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.

Guest

Dr. Aaron Zubia

Aaron Alexander Zubia’s research uncovers how our ideas about God, nature, and human nature shape our political thought and discourse. In his first book, The Political Thought of David Hume: The Origins of Liberalism and the Political Imagination, Zubia focuses on Hume, the Scottish Enlightenment thinker who is arguably the greatest philosopher to have written in English. Zubia’s narrative traces the development of the Epicurean tradition, which Hume appropriated, and which supplies the philosophic framework for liberal politics. Zubia’s teaching, like his research, examines the moral and philosophic foundations of the good society and explores the beliefs that underlie conservative and revolutionary postures. Zubia teaches regularly on the American political tradition and has led an independent study on metaphysics and politics in the Aristotelian-Thomistic tradition.

Guest appearance on:

These Are the Times: Thomas Paine and the Power of Common Sense