Civics In A Year
What do you really know about American government, the Constitution, and your rights as a citizen?
Civics in a Year is a fast-paced podcast series that delivers essential civic knowledge in just 10 minutes per episode. Over the course of a year, we’ll explore 250 key questions—from the founding documents and branches of government to civil liberties, elections, and public participation.
Rooted in the Civic Literacy Curriculum from the Center for American Civics at Arizona State University, this series is a collaborative project supported by the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership. Each episode is designed to spark curiosity, strengthen constitutional understanding, and encourage active citizenship.
Whether you're a student, educator, or lifelong learner, Civics in a Year will guide you through the building blocks of American democracy—one question at a time.
Civics In A Year
Latest Episodes
Barack Obama: A More Perfect Union
A campaign firestorm pushed Barack Obama to a crossroads in 2008: offer a quick political defense or step into the country’s oldest argument about who “We the People” really are. We choose the second path and unpack “A More Perfect Union,” his ...
Bill Clinton’s Oklahoma City Memorial Address
A truck bomb in Oklahoma City killed 168 people, including 19 children, and left the country grasping for words that wouldn’t make the wound worse. Four days later, President Bill Clinton delivered a memorial address that still feels like a blu...
From Timeline To Threads: How Civics Really Works
A timeline can tell you what happened. It can’t always tell you what it meant, or why the meaning keeps changing.We’ve spent months building a foundation in civics: the Declaration of Independence and its claims about equality, unaliena...
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