Social Media And Modern Elections
A single TikTok can redefine a candidate faster than a week of traditional ads, and that reality is changing American elections in real time. We sit down with educator Spencer Burrows to trace how cam...
8 Jun 24min
D-Day: What Does Courage Look Like When History Is Watching
D-Day gets reduced to a date and a diagram, but the truth is messier, riskier, and far more human. We sit down with historian Dr. Michael Butler to talk about June 6, 1944 not just as the Normandy inv...
5 Jun 27min
The Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket
The Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” sounds like a secret back hallway of law and that’s exactly why it triggers so much public suspicion. We sit down with Spencer Burrows, an 11th grade dean, AP US Go...
4 Jun 26min
How Eleanor Roosevelt And JFK Turned Conflict Into Partnership
Eleanor Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy don’t sound like a natural pairing and that’s exactly why we wanted to sit with this story. We talk with presidential historian Barbara Perry of UVA’s Miller Cent...
3 Jun 35min
Jackie Kennedy: First Lady of the New Frontier
A First Lady can’t sign bills, command troops, or issue executive orders, yet Jacqueline Kennedy still reshaped American civic life. We sit down with Barbara Perry, presidential historian at the Unive...
2 Jun 31min
Dolly Madison’s Hidden Power
Dolly Madison is famous for saving a portrait, but that’s the smallest part of her story. We sit down with Dr. Lindsay Cormack, political scientist and Director of the Diplomacy Lab at Stevens Institu...
1 Jun 18min
Hamilton Vs Burr
A sitting vice president shoots a Founding Father, the Constitution gets rewritten because of a botched election, and a rivalry that starts as professional respect ends in blood. That’s the real histo...
29 Mai 16min
Place Shapes Civics
Your city is not just where you live. It is a political education you walk through every day. We sit down with Dr. John Harner, professor of geography and environmental studies, to connect cultural g...
28 Mai 20min
