a two-parter, and the closing of the episode already needs ten updates. #sschat
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Hello everyone!! Just learned that our book, A User's Guide to Democracy, has been chosen by Amazon for a monthly deal all January.
If you get a new e-reader as a present this week, wait until New Year's to snag a copy for $1.99!
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Quite possibly the greatest award we've ever gotten, and we might have to put this at our booth.
Today's episode talks about what #HATM has been talking about for a few days now; how do the complexities regarding the Revolution enrich our modern story? How do we disagree? How do we see the whole elephant? w/ Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein. #sschat #educhat
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#HATM was so wonderful tonight, I haven't tuned in since we left twitter.
Wait, but that means Elon Musk can only visit those places 1,000,000 times
That's how we started, this exact sentiment 7 years ago
Playful and informative should be on our tote bags.
And please PLEASE read Timothy's entire piece from the New Republic. Would you be surprised to know 47% of the top 1% have spoken directly to a member of congress in the last six months?
About a matter of “fairly narrow economic self interest?”
I sure was.
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Nick Capodice and Hannah McCarthy of New Hampshire Public Radio fashioned a playful and informative episode of their podcast, Civics 101, out of my June New Republic piece on how the billionaires took over.
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Here’s the piece:
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Billionaires. Maybe one trillionaire.
Why?
How??
@timothynoah.bsky.social pulls the curtain to reveal the oligopoly that has been created without our input. #sschat
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Kate Beaton's cartoon showing Ben Franklin getting hassled by his editor for being too obtuse in his 'Join or Die' cartoon. The editor suggests writing 'British Control' above the severed snake, then King George III on the side with a knife saying 'taxes'
Why are political cartoons and comedians so effective? And why were cartoonists on Nixon's enemies list?? The brilliant @tbtoro.bsky.social takes us from 'Join or Die' to Nast to Kimmel: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m... #sschat (hat tip to @katebeaton.bsky.social)
I can't wait! The convention center shall rattle with "god damn them all" and I wager security will shut us down by the time we get to "when a great bloody Yankee hove in sight"
Thanks to my friend @capodice.bsky.social for the opportunity to contribute to this very fun episode on the grievances in the Declaration of Independence. This is one of my favorite exercises to go through with students every year and I loved getting the chance to do it for such a great podcast
"He" has done bad things.
Twenty seven bad things.
How bad were they?
They were so bad that they justified severing all ties with his country. And now, the airing of the grievances. #sschat
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How much money have the recent tariffs made? Where does that money GO? And how has it affected one industry in the last few months? Jason Matthews of @fortcircle.bsky.social talks tariffs and #boardgames as N+H explore costs of a hypothetical board game. #sschat
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Today @jenmercieca.bsky.social walks us through The Frame Wars; how politicians and the media use carefully crafted language to persuade us without our knowledge or consent.
And it turns out some people are REALLY good at it.
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Today's arguments on the EO on birthright citizenship cited many cases we've visited, wanted to link them here:
Wong Kim Ark: www.civics101podcast.org/civics-101-e...
WV v Barnette: www.civics101podcast.org/civics-101-e...
Slaughterhouse cases: www.civics101podcast.org/civics-101-e...
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Thrilled to join the @americanbar.org this Law Day to talk about some E Pluribus Unum with Emma Humphries from @icivics.bsky.social David McCollough from the American Exchange Project and Judge Peter Reyes.
Rule of Law meets Breakfast Club.
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Boston folks! People in the land of the bean and the cod. Come hang out!
We're doing a live show at the Moakley Courthouse on 4/11, and afterwards there will a panel of judges. Real live judges weigh in on your questions about "The Rule of Law."
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Well time to do an episode on AI. Hope the robot understands the judicial branch now.
What if the press couldn't tell the truth?
Today we break down NY Times v Sullivan with Ang Reidell and Samantha Barbas. It is the landmark #scotus decision that allows the press to be the press.
And it is under threat.
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Note to our #sschat #edchat #apgov friends. Tomorrow our ep on Times v Sullivan comes out, and @appc.upenn.edu is giving away 50 copies of Samantha Barbas' book, Actual Malice, to educators who sign up for the Civics Renewal Network newsletter. Please share!
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Calling #sschat #apgov #hsgovchat #educhat teachers who love/hate/both The West Wing!
We want to interview you for a WW episode, comparing fantasy and reality. Truth and fiction. Hit us up at civics101@nhpr.org. Share with anyone who might fit the bill!!!
Let's do The Jackal.
I daresay we're all a bit weird; we put our eps in the autoclave before they air. One day we'll let our hair down and allow the references to Plato's Republic, All Around My Hat, Sondheim, The Cremation of Sam McGee, My So Called Life, Pax Porfiriana, cabbage, con artists, Balatro, and Mind MGMT.